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1. The Joint Venture e-Newsletter - December 2020 [pdf, 328 KB]

   ...3 Introducing the new Minister for the Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence What motivated you to want to take on the role of Minister for the Prevention of Family and Sexual violence? Before coming into politics, I worked at the Human Rights Commission and, for a time, was the chief panellist on the Owen Glenn inquiry into domestic violence and child abuse. The people I met and stories I heard during that inquiry have stuck with me since then and are certainly an ongoin...

2. [2020] NZEmpC 231 Lye v ISO Ltd [pdf, 255 KB]

   ...particular day. Taking planned time off sees a corresponding reduction in the retainer, but the stevedore remains eligible to be allocated to other shifts in the pay period (and the pay for working them). [26] Dean Carter, ISO’s General Manager of Human Resources, explained the rationale for the company’s method of allocating work. There was no significant disagreement between Mr Carter and Mr Lye about how work is allocated. He explained that ISO’s work volumes are dictate...

3. Leaning Rock Cherries Ltd - EiC - E Weaver (5 February 2021) [pdf, 242 KB]

   ...similar understanding of the maintenance requirement of a fruit tree. We note that there is no relationship between livestock support with water to supporting fruit trees with water. With livestock it is the same as the domestic water supply for humans whereby water is the absolute “lifeblood” and nourishment in some form is able to be supplied. Animals are able to be transported to other sites or nutrients are able to be transported to the animals and subsequently the value...

4. MfE - EiC - K S Kohere - Planning Policy (5 Feb 2021) [PDF, 254 KB]

   ...crops, pasture, and forestry, and generates much of our electricity. 15. Freshwater is a taonga for Māori. Tribal identity is linked to freshwater, with each water body having its own mauri. For Māori, great care must be taken in managing human impacts on freshwater. To honour the mana of water requires practices and policies that first acknowledge the needs of a body of water or waterway. 16. Despite the essential role water plays in our lives freshwater health is declining.3...

5. Water quality in Otago July 2015 to June 2020 [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...sourced from effluent and fertiliser. Ammoniacal nitrogen (NH4-N) can indicate the presence of effluent in water. E. coli: Escherichia coli (E. coli) are a bacterium which is used as an indicator of the presence of harmful micro- organisms in water (e.g. human or animal faeces). This can be used to gauge whether water is suitable for stock drinking, swimming, surfing or other recreational activities. Turbidity: Turbidity is a measure of the cloudiness of water, determined by how much light...

6. 0-TAT-3-DG-R-General.pdf [pdf, 8.5 MB]

   ...OF EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT REPORT TAT-0-CP-06001-CO-RP-0001, TABLE 1-2 FOR ENABLING WORKS PACKAGE DETAILS. PROJECT WIDE ENABLING WORKS PACKAGES/CONSENTS 1. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARD FOR ASSESSING AND MANAGING CONTAMINANTS IN SOIL TO PROTECT HUMAN HEALTH (NESCS) CONSENT(S) / TO REMEDIATE KNOWN AREAS OF CONTAMINATED LAND AND PROVIDE FOR ACCIDENTAL DISCOVERY. RESOURCE CONSENT(S) APPLICATION YET TO BE LODGED. 2. CONSTRUCTION WATER PERMIT TO ABSTRACT WATER FROM THE MATAWATŪ RIVER AND ST...

7. Proactive release - Family violence information sharing guidance [pdf, 1 MB]

   ...funding allocation 37. In the future, it may be determined that additional tools or training be developed to support the Guidance. These costs will be considered as part of the Government’s wider response to family violence and sexual violence. Human Rights 38. The Guidance is consistent with the rights and freedoms provided for in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990. Gender Implications 39. Family violence is gendered in terms of victimisation, perpetration and impacts...

8. Calculating the costs and revenues of the alcohol licensing system - October-2018 [pdf, 334 KB]

   ...costs. Disbursements to ARLA: TAs should include their disbursements to ARLA within costs. This disbursement should be offset by TA licence revenue, which includes the amount which is remitted to ARLA. Overhead costs: Finance, corporate services, human resources, IT, legal, accommodation (rent, maintenance, utilities). Overhead allocation: The allocation of overheads is generally applied in relation to full-time equivalent staff (FTE) or unit expenditure. Different TAs might app...

9. [2020] NZREADT 19 - Singh - costs (1 May 2020) [pdf, 168 KB]

   ...determined on the facts and circumstances of the particular case. Some guidance is available from the judgments of her Honour Justice Mallon in Commissioner of Police v Andrews (where costs were sought against a complainant in proceedings under the Human Rights Act 1993),5 and his Honour Justice Palmer in TSM v A Professional Conduct Committee, (which considered costs awarded in disciplinary proceedings under the Health Practitioners’ Competence Assurance Act 2003).6 [16] In Kooi...

10. 2 RIA Repeal of three strikes law [pdf, 3.3 MB]

    ...in sexual assault, however both crime rates do not fall far outside rates observed in the years prior to the law’s implementation. Deterrence is one of the underlying principles of the criminal law and is based on the rational choice view of human behaviour – that individuals will commit crime if the benefits outweigh the cost, and that crime can be made less attractive by implementing policies that increase the costs of illegal conduct. An empirical analysis of research into th...