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1. [2024] NZEnvC 051 Hamilton City Council v Waikato District Council [pdf, 735 KB]

   ...development of natural and physical resources under s7 of the RMA, to be provided for through a resource consent process. The amendments to provisions are in response to concerns raised by HCC in its appeal. Addresses a matter that relates to human health or the protection of life and property X The proposal does not directly relate to a human health matter or the protection of life or property. Application of relevant national, regional and district rul...

2. OIA-111348.pdf [pdf, 3 MB]

   ...CabGuide Attendees: Anna Moore-Jones, Elisha Connell and Jenny Vickers (DPMC) CabGuide is aimed at public servants and for people in ministers’ offices. Can be updated fairly easily. Jenny recently worked with MoJ to update the guide around human rights. CabGuide is not a primary resource – practical how to guide, much softer in its language, more practical than Cab Manual. E.g. human rights info includes a little bit of repetition, but isn’t the primary source. Cab paper...

3. Hutt Valley Justice Sector innovation project phase 2 final report: Delivering better public services at the frontline [pdf, 1.9 MB]

   ...Wardens in Court: The Maori Wardens in Court initiative aimed to improve the Court experience for defendants, victims, and their families through greater support and assistance in the Courthouse, as well as providing a reassuring, familiar, and “human” presence as people progress through an often complicated, impersonal and stressful process. After a considerable amount of work, this initiative is not able to progress. There have been significant issues raised as to the wa...

4. [2018] NZEnvC 205 Cossens v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 14 MB]

   ...predominantly covered in exotic pasture grasses, The bank on Lot 1 from the upper to the intermediate terrace is not as intensively developed, It is low producing grassland with some relict indigenous shrubland plants including 12 13 14 In human terms, it is very young in geological time, Mr Davis referred to Walker, S" Lee, W,G" Rogers, G,M, 2003, The woody vegetation of Central Otago, New Zealand: its present and past distribution and future restoration needs, Science...

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

   BEFORE  THE  ENVIRONMENT  COURT   Auckland  Registry     ENV  2015  AKL  0000134               IN  THE  MATTER     of  the  Resource  Management                   Act  1991   AND     of  an  appeal  under  Clause  14  of  the   First  Schedule  of  the  Act     BETWEEN   TRUSTEES  OF  MOTITI  ROHE   MOANA  TR

6. Regulatory Impact Statement - Criminal justice proposals to counter foreign interference in New Zealand [pdf, 2.3 MB]

   Re$TRICTeC> UNCLASSIFIED Regulatory Impact Statement: Criminal justice proposals to counter foreign interference targeting New Zealand Coversheet Purpose of Document Decision sought: Advising agencies: Proposing Ministers: Date finalised: Problem Definition This analysis was produced to inform final Cabinet decisions on proposals to amend the Crimes Act 1961 . The Ministry of Justice is responsible for the development of this Regulatory Impact Statement. Minister of

7. 2014 Ministry of Justice Annual Report [pdf, 3 MB]

   ...courts. The Ministry provides the administrative services needed to operate the New Zealand court system and support judicial decision making. Administrative support includes: transcription services; finance; information and communications technology; human resources; and funding and support for the Institute of Judicial Studies, which provides continuing legal education and development. When delivering these services, the Ministry works with the judiciary to ensure the constitutional...

8. The Impact of the Prostitution Reform Act on the Health and Safety Practices of Sex Workers Report [pdf, 819 KB]

   ...to the same controls and regulations as those under which other businesses operate (Jordan, 2005). Decriminalisation is seen by many researchers, public health professionals, liberal feminists and others as the only way to 22 protect the human rights of sex workers and minimise the amount of harm incurred by their occupation. In New South Wales (NSW), aspects of sex work were decriminalised in 1995 through amendments to the Disorderly Houses Act (1943) (Scott, 2003). Dec...

9. [2022] NZEnvC 161 Hutt City Council [pdf, 2.6 MB]

   ...Notices of Requirement (NoRs); (b) the grant of NZTA's, WRC's and HCC's applications for land use consent under the Resource Management (National Environmental Standard for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in Soil to Protect Human Health) Regulations 2011 (NES Soil) (District Applications); and (c) the grant of NZTA's, WRC's and HCC's applications for resource consents (Regional Applications). [21] In their Notice of Motion the Applicants provide...

10. [2022] NZEnvC 227 Nga Kaitiaki O Te Awa O Ngaruroro [pdf, 1.1 MB]

    ...Ngaruroro with a higher proportion of non-natural land use (agriculture and forestry respectively). [39] The Water Quality JWS recorded: 5. The experts agreed that water quality in a natural state refers to water that has not been degraded by human influences, i.e. minimal human disturbance, evidenced by no agriculture/horticulture/forestry in the catchment. Water in a natural state (i.e. wai Māori) is taonga tuku iho. Minor plant pest incursions, or the presence of feral deer/p...