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1. Davis v Accident Compensation Corporation (Deemed Cover; Personal Injury) [2025] NZACC 79 (12 May 2025) [pdf, 3.9 MB]

   ...which the person has cover. 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. [49] Section 103 provides: (1) The Corporati...

2. Moyer v Accident Compensation Corporation (Personal Injury) [2024] NZACC 210 (19 December 2024) [pdf, 338 KB]

   ...accident under section 20(2)(a) to be covered injuries. [38] Accident is relevantly defined1 as a) A specific event…other than a gradual process, that- i. Involves the application of a force (including gravity), or resistance, external to the human body. [39] Section 25 negates any presumption that a personal injury was caused by an accident. 1 Section 25 of the Act Submissions for Mr Moyer [40] Ms Ford emphasised the impact of playing the new plastic trumpet and submi...

3. Thorogood v Accident Compensation Corporation (Cover) [2025] NZACC 115 (17 July 2025) [pdf, 301 KB]

   ...Accident (1) Accident means any of the following kinds of occurrences: (a) a specific event or a series of events, other than a gradual process, that— (i) involves the application of a force (including gravity), or resistance, external to the human body; or (ii) involves the sudden movement of the body to avoid a force (including gravity), or resistance, external to the body; or (iii) involves a twisting movement of the body: [51] Section 26 of the Act provides: 26 Persona...

4. [2014] NZEmpC 25 Law Ors v BOT of Woodford House Ors [pdf, 518 KB]

   ...Organisation, it had been recognised that fair and decent conditions of work were important to these objectives as well as to individual workers. It is no coincidence, then, that when nations came to formulate and adopt the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, 10 work rights were among those proclaimed. Article 23(3) of the Universal Declaration provided, and continues to state that: Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for them...

5. Ngati Pahauwera Affidavit on behalf of Trustees Exhibits A to H [pdf, 2.3 MB]

   ' A " Ngati Pahauwera CMT/PCR Application Area rairoa Raupunga W aihua Mohaka This map is current as at 9/11/2012 CO Mapptng by G eo s pa Ba I Solutions Ltd. O ctober 2012 M O J 2012-053 DUPLICATE C W ^ l l O R a n g a h a u a W h a n u i D i s t r i c t i r e WAIROA JOY HIPPOLITE N o v e m b e r 1996 W o r k i n g P a p e r : F i r s t R e l e a s e W A IT A N G I T R I B U N A L R A N G A H A U A W H A N U I SERIES This is the exhibit marked “ C�

6. [2019] NZEnvC 115 Gibbston Vines Limited v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 17 MB]

   BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT I MUA I TE KOOTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA IN THE MATTER AND BETWEEN AND Decision No. [2019] NZEnvC 115 of the Resource Management Act 1991 of an appeal pursuant to s120 of the Act GIBBSTON VINES LIMITED (ENV-2018-CHC-008) Appellant QUEENSTOWN LAKES DISTRICT COUNCIL Respondent Court: Environment Judge J J M Hassan Environment Commissioner W R Howie Environment Commissioner G Paine Hearing: at Queenstown on 10, 11 and 12 December 2018 Appear

7. [2021] NZEnvC 079 Guthrie v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 2.1 MB]

   ...the Act applies”.13 VAL are also described. Given that the expert landscape witnesses agreed that the site sits within such a landscape, we address these in more detail. The Plan describes VAL: They are landscapes which wear a cloak of human activity much more obviously – pastoral (in the poetic and picturesque sense rather than the functional sense) or Arcadian landscapes with more houses and trees, greener (introduced) grasses and tend to be on the District’s downlands,...

8. Final-Technical-Assessment-I-Contaminated-Land_Part2.pdf [pdf, 19 MB]

   ...shown in Table 3-1. The complete set of the analytical results is provided in Appendix A. The results have been compared to the following guidelines: • National Environmental Standard for assessing and managing contaminants in soil to protect human health (MfE, April 2012) (NESCS). The category of commercial/industrial outdoor worker (unpaved) was used. • Determination of Common Pollutant Background Soil Concentrations for the Wellington Region (GWRC, August 2003). The category of...

9. Tranche 1 of Cabinet and Ministerial advice on changes to clubs and ranges regulations [pdf, 13 MB]

   © Crown Copyright, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Hon Nicole McKee Associate Minister of Justice Proactive release – Phase 2 of the Firearms Reform Programme – tranche 1 Date of issue: 5 September 2024 The following documents are here proactively released in accordance with Cabinet Office Circular CO (23) 4. Some information has been withheld because, if requested under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA), it would not be released. Where this

10. [2023] NZEnvC 280 Titirangi Protection Group Incorporated v Auckland Council [pdf, 3 MB]

    ...Auckland Council issued a decision granting regional resource consents under the Auckland Unitary Plan Operative in Part (AUP) and a land use consent under the National Environmental Standard for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in Soil to Protect Human Health (NES Soil) to Watercare Services Limited. [2] The regional resource consents and land use consent relate to the earthworks, vegetation removal and associated activities required to establish the Huia Replacement Water Tr...