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1. [2017] NZEnvC 053 Federated Farmers of New Zealand v Mackenzie District Council [pdf, 17 MB]

   ...decision issued; First (Interim) Decision6 issued by the court as High Country Rosehip Ltd and Mackenzie Lifestyle Limited v Mackenzie District Council ("High Country Rosehip") [7] Because PC13 was notified before 1 September 2009, the applicable version of the Act is? the RMA prior to the 2009 and 2013 and subsequent amendments. [8] In the First Decision8 the Environment Court judged that the Mackenzie Basin is an outstanding natural landscape. We then proposed change...

2. [2011] NZEmpC 44 Matsuoka v LSG Sky Chefs NZ Ltd & SFWU [pdf, 245 KB]

   ...11-14 April 2011 (Heard at Auckland) Counsel: Rob Towner, counsel for plaintiff Garry Pollak, counsel for defendant Timothy Oldfield, counsel for intervener Judgment: 18 May 2011 JUDGMENT OF JUDGE B S TRAVIS [1] The plaintiff claims to be legally entitled to transfer from his previous employment to new employment with the defendant (LSG) which has recently obtained a catering contract to service Singapore Airlines (SQ) at the expense of a previous contractor. T...

3. [2017] NZEmpC 6 Lyttelton Port Co Ltd v Maritime Union of NZ Inc [pdf, 183 KB]

   ...Union’s evidence was not contradicted at this interlocutory stage. He argued that it was not up to the Union to prove anything; the onus to establish the allegations was on LPC, not MUNZ. He submitted that there was no basis for the plaintiff’s claim as put in the first instance. He also submitted that there had been numerous strikes over various weekends in January which had taken place without any question as to whether there had been compliance with the secret ballot provi...

4. Parihaka Te Kawanata o Rongo Deed of Reconciliation [pdf, 1.8 MB]

   ...refuge for Taranaki hapu whose homes and cultivations had been repeatedly destroyed by Crown troops, and who had recently suffered the indiscriminate confiscation of traditional lands that had sustained them and their tupuna for generations, and which formed the very bedrock of their identity. At a time of unprecedented loss and continuing Crown violence, the people of Parihaka chose to establish their new community under principles of compassion, equality, unity, and self-sufficiency....

5. Stewart v CAC10064 & Cooper [2013] NZREADT 58 [pdf, 58 KB]

   ...commission from the eventual sale of the property to the purchasers, which was effected by Eves. Coopers alleged that Eves knew of the subsistence of the Coopers agency, but went ahead and completed the sale to the purchasers regardless, and then claimed and received the commission from the vendors. The 10 February 2012 Committee Decision 3 [11] The CAC considered that Coopers had a valid agency agreement signed on 8 December 2009; no evidence had been put before it to sugg...

6. [2018] NZEmpC 79 Hines v Eastland Port Ltd [pdf, 513 KB]

   ...misconduct. [91] There were two additional matters that concerned Mr Gaddum. The first of these was Captain Hines’ explanations about his movements while the Seamount Explorer came into berth, and the second was with respect to Mr Gaddum’s request for the SMS audit report. [92] Captain Hines accepts that an employer may expand a disciplinary process to include alleged untruthfulness in the employee’s explanations, provided the process is fair and the employee is given a...

7. Programme evaluation of Target Hardening pilot [pdf, 673 KB]

   ...participants. The process evaluation has identified referral difficulties from Police to Victim Support. This referral is key to ensuring eligible victims access the programme. The findings have also revealed some inconsistencies in approach and the application of criteria between Victim Support areas, and a lack of awareness in some areas of the levels of discretion within the programme. A number of key informants questioned the initial criteria set for the programme and believed th...

8. Breaking the inter-generational cycle of family violence and sexual violence [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...approach that will be led by a dedicated agent within central government. Executive Summary 2 Family violence and sexual violence can be prevented, yet 1 in 7 children grow up in violent homes, and 1 in 3 girls and up to 1 in 7 boys are subject to a form of sexual abuse by the time they reach 16. Exposure to this type of violence has lifelong impacts on child and youth wellbeing: they are three times more likely to attempt suicide, make up almost 80% of youth offenders, and are less l...

9. Kim & Anor v Auckland Council & Ors [2013] NZWHT Auckland 28 [pdf, 218 KB]

   ...in 2001-2002. There were substantial defects in the original construction that have caused significant moisture ingress and damage. A full re-clad of the house is now required. [2] At a mediation in April 2013, Mr and Mrs Kim settled their claims against the Auckland Council, the first respondent. Pursuant to the settlement agreement, Mr and Mrs Kim subrogated to the Council their full entitlement to recover damages from the other respondents. [3] The Council paid to Mr a...

10. Hunstanton v Gretna LCRO 27 / 2010 (13 July 2010) [pdf, 126 KB]

    LCRO 167 / 2009 CONCERNING An application for review pursuant to Section 193 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 AND CONCERNING a determination of the Waikato Bay Of Plenty Standards Committee 1 of the New Zealand Law Society BETWEEN MS HUNSTANTON Applicant AND MR CAMBORNE and MR CHESTER Respondents The names and identifying details of the parties in this decision have been changed. DECISION [1] Mrs Hunstanton complained to the...