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1. 2018 Ministry of Justice Annual Report [pdf, 4.3 MB]

   ...the smooth operation of the court has seen her become the ‘go to’ person at Huntly for all court users. It’s not just the outstanding moments – like the time she went the extra mile to make sure two customers received their marriage licences, or the many times she has coached her colleagues - it’s her attitude day in, day out that shines through. Jenny frequently puts in extra effort to ensure the days ahead are the best they can be for her colleagues and customers. Sh...

2. Recommendations recap - issue 4 [pdf, 832 KB]

   ...so was struck, either by the detached limb as it had swung from the south towards the north, or by the tree itself. Post-mortem toxicological testing revealed the presence of methylamphetamine recorded at 0.4mg/L. However, the evidence did not permit the coroner to make any finding upon whether the drug was a factor contributory to this accident. COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS The coroner commented that this tragedy may have been avoided if the deceased had, in accord with proper f...

3. Burke Family Trust v Wellington City Council [pdf, 265 KB]

   ...subsidence on the Southwest corner of the property [would] be remedied in a workmanshiplike manner prior to settlement". The agreement also contained the standard warranty in clause 6.2(5): "Where the vendor has done or caused or permitted to be done on the property any works for which a permit or building consent was required by law: (a) the required permit or consent was obtained; and (b) the works were completed in accordance with that permit or consent; and...

4. [2022] NZEnvC 213 Coneburn Preserve Holdings Ltd v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 5.2 MB]

   ...of activities below or which is not provided a specific activity status through any other rule within Rule 41.4 Tables 1 - 5 ‘Activities located in Jacks Point Zone’ shall be a discretionary activity. The existence of a farm building either permitted or approved by resource consent under Rule 41.5.4.10 shall not be considered the permitted baseline for residential or other non- farming activity development within the Open Space Activity Areas of the Jacks Point Zone. Where provis...

5. [2021] NZEnvC 034 Coneburn Preserve Holdings Limited v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 3.9 MB]

   ...activities below or which is not provided a specific activity status through any other rule within Rule 41.4 Tables 1 - 5 'Activities located in Jacks Point Zone' shall be a discretionary activity. The existence of a farm building either permitted or approved by resource consent under Rule 41.5.4.10 shall not be considered the permitted baseline for residential or other non- farming activity development within the Open Space Activity Areas of the Jacks Point Zone. Where pro...

6. Solomon v Johnson - Te Mata E3 Block (2017) 139 Waikato Maniapoto MB 240 (139 WMN 240) [pdf, 508 KB]

   ...that trust. [3] The respondents oppose the application. They assert that Te Haumarangai never intended the land to be the permanent residence of the applicants and their descendants. The respondents say that at best the applicants only had a licence to occupy the land which was terminable at will by the owner of the land. [4] On 18 March 2016 the respondents issued a notice of termination to the applicants, per s 210 of the Property Law Act 2007, requiring the applicants to vacate...

7. [2019] NZEnvC 032 Tauranga City Council v Minister of Education [pdf, 917 KB]

   ...in favour of the consent authority, in respect of the performance of any condition of the resource consent (being a condition which relates to the Use of land to which the consent relates): (e) subject to subsection (8), in respect of a discharge permit or a coastal permit to do something that would otherwise contravene section 15 (relating to the discharge of contaminants) or section 158, a condilion requiring the hOlder to adopt the best practicable option to prevent or minimise any ac...

8. [2018] NZEnvC 111 Fright v Christchurch City Council [pdf, 7.8 MB]

   ...is an application for a discretionary resource consent, we adopt the approach taken by the Environment Court in Blueskin Energy Limited v Dunedin City Council6 at [26]-[37] , as the approach set out there pertains to this type of application. Permitted baseline (s 104(2)) [10] The planners were not agreed on the ambit of the permitted baseline to the facts of this case, but this is not a mailer that we need to resolve given their view that the baseline is not critical to the asses...

9. White v Rodney District Council [pdf, 101 KB]

   ...William Kerkin) jointly purchased a vacant section at 6 Castaway Place (as described in Certificate of Title 68B/190 North Auckland Registry). [6] On 16 June 1993, the first respondent, Rodney District Council (“Council”), issued a building permit to Mr and Mrs Kerkin, enabling them to commence building the house, the subject of this claim. [7] The construction period of this house was between June 1993 and November 2001 with the Code Compliance Certificate being...

10. Review of the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004 Analysis of Replacement Regimes [pdf, 465 KB]

    ...specified freehold interest; public access in, on, over and across the public foreshore and seabed (subject to certain exceptions such as health and safety); fishing and navigation within the foreshore and seabed; existing use rights (e.g. coastal permits, mining exploration permits, and marine reserves); REVIEW OF THE FORESHORE AND SEABED ACT 2004: ANALYSIS OF REPLACEMENT REGIMES IN CONFIDENCE - EXTRACTS SUBJECT TO LEGAL PRIVILEGE Page 15 of 32 45 The area covered does not...