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1. 20231124-Courts-BIM_Redacted_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...Au Reka, along with the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Finance. Currently court and tribunal processes are largely paper-based, underpinned by a range of outdated technology. These manually intensive processes: • increase the risk of human error and administrative mistakes that can have serious impacts on people’s lives 20 • make it difficult to determine if cases are ready to progress, increasing the likelihood of delays and adjournments • significantly decrea...

2. [2006] NZEmpC AC 47/06 Cliff & Groom v Air NZ Ltd [pdf, 208 KB]

   ...(c) Whether, on the basis of its investigation, Air New Zealand could have come to a conclusion that the allegations had been made out and therefore amounted to serious misconduct which justified dismissal. The facts [5] Richard Motet, a human resources consultant but not an IT expert, was engaged by Air New Zealand in early September 2004 on a 3-month contract to assist its ANZES managers who had been delegated to investigate the Internet usage. Individual activity reports f...

3. [2015] NZEmpC 157 Labour Inspector v Cypress Villas Ltd full court [pdf, 515 KB]

   ...extending liability to a non-employer individual on a joint and several basis. The exception uniquely applies in cases involving company employers, and is expressly limited to particular classes of individuals who could reasonably be seen as the human actors through whom the company’s actions have been manifested. Section 234 effectively constitutes a statutory piercing of the corporate veil, which is only ever lifted in limited circumstances. [126] As the authors of Company La...

4. Fish & Game – EiC – B Farrell – Planning (5 Feb 2021) [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...water takes”. I agree and in the absence of the FMU process being completed to identify “overallocation” and “degradation”, I believe that through a TMOTW lens it is reasonable to assume, in the meantime, that any loss of water from human intervention represents degradation of a waterbody. (f) If the health and wellbeing of water bodies was not in a significantly degraded state, then surely PC7 would have not been progressed with the direction and support of the Minis...

5. [2024] NZEmpC 133 Gumbeze v The Chief Executive of Oranga Tamariki – Ministry for Children [pdf, 422 KB]

   ...That non-publication order essentially continues an order made by the Authority.5 [11] The Authority also granted an application by Oranga Tamariki and made a non- publication order applying to the name and identifying information of its Senior Human Resources Advisor who, during the investigation, was cross-examined about alleged racism.6 The Authority held that the allegation was unfounded and that a non- publication order was the only way to sufficiently protect that person from...

6. [2015] NZEmpC 230 FIRST Union Inc v Jacks Hardware and Timber Ltd [pdf, 365 KB]

   ...During October 2013 there were discussions between the Union’s local organiser, Shirley Walthew, and the union members at Jacks about the process of initiating bargaining for a collective agreement. Before that could occur, however, Jacks’s human resources manager and administrator raised concerns with the Union about union membership conversations taking place between staff in the store during working hours. Their concern was that these were impacting negatively on the busine...

7. Proposals against incitement of hatred and discrimination - discussion document - Samoan [pdf, 352 KB]

   ...Citizen Space i le [upega tafailagi]. Ua saunia i lenei itulau se auala faigofie e faaoo mai ai tuualalo e uiga i matāupu folasia. E mafai foi ona e faaoo mai i se imeli pe lafo mai le pusameli E mafai ona imeli mai sau finauga aloa'ia i le humanrights@justice.govt.nz. E mafai ona lafo mai se finauga tusitusia i le Human Rights, Ministry of Justice, SX10088, Wellington. mailto:humanrights@justice.govt.nz 9 Mataupu faalilolilo ma faamatalaga totino Ia matau mai...

8. [2021] NZEnvC 103 Wyuna Preserve Residents Association Incorporated v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 19 MB]

   ...approved NMP. The followin aircraft landing or taking off in an emergency or for precautionary safety reasons; 9. b. C. d. e. f. 49 emergency flights required to rescue persons from life threatening situations or to transport patients, human organs or medical personnel in medical emergency; aircraft using the aerodrome due to unforeseen circumstances as an essential alternative to landing at their planned destination; flights required to meet the needs of a national or...

9. [2019] NZEmpC 151 Zhang v Telco Asset Management Ltd [pdf, 537 KB]

   ...degraded, ridiculed, demeaned, put down or exposed, diminishing or damaging their status and/or self worth. “Loss of dignity” has been described in the following way by the Supreme Court of Law v Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration): Human dignity means that an individual or group feels self-respect and self-worth. It is concerned with physical and psychological integrity and empowerment. Human dignity is harmed by unfair treatment premised upon personal traits...

10. Diane Jean Lucas - Evidence in Chief [pdf, 1.1 MB]

    ...free winters. Rainfall is approximately 1400 mm pa. Former native vegetation was dominated by pohutukawa forest and coastal scrubland with herbfield on the more geologically actives facets of the landscape. Most islands have had a long history of human occupation (e.g. Tuhua) and have been extensively cropped and farmed (e.g. Motiti). This land system/ecosystem comprises the White Island, Motiti and Mayor Ecological Districts. IN THE MATTER OF the Resource Management Act 1...