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1. Preventing the prison pipeline Professor Ian Lambie report [pdf, 223 KB]

   ...imprisonment - yet the overwhelming evidence is that prisons are extremely expensive training grounds for gangs, intimidation and further offending. From an economic perspective, it has been argued that prisons are predominantly a waste of public resources and may be cost-effective only for the most serious and violent offenders (Marsh & Hedderman, 2009). They are likely to foster the criminal careers of those incarcerated by teaching them more criminal skills, damaging their em...

2. Evidence Brief: Early Interventions for Under 13s [pdf, 372 KB]

   ...good data collection systems, and systems for managing any changes made to the programme design as a result of continuous quality improvement). 2. Programme staff: having appropriately skilled programme staff who are adequately trained, resourced and supervised; having ‘implementation or technical assistants’ who support practitioners to drive implementation, implementation fidelity and change management. 3. Programme participants: developing culturally-appropria...

3. Annexure 2 - Scope Challenges [pdf, 281 KB]

   ...tests, which, if adopted, could stifle public participation in plan processes.36 [29] A key purpose of the notified plan change is to establish an interim framework to manage ‘new water permits’,37 which it does by regulating the duration of resource consents. The s 32 Report states the plan change is to provide “direction on the consent duration”. [30] In its submission on the plan change, Fish and Game supported Policy 10A.2.2 but appears to have understood this polic...

4. [2016] NZEmpC 22 Keerithi Merennage v Ritchies Transport Holdings Limited [pdf, 182 KB]

   ...assessed as reasonable. This figure is GST inclusive, for reasons I will come to. Adjustment? [21] Ms White submits that an uplift from the starting point is justified having regard to seven factors, namely: (a) Mr Merennage’s limited financial resources; (b) the blamelessness of Mr Merennage with regard to the adjournment; (c) the reasonableness of the resources spent, including the charge out rate of counsel and lack of second counsel; (d) the relevance of new evidence t...

5. [2021] NZEnvC 029 Darby Planning Ltd Partnership v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 884 KB]

   BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT CHRISTCHURCH I MUA I TE KOTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA K IOTAUTAHI Court: Hearing: Decision No. [2021] NZEnvC 29 IN THE Ivlf\ TIER of the Resource :tvfanagement Act 1991 AND of appeals under clause 14 of the First Schedule of the Act BET\X!EEN DARBY PLANNING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AND (ENV-2018-CH C-150) and all other appellants concerning Topic 1 of Stage l of the Proposed Queenstown Lakes District Plan (as set out in the Schedule attached) App...

6. [2011] NZEmpC 168 The Postal Workers Union of Aotearoa v NZ Post Ltd [pdf, 115 KB]

   ...details of the conversation. The uncertainties surrounding the conversation, and what was said, are not surprising given the passage of time. [35] What is clear from the evidence is that different branches of the defendant company have different resourcing requirements, and that the operational needs of the business are met in a variety of ways. The application and allocation of on-call resources varies and is at each Mail Centre Manager’s, or Delivery Leader’s, discretion h...

7. EMPC Effective representation in the Employment Court - perspective from the bench [pdf, 300 KB]

   ...If you do venture down the interlocutory route, it pays to reflect on the overall strategy of the case and broader costs issues, weighing up what is likely to be achieved. Sometimes it is preferable to concentrate your client’s restricted resources on preparation for the hearing and in identifying, and pursuing, the points that really matter. Do not expect costs to be reserved on interlocutory applications. Keep the burgeoning level of costs under review to ensure that what...

8. NZCVS Cycle3 A5 June 2021 v1.0 [pdf, 1.5 MB]

   ...to 2 July 2020 and in Auckland from 12 August to 2 September 2020. Cycle 3 results still largely reflect the period before the pandemic, because respondents were asked about their experiences over the previous 12 months. The full report and other resources are available on the Ministry of Justice website. In-depth reports using Cycle 3 data will be also made available on this website. 4 The extent and nature of crime In Cycle 3, 29% of adults1 had experienced one or more offences ov...

9. [2018] NZEmpC 9 Lyttelton Port Co Ltd v Arthurs [pdf, 297 KB]

   ...opinion that Mr Arthurs had ongoing psychological issues from the trauma relating to the death he witnessed of his workmate. Mr Arthurs says this letter was provided to LPC. However, it did not make its way to Mr Arthurs’ manager or to the human resources advisors at LPC and they were unaware of it at the time. [11] Then, in August 2014, a friend and colleague of Mr Arthurs was killed in another accident at LPC. Mr Arthurs was not at work at the time of the accident bu...

10. Keven Investments Limited v Arthur [2011] NZWHT Auckland 45 [pdf, 135 KB]

    ...of the agreement for sale and purchase states: 6.2 The vendor warrants and undertakes that at the giving and taking of possession: (5) Where the vendor has done or caused or permitted to be done on the property any works: (a) Any permit, resource consent or building consent required by law was obtained; and (b) The works were completed in compliance with those permits or consents; and (c) Where appropriate, a code compliance certificate was issued for those works. [3...