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1. Notes of Crown Maori Relations Hui Nelson 14 April 2018 [pdf, 407 KB]

   ...spoke about the perception that councils were not building effective ongoing working relationship with iwi. Consultation requirements for councils were described as applied inconsistently, as bureaucratic, arduous and/or not timely. Consenting applications for water to be used were provided as examples where iwi consultation was either too late in the process as the council had already developed its views, or was a ‘tick box’ exercise by the respective council. Participants i...

2. IEAA - 2015 annual report [pdf, 148 KB]

   ...faced with a number of overseas transactions where we cannot obtain evidence through the access the provider or the student has to the banking system and through which the monies are alleged to have been paid often to an overseas agent and are claimed for repayment, but the evidence in support is inadequate. The cases of clearly fraudulent documents are rare but nevertheless do occur in most years on at least one occasion. MENTAL HEALTH OF THE STUDENT 8. In most years at l...

3. Notes from Crown Maori Relations hui in Nelson on 14 April 2018 [pdf, 407 KB]

   ...spoke about the perception that councils were not building effective ongoing working relationship with iwi. Consultation requirements for councils were described as applied inconsistently, as bureaucratic, arduous and/or not timely. Consenting applications for water to be used were provided as examples where iwi consultation was either too late in the process as the council had already developed its views, or was a ‘tick box’ exercise by the respective council. Participants i...

4. [2018] NZEmpC 39 Direct Auto Importers (NZ) Ltd v A Labour Inspector of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment [pdf, 228 KB]

   ...in the determinations. The 28 July 2017 determinations dealt with costs. [2] Challenges were filed by each of the plaintiffs. In each case, de novo hearings were sought. In the challenges commenced by Cheap Deals on Wheels Ltd (CDW), an application was made and consented to by the Labour Inspector to join Direct Auto Importers (NZ) Ltd (DAI) as a second plaintiff. Amended pleadings were necessary to deal with the challenges following this joinder. [3] A hearing date was s...

5. [2021] NZACC 18 - Haronga v ACC (18 January 2021) [pdf, 214 KB]

   ...a butcher, which is mainly involved in export lamb. [3] A medical case review by an orthopaedic surgeon subsequently confirmed central spinal stenosis as well as lateral spinal stenosis at multi-levels of the lumbar spine.1 Mr Haronga filed a claim for cover for spinal stenosis as a work-related gradual process injury. [4] The Corporation first declined cover on the basis: • There was no work task or factor in his work environment identified as having caused his condition; a...

6. Notes from Crown Maori Relations Regional Hui at Nelson on 15 April 2018 [pdf, 399 KB]

   ...spoke about the perception that councils were not building effective ongoing working relationship with iwi. Consultation requirements for councils were described as applied inconsistently, as bureaucratic, arduous and/or not timely. Consenting applications for water to be used were provided as examples where iwi consultation was either too late in the process as the council had already developed its views, or was a ‘tick box’ exercise by the respective council. Participants i...

7. [2022] NZEmpC 208 O’Leary v Umbrella Multimedia Ltd (in liquidation) [pdf, 164 KB]

   ...LIMITED (IN LIQUIDATION) [2022] NZEmpC 208 [24 November 2022] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT OF NEW ZEALAND WELLINGTON I TE KŌTI TAKE MAHI O AOTEAROA TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA [2022] NZEmpC 208 EMPC 159/2022 IN THE MATTER OF an application for a compliance order and fine BETWEEN ANDIE O’LEARY Plaintiff AND UMBRELLA MULTIMEDIA LIMITED (IN LIQUIDATION) First Defendant AND KEVIN LAULU (ALSO KNOWN AS VIKA TO’OALA) Second Defe...

8. [2012] NZEmpC 96 South Pacific Meats Ltd v Mohammed [pdf, 238 KB]

   ...He worked as an A-grade halal slaughterman on the day shift. An A-grade worker at the plant receives a higher rate of pay. The day shift comes with a longer season than the night shift. It is, accordingly, a more lucrative and sought after form of work. Mr Mohammed had previously worked in other meat processing plants, including as a halal slaughterman. Such plants operate on a seasonal basis. The plaintiff’s Invercargill plant is no exception. [2] There is no dispute tha...

9. Evidence Brief: Speed Limit Enforcement [pdf, 522 KB]

   ...road crashes and injuries. OVERVIEW • The goal of speed limit enforcement is to reduce the level of crashes and injuries. It includes mobile patrols with radar, stationary patrols with radar, mobile and fixed speed cameras and other forms of automated speed enforcement. • Research into speed limit enforcement investigates the effect on driving speeds, road crashes, injuries/fatalities and infringements. As such, this research is not specifically measuring ‘crim...

10. Government Response to Law Commision Report on New Issues in Legal Parenthood [pdf, 36 KB]

    ...liable for child support if the donor has assumed some responsibility for the child; - Allowing the court to make orders establishing or extinguishing legal parenthood in cases of mistaken implantation; - Providing information with birth certificate applications to alert more people to the possibility they may be donor-conceived; - Allowing parents to have an annotation put on birth certificates stating the child was born by ‘donor’; - Considering whether there is a need for a best prac...