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1. Proactive release - 2020 Cannabis Referendum [pdf, 4.2 MB]

   ...the public debate, and certainty of outcome in the case of a ‘yes’ vote in the referendum. 6. For reasons I outline, I prefer a ‘yes/no’ question based on a clear proposition. It follows from th s that a question including multiple parts with separate choices over different aspects of a possible regulatory regime has the potential to lead to confusion and should be avoided. Background 7. On 17 December 2018, Cabinet agreed to hold a binding referendum at the 2020 General Election to...

2. Recommendations recap - issue 2 [pdf, 1.7 MB]

   ...parent or relative to the child, and the children who are injured or die are usually aged between one to two years.4 Major factors contributing to these child injuries or deaths on driveways are: • property design – where there is inadequate separation between driveways and places that children access • vehicle design, including poor rearward visibility • human factors including lack of child supervision, and the driver not seeing the child or being alert to the possibi...

3. Evaluation of Victim Support’s Homicide Caseworker Support Service [pdf, 790 KB]

   ...with other services ...................................................................................... 43 Summary: Linking with other services ........................................................................................ 44 7 Support through the criminal justice process ....................................................... 45 Service expectation ..................................................................................................................... 45 How s...

4. Abortion Legislation Bill (Cabinet Papers) [pdf, 1.9 MB]

   ...including a regulation-making power, so that a safe access zone could be implemented to prevent harm to pregnant women or health practitioners accessing a specific facility. 14. No changes are proposed to the current laws around informed consent or parental notification for abortion. 15. No changes are proposed to the laws relating to diminished capacity at this time. Abortion in New Zealand 16. Although the number of abortions has declined over the last decade, it is a relatively...

5. Wright v Ngamoki-Cameron - Heretatua (manu on the Tītī Island of Taukihepa) [2015] Chief Judge's MB 108 (2015 CJ 108) [pdf, 475 KB]

   ...Introduction [1] This decision deals with two applications made in relation to Aperahama Hutoitoi’s entitlement to beneficial rights in the Tītī Islands and the inclusion of the manu Heretatua in a 1910 order of the Native Land Court as a separate manu or island within the Tītī island of Taukihepa: 2015 Chief Judge’s MB 110 (a) An application made by Elizabeth Sarah Wright on 23 June 2010 pursuant to s 45 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 (the Act) seeking to amen...

6. LCRO 131/2024 RD v PS (28 January 2025) [pdf, 179 KB]

   ...material without disclosing that material to the applicant; and (iii) the Committee’s powers of inquiry should not be used for a collateral purpose (either intentionally or unintentionally) of obtaining information that should otherwise be obtained through a Court process; (e) decided that it needed to consider who owned the files and who might be able to waive any privilege that might attach to the material on the files; (f) delegated to one of its members the task of reviewing th...

7. Official Information Act request Family and Sexual Violence [pdf, 3.8 MB]

   ...programmes we fund focus either on reducing harm in our communities or providing access to justice. They include family violence services for both victims and perpetrators of violence, restorative justice, family dispute resolution (a mediation service), parenting through separation (courses for separating parents/guardians), community legal services, victim services, Whānau Protect (a home safety service for victims of family violence), Matariki court support service, harmful digital com...

8. Kapua - Succession to Paora te Hiko [2022] Chief Judge's MB 645 (2022 CJ 645) [pdf, 450 KB]

   ...issue with this application is that Ngamotu Paora and Paora Te Koti are one and the same person (Applicant’s grandfather) Paora Te Hiko is a different person altogether. Ngamotu Paora received his 60 shares (former title of Pouakani B6B3A) through succession to Te Koti Paora at 68 Rotorua MB 296 dated 8 September 1920. Paora Te Koti received his 2.14781 shares as follows: (a) Former title of Pouakani B6B4A for 1.66105 shares through succession to Te Koti Paora at 2...

9. Landon v Auckland Council [2011] NZWHT Auckland 70 [pdf, 131 KB]

   ...occurred, Mr and Ms Lechtchinski applied for the building consent 2 Body Corporate No 188273 v Leuschke Group Architects Ltd (2007) 8 NZCPR 914 (HC). Page | 12 and that there was no separate project manager. Further Ms Divich submits that the polystyrene mouldings installed only on the front elevation of the house because it is visible from the road and that this is more consistent with a property built for sale than...

10. Horan – Hiwarau C (2013) 70 Waiariki 61 (70 WAR 61) [pdf, 159 KB]

    ...have continued to utilise and occupy the land for over 5 generations. It also describes their emotional and spiritual connection to the whenua and it emphasis their desire to retain control of the land. The report details plans to develop the land through an ahu whenua trust. Rental from leases to kaumātua who wish to build on the land, for example, will be reinvested in the block for further development. The report also outlines a number of additional options for future utilisat...