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1. Nicholas v Caudwell - Succession to Walker Whakaahua Kameta (2021) Chief Judges MB 1023 (2021 CJ 1023) [pdf, 325 KB]

   ...2009) and adjourned pending a reserved decision. 28. The reserved judgement of Judge P J Savage is recorded at 348 Rotorua MB 282 – 293 (2 December 2009), where it was determined a) that s108(c) of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993, did not permit the Nicholas Children from taking, pursuant to the will, because they were not related by blood. b) Held that none of Phyllis children were whāngai, given the distance in blood relationship, the age of the children and that acc...

2. Director of Human Rights Proceedings v Sensible Sentencing Group Trust (Application for Interim Non-Publication Orders) [2013] NZHRRT 14 [pdf, 106 KB]

   ...following remedies: (a) a declaration that the action of the defendant is an interference with the privacy of an individual: (b) an order restraining the defendant from continuing or repeating the interference, or from engaging in, or causing or permitting others to engage in, conduct of the same kind as that constituting the interference, or conduct of any similar kind specified in the order: (c) damages in accordance with section 88: (d) an order that the defendant perform any acts sp...

3. Tipene v Gray - Estate of Jack Tuakana Hurae Tipene (2007) 187 Napier MB 287 (187 NA 287) [pdf, 137 KB]

   ...Legallv [9] The persons seeking entitlement from this whakapapa are Lorraine Gray, Hurae Tipene and Eunice Harper. I now deal with their individual claims. Lorraine Gray [10] Section 109(1)(b) of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993, as highlighted above, permits the Court to make orders, upon intestacy in favour of siblings. Hori predeceased Jack and as a result Lorraine and her siblings as set out in schedule one are entitled to the share Hori would have received had he survived Jack. Hu...

4. ENV-2017-AKL-000119 Federated Farmers of New Zealand v Auckland Council [pdf, 2.5 MB]

   ...GMOs are managed under the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996. (g) The decision does not "cover the field". While the changes ordered in the decision appear to provide for the release of GMOs in medical applications as a permitted activity, the subsequent release of GMOs by those who have been treated with GMOs in the course of a medical application continues to be a prohibited activity, which is in contrast to the provision made for such releases by the EPA in i...

5. 2021-03-15 Trustpower 1- Extract from s 32 Evaluation of Proposed NPS FM 2020 dated 22 July 2020 [pdf, 175 KB]

   ...while maintaining and improving freshwater quality and ecosystem health throughout the country58. Policy 4 provides the policy basis for the exception mechanism in Part 3, Subpart 4 for New Zealand’s five largest hydroelectricity schemes. This permits regional councils to maintain attributes below national bottom lines if it is necessary to secure the benefits of the Waikato, Tongariro, Waikato, Manapouri and Clutha schemes, while ensuring water quality is maintained or improved. Ch...

6. [2015] NZEmpC 96 Allied Security Ltd v Marriott interlocutory [pdf, 88 KB]

   ...difficulty in removing Mr Williams’ name from the contact list, he asked Mr Williams to attend the site to assist him. Mr Marriott subsequently told the new site supervisor what had occurred. When management learned that a former employee had been permitted access to the site and to Allied’s computer system for the purpose of deleting his name, a disciplinary process was commenced which resulted in the termination of Mr Marriott’s employment due to serious misconduct. [3]...

7. Whitfield - Omahu 4C section 6 (2017) 56 Takitimu MB 233 (56 TKT 233) [pdf, 294 KB]

   ...been met, then I consider that the first application for the confirmation of alienation was at an end when Mr Karena confirmed to the registry that the purchase price had not been paid. I am not aware of any request for an extension of the time permitted for payment of the purchase price. Even at the hearing today Mr Karena did not explicitly seek a formal extension to his earlier purchase proposal, other than to request until 25 February to pay the original price that had been agre...

8. [2007] NZEmpC WC 13/07 NZ Fire Service Commission v NZ Professional Firefighters Union [pdf, 85 KB]

   ...period in which the public holiday occurs. This is at odds with the plain meaning of the words of s55. [46] Both Mr Cranney and Mr Davenport submitted that payment in advance for public holidays is a form of enhancement and therefore permitted by s6. In this case they say that the enhancement is that regular payments in advance give financial certainty and regularity of income, an important advantage to firefighters. It is the case for both parties that, just as the par...

9. BORA Taxation (Kiwisaver and Company Tax Rate Amendments) Bill [pdf, 386 KB]

   ...years old will feel the effects of the distinction for a limited period only with the consequence that such effects are to some degree mitigated by the knowledge that they are temporary in character. More broadly, such distinctions may be justified as permitting fair distribution over time: that is, the provision of a tax credit to all employees but for only part of their working lives is acceptable given the financial implications associated with providing tax credits. Tax credits exti...

10. MLC - 2012 February - The appointment of trustees to Māori land trusts [pdf, 319 KB]

    ...ordered the Registrar to convene a meeting of owners of Tauhara Middle 15 to be held in September 2008 to elect trustees, having previously found that the then-trustees had committed breaches of trust sufficient to warrant removal. The trustees were permitted to stand for re-election. For a number of reasons, including a failure to undertake registrations of beneficial owners present at the meeting, the Māori Land Court decided that the election results were unsafe and ordered a furthe...