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1. Horizon-Regional-Council-Cover-letter-Form-7a-and-Form-9-20221101.pdf [pdf, 608 KB]

   ...consents are needed for the proposed activity to which this application relates and have not been applied for: • a resource consent Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in Soil to Protect Human Health) Regulations 2011 (NES-CS); In addition, a number of other RMA statutory approvals will be required including: • the potential transfer of water permits rights under s.136 of the RMA in relation to existing water bores on proper...

2. Legal aid grants June 2023 [xlsx, 83 KB]

   ...This includes debt recovery, breaches of contract, defamation, and bankruptcy proceedings. It also includes proceedings before tribunals or specialist courts such as the: • Employment Relations Authority • Employment Court • Environment Court • Human Rights Tribunal • Legal Aid Tribunal • Māori Land Court • Immigration & Protection Tribunal • Social Security Appeal Authority • Taxation Review Tribunal • Tenancy Tribunal • Waitangi Tribunal. Civil legal aid is not avai...

3. Mann v Accident Compensation Corporation (Jurisdiction, Social Rehabilitation, Costs on Review) [2023] NZACC 91 [pdf, 365 KB]

   ...section 20(2)(e) to (h)). Section 25(1)(a)(i) provides that “accident” means a specific event or a series of events, other than a gradual process, that involves the application of a force (including gravity), or resistance, external to the human body. Section 25(3) notes that the fact that a person has suffered a personal injury is not of itself to be construed as an indication or presumption that it was caused by an accident. [81] Section 67 of the Act provides: A claimant...

4. Tucker v Accident Compensation Corporation (Personal Injury and Social Rehabilitation) [2024] NZACC 78 [pdf, 255 KB]

   ...section 20(2)(e) to (h)). Section 25(1)(a)(i) provides that “accident” means a specific event or a series of events, other than a gradual process, that involves the application of a force (including gravity), or resistance, external to the human body. Section 25(3) notes that the fact that a person has suffered a personal injury is not of itself to be construed as an indication or presumption that it was caused by an accident. [46] Section 26(1)(c) of the Act provides that “...

5. [2019] NZEmpC 181 A Labour Inspector v New Zealand Fusion International Ltd [pdf, 299 KB]

   ...objects of providing additional enforcement measures to promote the more effective enforcement of employment standards. This in turn provides protection to employees from abuses by unscrupulous employers not willing to comply with civilised and humane standards of employment. … [75] There will be cases where the actions of the employer against its employees are so heinous and persistent that a banning order should be made on the first occasion that the breaches of standards a...

6. [2022] NZEnvC 043 Marine Farming Association Incorporated v Marlborough District Council [pdf, 5.3 MB]

   ...and heritage values, and shared and recognised values; and. (d) consultation with Marlborough’s tangata whenua iwi. Multiple characteristics and values contribute to landscape. Primarily, landscape is the expression of natural processes and human activity in and on the land. However, it is also a function of how people perceive the results of this interaction. Those values considered relevant in a Marlborough context are identified in (a) to (c) of the policy. Landscapes may have...

7. [2016] NZEmpC 135 Nathan v Broadspectrum [pdf, 180 KB]

   ...necessarily involved being able to work on lines for Wellington Cable in the future. Broadspectrum was prepared to reinstate Mr Nathan but was not prepared to agree to him returning to Glover Street. [29] As Ms Manning, Broadspectrum’s Regional Human Resources Manager, explained in her evidence to the Court, the company decided on a tactical response to overcome this impasse. On the resumption of the investigation meeting it made the proposal referred to earlier, subject t...

8. [2019] NZEmpC 40 Berry v The Chief Executive of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment [pdf, 328 KB]

   ...indicated. Ms Lakeman, in her brief, states that the fact that the complaint was not made about a MBIE staff member but about a third party over whom MBIE did not have any employment jurisdiction made the situation more unusual than a normal internal human resources complaint. She indicated correctly that MBIE could not just launch an investigation as it might do in relation to an issue between two of its own staff. She therefore considered that any decision as to how to proceed...

9. NZCVS Cycle 4 - Section 3 - How much crime? [xlsx, 101 KB]

   ...included in the report. 4.    Count estimates have been rounded to the nearest thousands or hundreds. Percentages, means, margins or error and random sampling error have been rounded to the nearest two decimal places. 5. Unfortunately, due to a human error in data collection, these tables do not include over 200 interviews in Hawkes Bay area. Survey results were revised, amended and re-weighted to maintain accuracy and avoid bias. Purpose This document is 1 in a set of 8 data table...

10. INZ v Soni [2018] NZIACDT 6 (9 March 2018) [pdf, 315 KB]

    ...This was not a situation where Narinder or his wife were intending to engage in any deceptive practice. There was no more, nor less, than a surprising and serious misunderstanding as to the formality that was required and it was the product of human frailty with no intent to do wrong. [91] Accordingly, I do not find there was a breach of cls 1, 2(e) or 3(c) of the Code of Conduct in relation to Narinder. Rubber-stamping in relation to Maninder and Amandeep [92] The first questio...