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1. [2023] NZEnvC 248 Eden Epsom Residential Protection Society Incorporated v Auckland Council [pdf, 213 KB]

   IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT AUCKLAND I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI TAMAKI MAKAURAU Decision No. [2023] NZEnvC 248 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal under clause 14(1) of Schedule 1 to the Resource Management Act 1991 against a decision on Proposed Plan Change 21 to the Auckland Unitary Plan BETWEEN EDEN-EPSOM RESIDENTIAL PROTECTION SOCIETY INCORPORATED (ENV-2020-AKL-079) Appellant AND AUCKLAND COUNCIL Respondent AND SOUTHERN CROSS HOSPITALS LIMITED Requestor AND K�...

2. Family Court Rewrite Submission - Isabel Aldiss [pdf, 149 KB]

   ...Children Act) How long does court take and what are the cost? What happens if FDR fails? What is the Without notice threshold? As a nation we do not like the ides of compulsion. Mandating FDR and PTS was setting it up for people with access to resources to find ways to buck the system. Those with money wasted court time and the legal profession bought into this. Parents can make their own parenting arrangements despite what the politicians believe. Sadly returning lawyers into t...

3. [2015] NZEmpC 149 NZ Meat Workers & Related Trades Union Inc v AFFCO NZ Ltd [pdf, 140 KB]

   ...AFFCO’s proceeding and may even mean that it is otiose or at least premature. [10] Although the Court is committed to attempting to assist the parties to settle their comprehensive, numerous, and fiercely contested proceedings, significant judicial resource is already being expended on these and is not unlimited. Both the issues of continuity of seasonal employment and of interpreting the new provisions under s 50K, warrant careful consideration by, and the decision of, a full Co...

4. [2021] NZEmpC 129 Caddy v Vice-Chancellor, University of Auckland [pdf, 371 KB]

   ...New Zealand Music Board and Chair of the Board of the Academic Quality Agency for New Zealand Universities. [41] Ahead of their first meeting, the Review Committee was also provided with a summary review report by Ms Stefanie Boyer, the Human Resources Manager for the Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries. [42] The Committee met twice, working through the issues raised by the submissions, guided by their terms of reference. Three Committee members gave evidence. They said th...

5. NZCVS-Cycle-5-Impact-of-COVID-Perceptions-of-safety.xlsx [xlsx, 121 KB]

   ...of safety and victimisation 2 Perception of safety by demographic factors – Estimates and Sampling error 1 New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey (NZCVS) Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on crime and victimisation – Cycle 5 (2021/22) (available at Resources and results) Enquiries Contact us for further information about these and related statistics Suggested citation Ministry of Justice. 2023. New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on crime and victimi...

6. [2010] NZEmpC 46 Oldco PTI Ltd v Houston [pdf, 28 KB]

   ...made some attack on the bona fides of the plaintiff as to the prosecution of the challenge. She submitted that the plaintiff has been deliberately endeavouring to delay the matter in a situation where there is considerable difference between the resources available to the parties. I expressed some concern to counsel at the delay in bringing the challenge and the associated claim to a hearing in view of the fact that the proceedings were filed back in 2007. However, while the plai...

7. [2022] NZEmpC 4 Chief of the New Zealand Defence Force v Darnley [pdf, 401 KB]

   ...Chief of New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) challenges a determination of the Employment Relations Authority which found that the defendant, Juliette Darnley, was constructively dismissed from her employment.1 [2] Ms Darnley is an experienced human resources (HR) practitioner. From July 2017 she was a site lead in the NZDF HR Advisory Team. Part of her role was to resolve employment relationship problems. 1 Darnley v The Chief of the New Zealand Defence Force [2020] NZERA 440 (M...

8. Rogers v CAC 10028 & McGillen [2011] NZREADT 14 [pdf, 86 KB]

   ...Birchwood Manor. They asked if the second respondents were aware of their intention to develop residential units across the road and Mr McGillen advised them that they were not so aware. The visitors advised Mr McGillen that the vendors had signed the resource consent and left documents about the development for the McGillens to read. [13] The second respondents looked at these documents and discovered that a high density development of which they had no knowledge was to be developed...

9. [2013] NZEmpC 108 Milne v Air New Zealand Ltd [pdf, 156 KB]

   ...accept, based on the material filed by the plaintiff, that if an order for security for costs is made it will present additional difficulties for her in pursuing her claim against the defendant. I also accept that the defendant, with significant resources available to it, is in a position of some strength. However, the plaintiff’s interest in pursuing her claim must be balanced against other factors, including the defendant’s interest in not being drawn into unnecessarily comp...

10. Directory of Official Information M-O [pdf, 585 KB]

    ...Boards namely: • The Māori Ethnological Research Board 1923; • The Māori Purposes Fund Control Board 1924; and • The Māori Arts and Crafts Council Board 1931. The capital funds of the three Boards were amalgamated and their capital resources combined into the one account. 4 Section 7 of the Māori Purposes Fund Act 1934–35 provides that the Board shall consist of: • the Minister of Māori Affairs (who shall be the Chairperson) • the Chief Executi...