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1. Children and young people data notes and trends December 2020 [pdf, 295 KB]

   ...should be cautious when drawing conclusions using the 2020 statistics. Youth justice system Most children and young people in the youth justice system don't go to court but are instead dealt with by Police in the community. This could be through a Police warning or being referred to Police Youth Aid. A family group conference happens in more serious circumstances where the offending can’t be dealt with in the community. Children and young people only appear in cour...

2. KL v WS LCRO 160/2013 (15 June 2016) [pdf, 89 KB]

   ...for Mr KL in late September 2008 when he was first arrested and charged with drug dealing and related offences. Mr KL approached Ms WS directly and Ms WS arranged a reverse brief with her instructing solicitor, Ms YL. [3] Ms WS represented Mr KL through the various pre-trial court appearances and throughout a 16 day trial in June 2011. Mr KL was convicted of some offences and 2 acquitted of others. Ms WS was also initially instructed to act for Mr KL on sentencing. He terminat...

3. Children and young people data notes and trends December 2021 [pdf, 283 KB]

   ...the 2020 and 2021 statistics. Most children and young people proceeded against by Police don’t go to court Instead children and young people in the youth justice system are most often dealt with by Police in the community. This could be through a Police warning or being referred to Police Youth Aid. A family group conference happens in more serious circumstances where the offending can’t be dealt with in the community. Children and young people only appear in court for...

4. MLC-MAC - Retention & disposal appraisal report [pdf, 1 MB]

   ...conservation issues around the age, fragility or ongoing availability of that record. It should also be noted that, even if the Court’s records are transferred to the Chief Archivist, they remain available to the public (and the Court) either through Archives New Zealand, or upon request by the Māori Land Court to have the records retrieved and sent to a registry office. Māori Land Court Retention and Disposal Schedule Appraisal Report 6 1. Executive Summary This appr...

5. Retention and disposal appraisal report - Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...conservation issues around the age, fragility or ongoing availability of that record. It should also be noted that, even if the Court’s records are transferred to the Chief Archivist, they remain available to the public (and the Court) either through Archives New Zealand, or upon request by the Māori Land Court to have the records retrieved and sent to a registry office. Māori Land Court Retention and Disposal Schedule Appraisal Report 5 Executive Summary This appraisa...

6. Heta - Taiharuru 4C3B (2010) 13 Taitokerau MB 203 (13 TTK 203) [pdf, 146 KB]

   ...treated under the Act as of being the utmost gravity – akin in some ways to alienation. This sea change in attitude from the Māori Affairs Act 1953 to Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 reflects an acceptance by the legislature that title fragmentation through partition is contrary to Māori economic and cultural interests and should not now be encouraged if there are reasonable alternatives to it. The bar has been set intentionally high.” [24] Alternatives to partition may include a...

7. The-costs-of-crime-victimisation-in-Aotearoa.pdf [pdf, 2 MB]

   ...affected. A closely related strand of literature analyses the effects of local crime rates on residents’ wellbeing and other outcomes, rather than the effects on an individual of being a victim of crime. These are interpreted as indirect costs of crime, through inflicting fear of crime 2There is ongoing related but as yet unpublished work for NZ using the IDI to examine the effects of criminal victimisation. Focusing on victims’ mental health, Bindler et al. (n.d.) identify crime victims...

8. [2021] NZEnvC 124 Upper Clutha Environmental Society Incorporated v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 1.7 MB]

   QTN PLAN APPEALS – TOPIC 2 – INTERIM DECISION 2.9 IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT CHRISTCHURCH I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI ŌTAUTAHI Decision No. [2021] NZEnvC 124 IN THE MATTER of the Resource Management Act 1991 AND of appeals pursuant to clause 14 of the First Schedule of the Act BETWEEN UPPER CLUTHA ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIETY INCORPORATED (ENV-2018-CHC-056) and all other appellants concerning Topic 2 of Stage 1 of the Proposed Queenstown Lakes District Plan (listed on

9. Deputy Registrar - Oharotu 4 (2010) 7 Taitokerau MB 234 (7 TTK 234) [pdf, 86 KB]

   ...freehold land. [3] Before I can determine that the roadways are Maori freehold land I must first be satisfied that they comprise “freehold land”. This may be axiomatic but, as I explain below, as a roadway order can give rise to either a separate freehold title or an interest in the nature of a right of way easement, a roadway order is not always a separate parcel of Maori freehold land. Statutory provisions in relation to roadway orders [4] In Deputy Registrar - Utakura 7...

10. Te Manutukutuku 80 [pdf, 13 MB]

    ...graduation, Judge Thomas gained exper ience at the Māori Land Court in Whangārei alongside the sitting judges of the Taitokerau district, Judge Spencer and Judge Ambler. During her legal career, Judge Thomas represented several iwi and hapū throughout New Zealand on matters relating to the rights of te iwi Māori and, more specifically, to Te Tiriti o Waitangi, the environment, the land, the sea, tikanga Māori, and te reo Māori. In 2017, Judge Thomas estab­ lished her own law...