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1. 25072025-Electoral-Amendment-Bill [pdf, 581 KB]

   ...significantly reduce special votes which are administratively burdensome to process, while increasing electoral participation – because an elector’s details on the roll are more likely to be kept up to date.46 This is a less restrictive measure in human rights terms than the proposal for a 13-day registration deadline. Further, the fact that automatic updating of electoral details is predicted to be reasonably effective in cutting down special votes and therefore improving the speed...

2. Fast Dispute Resolution - Consultation on a new statutory adjudication framework [pdf, 665 KB]

   ...disputes and be simple to implement and use. Suitability: As it does not include all the checks and balances of a court process, statutory adjudication is not suitable for criminal matters or situations where there might be an abuse of power or human rights, or disputes that have a wider impact on society. The focus is on speed, so cases need to be relatively low complexity – i.e. low public interest, no other affected parties, largely cordial relationships, and evidence needs to...

3. Fast Dispute Resolution - consultation on a new statutory adjudication framework - Screen readable version [docx, 245 KB]

   ...resolution of disputes and be simple to implement and use. Suitability: As it does not include all the checks and balances of a court process, statutory adjudication is not suitable for criminal matters or situations where there might be an abuse of power or human rights, or disputes that have a wider impact on society. The focus is on speed, so cases need to be relatively low complexity – i.e. low public interest, no other affected parties, largely cordial relationships, and evidence needs...

4. [2025] NZEmpC 167 Lyttelton Port Company Ltd v Maritime Union of New Zealand and Anor [pdf, 330 KB]

   ...and do expire and are renegotiated. They are the product of compromise and opportunism.21 [52] Unlike arms’ length business contracts, and consistent with the theme of the Act, collective agreements are relational;22 they involve people and human interactions (not the economic exchange of money for goods) and occur within the framework of multi-faceted obligations, both statutory (such as mutual obligations of good faith) and common law (such as the obligation of fidelity and fai...

5. Seismic-Strengthening-of-Ministry-of-Justice-Courthouses.pdf [pdf, 11 MB]

   ...New Zealand Infrastmcture Commission and the Treasmy. The Treasury have advised that they supp01t option C. Legislative Implications and Regulatory Impact Analysis 35. There are no regulat01y or legislative implications arising from this paper. Human Rights 36. The proposal has no direct human rights implications under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 or the Human Rights Act 1993. Gender Implications 37. There are no direct gender implications arising from this paper. Di...

6. [2018] NZEnvC 090 Cabra Rural Developments Limited v Auckland Council [pdf, 31 MB]

   ...Policy 9 of the New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement 2010. The revised criteria comprise six inclusion factors and four exclusion indicators. [56] At paragraph [6] the Court goes on to discuss the exclusion indicators, listed as: (a) it is a human modified or artificial structure or habitat (unless they have been created specifically or primarily for the purpose of protecting or enhancing biodiversity); (b) it is a site maintained for agricultural production for either native or non...

7. Final-Technical-Assessment-D-Landscape-Visual-and-Natural-Character-v2.pdf [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...the best fit from a landscape perspective at a district level. 4. The Ō2NL Project also fits landscape patterns at a finer scale within the constraints of engineering geometry for such a road. Such a fit helps reduce effects on natural and human aspects of landscape character and will contribute to aesthetic coherence between the highway and landscape. Nevertheless, there will be some unavoidable residual adverse effects on landscape character and amenity values, most notably a...

8. Case studies from evaluation of court-referred restorative justice pilot [pdf, 791 KB]

   Evaluation of the Court-Referred Restorative Justice Pilot: Case Studies Prepared by the Crime and Justice Research Centre Victoria University of Wellington May 2005 2 DISCLAIMER This research was commissioned by the former Department for Courts. The report has been prepared by the authors and the views expressed in it are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the

9. Proactive-release-OIA-review-Aug22.pdf [pdf, 30 MB]

   Hon Kris Faafoi Minister of Justice Proactive release – Briefing: Official Information Act 1982 – report back on targeted engagement and next steps Released: 7 December 2021 Initially released: 22 August 2020 The following documents have been proactively released by the Ministry of Justice. The initial release of this information in March 2020 included the Briefing and Attachment to the Briefing (documents 1& 2). The subsequent release in December 2021 included the Submis

10. Ngati Pahauwera Supplementary Affidavit on behalf of Trustees Exhibits B to H [pdf, 15 MB]

    ...systems work everywhere). • Even when the signs of a place have gone there is still a covenant between the place and its kaitiaki. • There are no such things as “Maori Archaeology’ and ‘European Archaeology’. There was no time during the human occupation of this place when Maori were not here. We can, therefore, have no such thing as ‘European archaeology’ or European archaeological values’. 13 Some Issues in New Zealand Archaeology Education The public perception o...