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1. FV Reform Paper 1 Context [pdf, 554 KB]

   1 Budget sensitive In confidence Office of the Minister of Justice Chair Cabinet Social Policy Committee REFORM OF FAMILY VIOLENCE LAW Paper One: Context and supporting integrated responses Proposal 1. This paper is the first of three papers prepared for Cabinet, seeking agreement to wide-ranging reform of the family violence legislative framework, with the intention of reducing family violence. The paper is presented in two parts: 1.1. Part A - provides the...

2. McCarthy - Estate of Huia Maria McCarthy (2014) 88 Taitokerau MB 115 (88 TTK 115) [pdf, 532 KB]

   ...COURT OF NEW ZEALAND TAITOKERAU DISTRICT Hearing: Judgment: A20130002152 UNDER Section 67, Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 IN THE MATTER OF Estate ofHuia Maria McCarthy (Kaiwhaiki 1B3A2A2 & Other blocks) BETWEEN RAYMOND JOHN McCARTHY Applicant 26 May 2014 26 August 2014 (Heard at Auckland) 03 October 2014 RESERVED JUDGMENT OF JUDGE D J Al"\1BLER 88 Taitokerau MS 116 Introduction [1] This judgment concerns succession to the Maori land interests of the late H...

3. Hallett - Opawa Rangitoto 2G, 2D2 and 2D3B2 [2016] Māori Appellate Court MB 343 (2016 APPEAL 343) [pdf, 239 KB]

   ...Introduction [1] This appeal concerns a decision of the Chief Judge dated 28 October 2009 (“the 2009 decision”) which amended the partition of Opawa Rangitoto 2D block made by the Court in 1938, and a resulting new survey plan. 1 The appellant claims the survey plan is incorrect as it should reflect the estimated original area of the block granted on partition in 1938. He also claims that he should have been included in the resolution of survey issues relating to completion o...

4. Lee v Couch - Rāpaki Marae 875 Sec 19 and others (2012) 12 Te Waipounamu MB 139 (12 TWP 139) [pdf, 209 KB]

   ...COURT OF NEW ZEALAND TE WAIPOUNAMU DISTRICT 12 Te Waipounamu MB 139 (12 TWP 139) A20080004108 UNDER Section 338(7) Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 IN THE MATTER OF Rāpaki Marae 875 Sec 19 & others BETWEEN KOPA RURU LEE Applicant AND REWI COUCH & HERANA STONE Respondents Hearing: 113 South Island MB 148-167, dated 3 October 2005 118 South Island MB 273, dated 3 April 2007 125 South Island MB 98-105, dated 5 June 2008 125 South Island MB 275-27...

5. Report of the NZ Prostitution Law Committee 2008 [pdf, 642 KB]

   ...Advertisement Audits 35 2.5 Advertisements for Vacancies 38 2.6 Changes in the Sex Industry Since Decriminalisation 39 2.6.1 Advertising Practices 39 2.6.2 Technology 39 2.6.3 Decriminalisation as a Reason for Entering the Sex Industry 39 2.6.4 Claims that Numbers Have Increased 40 2.7 Committee’s Conclusion 40 3 The PRA and Human Rights 43 3.1 International Conventions 43 3.1.1 Case Law 44 3.1.2 Sex Workers’ Perceptions 44 7 3.2 Right for Adults Not to be Forced to Enga...

6. Sionetama - Puketapu E Māori Reservation (2021) 436 Aotea MB 273 (436 AOT 273) [pdf, 266 KB]

   ...Pikikore Moore, Marama Sionetama in person Whakataunga: Judgment 31 August 2021 TE WHAKATAUNGA Ā KAIWHAKAWĀ L R HARVEY Judgment of Judge L R Harvey Hei kōrero tīmatanga Introduction [1] This application for the appointment of trustees to the Puketapu E Māori Reservation Trust was heard at New Plymouth on 14 December 2020.1 Following that, on 23 December 2020, I issued a direction confirming that a new election would be held in th...

7. [2019] NZEmpC 97 Labour Inspector v Cypress Villas Ltd [pdf, 208 KB]

   ...at Auckland) Appearances: S Blick and S Carr, counsel for plaintiff No appearance for defendant B E Brill, as counsel on his own behalf Judgment: 13 August 2019 ORAL JUDGMENT OF JUDGE M E PERKINS [1] This is an application under the now repealed s 234 of the Employment Relations Act 2000. That section deals with circumstances where a Labour Inspector commences an action in the Employment Relations Authority (the Authority) against a company to rec...

8. [2023] NZEmpC 129 Dhiman v Naanak Ltd [pdf, 179 KB]

   ...v NAANAK LIMITED (IN LIQUIDATION) [2023] NZEmpC 129 [16 August 2023] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT OF NEW ZEALAND AUCKLAND I TE KŌTI TAKE MAHI O AOTEAROA TĀMAKI MAKAURAU [2023] NZEmpC 129 EMPC 139/2023 IN THE MATTER OF an application for a compliance order BETWEEN DEEPAK DHIMAN Plaintiff AND NAANAK LIMITED (IN LIQUIDATION) First Defendant AND DEVINDER MANN Second Defendant Hearing: On the papers Appearances:...

9. Response-to-Committee-against-Torture-Recommendations_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 682 KB]

   ...24(b) Ensure all asylum-seekers and others in need of international protection have access to fair and efficient refugee status and non-refoulement determinations No action proposed Irrespective of mode of travel or entry, a person who claims asylum and requests to be recognised as a refugee or protected person has access to fair and efficient refugee status determination and non- refoulement (not forcibly removing, deporting, or extraditing asylum seekers or refugees) determ...

10. Waitangi Tribunal Vol 1 Tauranga Moana [pdf, 13 MB]

    ...Pākehā history in New Zealand as it continuously unfolds in a pattern not yet completely known National Library of New Zealand Cataloguing-in-Publication Data New Zealand. Waitangi Tribunal. Tauranga moana, 1886–2006 : report on the post-raupatu claims. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-1-86956-298-4 1. Treaty of Waitangi (1840) 2. Maori (New Zealand people)— Land tenure—New Zealand—Tauranga District. 3. Maori (New Zealand people)—New Zealand— Tauranga District�...