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1. 2015 Ministry of Justice annual report - our financial performance [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...are depreciated over the unexpired period of the lease or the estimated remaining useful lives of the improvements, whichever is the shorter. The residual value and useful life of an asset is reviewed at each financial year end and adjusted, if applicable. DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the disposal proceeds with the carrying amount of the asset. Gains and losses on disposals are included in the surplus or deficit....

2. Nepia Ranapia - Evidence in Chief [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   ...Maori Cultural worldview is made up of an interrelationship with the physical and spiritual world. It is supported by a relationship built on tikanga. The rohe extends beyond the land Te Arataiwhenua and across the sea which follows a boundary formed by the paepaeroa This area across the marine space relates a Tikanga Moana which underpins the human natural relationship. The cultural constructs and maatauranga allow for the adaptations and interface to the spaces and places and pr...

3. Mr-Rasheeds-Submissions-of-37-Families.pdf [pdf, 619 KB]

   ...FOCUS BY INTELLIGENCE SERVICES ON ISLAMIC TERRORISTS? .................................................. 25 ISSUE 49 CAPACITY DEFICIENCY IN TRACKING LONE ACTORS ....................................................... 30 E ISSUES IN THE “INFORMATION REQUEST” CATEGORY .................................. 31 F. NEXT STEPS .................................................................................................................. 32 APPENDIX I: TABLE OF LIVE ISSUES APPENDIX I...

4. [2011] NZEmpC 135 NZ Amalgamated Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union v Amcor Packaging [pdf, 111 KB]

   ...related to the construction of a commercial contract but the Court of Appeal in Silver Fern Farms Ltd v New Zealand Meat Workers and Related Trade Unions Inc 3 made it clear that the principles of interpretation prescribed in Vector had equal application to employment agreements. 4 The court is required to apply a principled approach to the interpretation of employment agreements and disputes as to meanings must be determined objectively. Vector highlighted the significance of t...

5. BORA Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill [pdf, 276 KB]

   ...calculated with reference to what a tenant would receive “if the tenant were a beneficiary” (s 9.46(3)) is to prevent a situation where a tenant could game the system. For example, a self-employed person could appear to have a very low income and claim a reduced rent based on their income, rather than the benefit they would be entitled to if they were a beneficiary. The benefit calculation provided for in new s 9.46(3) would therefore result in the minimum income related rent that ca...

6. [2018] NZEmpC 16 Nathan v Broadspectrum (New Zealand) Ltd [pdf, 293 KB]

   IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT WELLINGTON [2018] NZEmpC 16 EMPC 116/2017 IN THE MATTER OF an application for further orders to impose a fine BETWEEN JASON NATHAN Applicant AND BROADSPECTRUM (NEW ZEALAND) LIMITED (FORMERLY TRANSFIELD SERVICES LIMITED) Respondent Hearing: Wellington, 9 November 2017 Appearances: T Cleary, counsel for applicant A Lloyd and J Hardacre, counsel for respondent Judgment: 12 March 2018...

7. [2009] NZEmpC CC 1/09 Murray v Godley House Limited [pdf, 33 KB]

   ...further account of these events was consistent with his evidence-in-chief. He also denied telling Mr Murray that he did not have a future at the restaurant or that he no longer had a job. Discussion and decision [15] Mr Murray’s claim is that he was unjustifiably dismissed in the course of his conversation with Mr Blunden on the morning of 17 May 2006. In pursuing that claim, the initial onus lies on Mr Murray to establish on the balance of probabilities that he...

8. 2023-10-17-Muaupoko-legal-subs-for-24-October-EC-hearing.pdf [pdf, 178 KB]

   ENVIRONMENT COURT OF NEW ZEALAND WELLINGTON REGISTRY I MUA I TE KOOTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA ENV-2023-WLG-000005 Under the Resource Management Act 1991 In the matter of the direct referral of applications for resource consent and notices of requirement under sections 87G and 198E of the Act for the Ōtaki to North of Levin Project By Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency SUBMISSIONS FOR MUAŪPOKO TRIBAL AUTHORITY ON CULTURAL CONDITIONS 17...

9. Auckland Standards Committee v Hong [2014] NZLCDT 41 [pdf, 110 KB]

   NEW ZEALAND LAWYERS AND CONVEYANCERS DISCIPLINARY TRIBUNAL [2014] NZLCDT 41 LCDT 030/13 IN THE MATTER of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 BETWEEN AUCKLAND STANDARDS COMMITTEE No. 3 Applicant AND BOON HONG Practitioner CHAIR Judge D F Clarkson MEMBERS OF TRIBUNAL Mr W Chapman Mr A Lamont Mr P Shaw Mr S Walker HEARING at Auckland DATE OF HEARING 30 June 2014 COUNSEL Mr P Collins for the Auckland Standards...

10. [2016] NZSSAA 035 (16 May 2016) [pdf, 45 KB]

    ...relies on the discretion contained in s 63(a) of the Social Security Act 1964 to treat a married person as single for benefit purposes. [17] Section 63 of the Social Security Act 1964 gives the Chief Executive a discretion to regard as single any applicant or beneficiary who is married or in a civil union but is living apart from his or her spouse or partner. The decision under s 63 is a two-part process. In the first instance, it must be determined whether or not the beneficiary is li...