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1. [2023] NZEnvC 170 Liquigas Limited v Dunedin City Council [pdf, 3.4 MB]

   ...9. All others I ~200kg 11kg 1kg 400kg 5kg 1kg Subclass 6.5A and B (GHS category 1): Respiratory and contact sensitizers 10. Cement, hydrated lime and burnt lime 11. All others 400kg 1kg Subclass 6.6A and B (GHS category 1. 21: Human mutagens 12., All 11kg Subclass 6.7A and B (GHS category 1. 2): Carcinogens 13., All 11kg Subclass 6.8A-C (GHS category 1, 2): Human reproductive or developmental toxicants 14.1 All , 1 Q1.Jsg {The Oil Companies appeal point 350}...

2. OIA-111634.pdf [pdf, 2.3 MB]

   ...against by Police than non-Māori 10 to 13-year olds who offend. There have been calls to raise the minimum age 16. New Zealand’s minimum age for murder and manslaughter is low by international standards. In light of evolving international human rights norms, there are many calls for raising it, in line with most other OECD countries which commonly set the threshold at 12 years (see Appendix 4): 16.1. In 2015, the Expert Advisory Panel on Modernising Child, Youth and Family r...

3. Government seeking feedback on options for creating a new adoption system

   ...reflects modern adoption best practice. This reform presents an opportunity to create a new system that provides strong safeguards for protecting the rights, best interests and welfare of children. It will also allow us to ensure we uphold our international human rights obligations. We need to change our adoption laws to make sure our tamariki are at the heart. The public’s thoughts and ideas will play an important part in helping to get our adoption laws right. Our adoption laws need to alig...

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4. Te Tiriti o Waitangi - Treaty of Waitangi

   ...rights are set out in other legislation which is enforceable in our courts. For example, Article III of the Treaty of Waitangi sets out the right to equality before the law. This right is also protected under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act and the Human Rights Act. New Zealand has also signed the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, an international law to protect the rights of minorities. We have an international obligation to comply with some of the Treaty rights through...

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5. [2019] NZEmpC 68 Randle v The Warehouse Ltd [pdf, 248 KB]

   ...[9]; Green v Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand [1988] 2 NZLR 490 (CA) at 505 per Casey J. [21] The evidence of The Warehouse was that there was no instruction given that people could not speak with Ms Randle. The former Regional Human Resources Business Partner for The Warehouse, who investigated the complaint against Ms Randle, gave evidence before the Authority and by affidavit in Court. She said that there was one point where she was contacted by employees who we...

6. Mark-St-Clair_S87F-Report_Planning_28-April-2023_with-Footnotes.pdf [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...Freshwater ............................................................................61 NES for Air Quality .............................................................................62 NES for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in Soil to Protect Human Health ....................................................................................63 NES for Sources of Human Drinking Water ........................................63 National Policy Statements (NPS) ............................

7. 2021-03-11 Nga Runanga - opening submissions [pdf, 443 KB]

   ...values’, ‘Kāi Tahu values’ or ‘Schedule 1’, or ‘Schedule 1D’ …I note that the RPW includes several other restricted activity rules which include, as a matter of discretion, “Any adverse effect of the activity on: (i) Any natural and human use value identified in Schedule 1 for any affected water body”. Further, restricted discretionary activity rule 12.C.2.4 includes a matter of discretion that states ‘Any adverse effect…on any natural or human use value, incl...

8. [2017] NZEmpC 163 Briscoe v Oceania Dairy Ltd [pdf, 192 KB]

   ...as a Health and Safety Advisor by Oceania. She started work in March 2014 and on 1 February 2016 agreed to vary her individual employment agreement. The result was an alteration to her reporting lines within the company, so she reported to the Human Resources Manager who, at all relevant times, was Karen Treloar. [5] Several allegations were made to support the claim that Ms Briscoe had been unjustifiably disadvantaged in her employment. Those allegations were, generally, that sh...

9. [2010] NZEmpC 67 Porteous v Chief Executive of the Department of Building & Housing [pdf, 104 KB]

   ...continuous service with the Department of Building and Housing or Public Service. (c) Cessation Leave for employees with less than 20 years service Qualification Required Amount of Cessation Leave Completion of 15 years service 65 days … 19 Human Resource Policies 19.1 The Employee agrees to abide and be bound by all provisions set out in any Manual, Policy, procedures document or the Performance Management System which includes but it not limited to the Human Resources Po...

10. [2024] NZEnvC 011 Swap Stockfoods Limited v Bay of Plenty Regional Council [pdf, 198 KB]

    ...Council (Regional Council) on Proposed Plan Change 13 (Air Quality) to the Operative Bay of Plenty Regional Natural Resources Plan (PC13). [2] The case is primarily about the management of dust in the Mount Maunganui Airshed (MMA) to protect the human health and mauri of the air. PC13 contains provisions to address the management of dust. The Court’s Interim Decisions [3] On 10 January 2023 this Court issued its First Interim Decision.1 It sought submissions on a number of p...