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1. [2024] NZEnvC 194 Connor [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   ...from ground levels at the frontage of the site) for the duration of the consented development under LUC60415640. The hedge must not be removed without prior approval of the council. Should the existing hedge pose imminent danger to property, human health or it is diseased, then the owner of the site must provide council an arborist assessment to confirm the hedge’s health and relevant risks. The owner 2623861 / 709283 must also provide a suitable replacement front boundary h...

2. [2024] NZEmpC 99 Putaanga v MOVe Freight Ltd [pdf, 243 KB]

   ...said she never understood him to be raising a grievance. Further, she said she was not the person with whom to raise it. She said that if she had understood him to be raising a personal grievance, she would have escalated it to her manager or human resources. [33] MOVe Freight said it was not aware of any grievance at the time. It did not, however, call any witnesses, other than Ms Valdes, who had any direct knowledge of, or involvement in, the events at the time. Mr Shelley, wh...

3. [2008] NZEmpC AC 44/08 HP Industries (NZ) Ltd v Davison [pdf, 54 KB]

   ...restructure was overseen by David Ralph, the operations manager. Through 2005 and 2006 about 60 employees were made redundant in several stages. This was carried out by Mr Ralph in consultation with the relevant union. He also took legal and human resources advice. [17] In the course of this process Mr Ralph had sought assistance from Mr Davison to assess the performance of other employees who were affected by the restructuring but Mr Davison was not advised that his own position...

4. LCRO 36/2023 TL v RY and SK (4 July 2024) [pdf, 180 KB]

   ...Western society”; (d) abuse of privilege; 5 (e) historical cases of unnecessary imprisonment, impliedly because of the improper actions of Crown Prosecutors. (f) the Committee’s decision being “… the best example of sickness in the human species I have seen”; (g) an allegation of “… bias, predetermined outcomes, and potentially lying…” on the part of the Committee; (h) the abuse of absolute power by the Committee; (i) apparently pre-emptively, the LCRO being...

5. FS v Accident Compensation Corporation (Work-related gradual-process injury) [2024] NZACC 135 (15 August 2024) [pdf, 185 KB]

   ...cognitive function testing, and there were pre-existing psychological issues that can produce symptoms identical to the ones complained of, medically speaking the chances of this having been solvent neurotoxicity at any stage are almost nil ... The human health effects of organic solvent inhalation are classified as: Acute Acute, high-level exposure to almost all organic solvents (typically within minutes or hours) causes a general, nonspecific lowering of central nervous system...

6. OIA-113021.pdf [pdf, 5.4 MB]

   ...approaches to sentencing • Court Fines and Legal Aid Debt Collection Changes • reducing funding for Lifting Cultural Capability • Ending the Mana Ōrite Agreement • Returning Funding for Te Ao Mārama 2. A list of roles disestablished at the Human Rights Commission, and in what teams/groups For the purpose of this response, the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry) has interpreted written advice ‘provided to Ministers’ to mean any written advice, which includes aides memoire, brief...

7. Martin, G N - EiC (5 Feb 2021) [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...a number of objectives, polices and rules that apply to the taking and use of surface water, and the damming, diverting and discharging of water. The most relevant objectives in the Water Plan are:  5.3.1: To maintain or enhance the natural and human use values, identified in Schedules 1A, 1B and 1C, that are supported by Otago’s lakes and rivers;  5.3.2: To maintain or enhance the spiritual and cultural beliefs, values and uses of significance to Kāi Tahu, identified in Schedule...

8. Key Informant Interviews Review of the Prostitution Reform Act 2003 [pdf, 326 KB]

   ...CORP 363 Reasons for support Informants often gave several reasons why they supported the PRA. The most common reasons – with fairly equal weighting – were that: • The PRA protected basic human rights of sex workers particularly by removing the stigma and barriers associated with criminal convictions, the opportunities for exploitation, and constraints on their being kept safe. • The health of sex workers was likely to be bett

9. Reinstating-Three-Strikes-Sentencing-Law.pdf [pdf, 31 MB]

   ...options for penalties 65. A sentencing regime of progressively harsher consequences for repeat offenders does not inherently have to entail mandatory penalties that are out of proportion to the actual offending, in some cases so severely they breach human rights. 66. Several comparable jurisdictions set minimum penalties that must be imposed for repeat offending, but these are not usually at or even near the maximum penalty for that offence.21 This provides some discretion for the Cour...

10. [2015] NZEnvC 218 Waiheke Marinas Ltd [pdf, 11 MB]

    ...sprawling or sporadic subdivision, use and development in the coastal environment. . (9) Notwithstanding Policy 7.4.10-8, regard shall be had to the protection of those elements of remaining natural character which continue to exist in areas where human modifications or activities' predominate. [Our emphasis] 16 [61] With regard to water quality (Chapter 8) we note that the overall objective is to maintain water quality in coastal waters and to enhance it where it has degraded...