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1. Shaw v Ngati Huarere Ki Whangapoua - Ngati Pu representation (2016) 124 Waikato Maniapoto MB 3 (124 WMN 3) [pdf, 270 KB]

   ...to be an issue, however, is the relative space left to hapū such as Ngāti Pu in a post-settlement environment to maintain and assert an independent voice. In one sense, this in an intensely practical question depending in large part upon the human and other resources available to the hapū and the extent to which it is unified. There are also important points of principle potentially at issue. Chief amongst these are the way in which whānau, hapū and iwi relate to each other and t...

2. [2016] NZEmpC 31 A Labour Inspector v Taste of Egypt Limited [pdf, 473 KB]

   ...proceedings. All that the current proceeding does is to freeze assets pending further enforcement proceedings. This judgment does not require the second or third respondents to meet the debts of the first respondent but recognises that, as the human operatives of their company, Mr Awad and Ms McFarlane are responsible for what it does or does not do. Further, I consider that there is a realistic possibility that the company’s assets may have been transferred to either or both o...

3. LCRO 236-2015 DZ v EY [pdf, 176 KB]

   ...DZ, Ms FX and, to some extent, J know the truth. [20] However, Mr DZ’s position is that the Committee was unable to see the truth behind the fiction created by Ms EY and Ms FX. He believes he is one of many men who have “their fundamental human rights stripped by deceptive and venomous ex partners assisted happily by lawyers”. Mr DZ says Ms EY read the affidavits, agreed them, signed them and certified them. He reasons that “to all intents they are her documents that sh...

4. [2021] NZEnvC 169 Prime Property Group Limited v Wellington City Council [pdf, 261 KB]

   ...vehicles per hour southbound in the morning, and northbound in the evening. There are c650 cyclist movements per day - roughly equally divided between north and southbound. [18] Mr Hamish Mackie was called by Waka Kotahi to give evidence about human factor issues related to road safety. He has considerable qualifications, background 5 and experience in the field. He noted that the existing north and south billboards (ie those to be replaced under the proposal) have an average lu...

5. [2023] NZSSAA 009 (10 July 2023) [pdf, 175 KB]

   ...Ministry of an intended absence from New Zealand.10 A person is not entitled to be paid a benefit while overseas under the exceptions, unless they have notified the Ministry of their intended absence before leaving New Zealand, 11 or there are humanitarian reasons for the absence and failure to notify, and notification is made as soon as reasonably practicable.12 8 Social Security Regulations 2018, regs 142, 143, 148 and 149. 9 Social Security Regulations 2018, reg 144 and 145....

6. [2024] NZEnvC 129 Second Star Limited v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 591 KB]

   ...applicant’s experts took an unduly narrow approach to its evaluation of the effects of constructing and operating a lodge. A landscape assessment ought not to have been confined to an assessment of the built form of the lodge, ignoring associated human activities/movements on the lodge site. [105] We acknowledge that no recreational facilities were proposed as part of the application. However, there will likely be ancillary recreational use of the site including walks down to...

7. Update to Minister on applying the investment approach to Justice [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...A key question will be the scope of the Investment Approach to Justice. Reducing crime is only one part of the sector’s business. Other important purposes of the Justice sector include work to: 46.1. hold offenders to account 46.2. safely and humanely house prisoners, including the provision of primary health services 46.3. provide a first response to people who are a danger to themselves or others 46.4. provide a quality civil justice system, which in turn supports a healthy econom...

8. Ministry of Justice Annual Report 2020-21 [pdf, 6.4 MB]

   ...judicial independence – an essential part of the rule of law and separation of powers; it means that judges can exercise their functions without fear or favour and people can have confidence that justice will be done in the courts • protection of human rights. Against this backdrop of constitutional arrangements, the Ministry’s role is to serve the government, and the public service, to make decisions in ways that are regarded as legitimate by communities across Aotearoa. Legitima...

9. [2018] NZEmpC 132 Nicholson v Ford [pdf, 308 KB]

   ...that imposing a penalty against the ‘last man standing’ (namely in circumstances where the company has gone into liquidation) would open the floodgates as Mr Hayes contends. He submitted that such a finding would expose lawyers, accountants, human resources officers, chief executives, and a raft of other people who had had some minor input into a flawed restructuring process, to a potential penalty. [12] The relevant legislative provision places constraints around the exercis...

10. HortNZ - EiC - M K Sands - Industry (5 Feb 2021) [pdf, 313 KB]

    ...https://www.health.govt.nz/publication/annual-update-key-results-2016-17-new-zealand-health-survey 15 55. Abstractions and discharges are needed to grow the food New Zealanders need to eat. 56. Reasonably priced and healthy food, is essential for human health. The Otago region plays a critical role in the national food production system the loss of which is not easily picked up elsewhere in New Zealand given the unique production capability of the region. 57. The majority of al...