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1. [2018] NZEnvC 220 Middleton Family Trust v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 4.1 MB]

   o z: '" ;;;.' '.' BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT I MUA I TE KOOTI TAIAO 0 AOTEAROA IN THE MATTER AND BETWEEN AND Decision No. [2018] NZEnvC 220 of the Resource Management Act 1991 . of an appeal pursuant to clause 14 of Schedule 1 of the Act of the Act MIDDLETON FAMILY TRUST AND OTHERS (ENV-2018-CHC-94) Appellant QUEENSTOWN LAKES DISTRICT COUNCIL Respondent Court: Environment Judge J J M Hassan Hearing: In Chambers at Christchurch...

2. Otimi v Fa'uhiva - Hauhungaroa 1A3 (2019) 401 Aotea MB 102 (401 AOT 102) [pdf, 382 KB]

   ...of these simply repeated earlier submissions, although some included allegations of bias, “bullying” and unfair treatment. The submission of Lavinia Fau’hiva is an example:7 I support the lack of integrity to procedures and inefficient resources used to conduct the voting process resulted in a big mistake being made in the tally up of votes, and that days later we were notified of this mistake and the changes that were made accordingly. The impact this whole debacle [sic] h...

3. [2020] NZEmpC 219 Ward v Concrete Structures (NZ) Ltd [pdf, 282 KB]

   ...IMPROVEMENT IS REQUIRED: NEEDS TO GET ON TOP OF HEALTH ISSUES & EVERYTHING ELSE WILL GO AWAY – BRING BACK THE OLD [MR WARD]! [5] Mr Romanes and Mr Chris Mackie, the company’s plant health and safety manager (who was also responsible for human resource management), convened a meeting with Mr Ward on 11 July 2016. Mr Mackie took a file note of what transpired: [Mr Ward] stated he isn’t happy with the way things are going for him at [the company]. He isn’t sure that h...

4. [2020] NZEnvC 175 Wilkins Farming Co Ltd v Southland Regional Council.pdf [pdf, 6.1 MB]

   BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT CHRISTCHURCH I MUA I TE KOTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA Kl OTAUTAHI Court: IN THE MATTER AND BETWEEN AND Decision No. [2020] NZEnvC 175 of the Resource Management Act 1991 of an appeal under section 120 of the Act WILKINS FARMING CO LIMITED (ENV-2018-AKL-380) Appellant SOUTHLAND REGIONAL COUNCIL Respondent Environment Judge J E Borthwick Environment Commissioner M C G Mabin Environment Commissioner A P Gysberts Hearing: In Chambers at Ch...

5. Immigration & Protection Tribunal Annual Report 2018-2019 [pdf, 349 KB]

   ...decisions of the Tribunal and a synopsis of every decision, for ease of reference. In previous court years, the Tribunal’s database has suffered significant problems, with the search engine failing to function properly and the Ministry lacking resources to cope with the uploading of the Tribunal’s decisions. 8 During the past court year, the uploading of Tribunal decisions with abstracts was significantly improved, through two measures. First, from January 2019, abstra...

6. INZ (Calder) v Tian [2019] NZIACDT 58 (27 August 2019) Sanctions [pdf, 204 KB]

   ...electronic information she provided contained all the relevant disclosable material and that there was little in the paper files that was relevant or disclosable. [32] The compliance task was in Ms Tian’s view major and beyond her immediate resources. She did not take advice at the time, nor did she then express her concerns. The impact on her of this aspect of the events had been traumatic. She came from a country with an authoritarian regime and the demands were seen by her...

7. ZQN Apartments TRI 2021-100-001 Procedural Order 9 [pdf, 225 KB]

   ...2, I joined the fourth respondent to this proceeding. [5] Leuschke Kahn Architects Limited, the fourth respondent, was engaged by Nigel Boland, developer for ZQN apartments, on a limited retainer to prepare architectural drawings and plans for resource consent and building consent purposes only. [6] The fourth respondent did prepare final drawings which Mr Boland used to apply for building consent from the first respondent. Mr Boland made the application for building consent...

8. [2021] NZEmpC 112 Wanaka Pharmacy Ltd v McKay [pdf, 290 KB]

   ...were really holidays. Did Ms McKay work while on holiday? [25] Ms McKay says she was a full-time salaried employee who worked well over 40 to 50 hours per week. She undertook a wide range of roles and responsibilities including: (a) human resources/recruiter (Wanaka Sun and Wanaka Pharmacy); (b) payroll (Wanaka Sun and Wanaka Pharmacy); (c) social media manager (Wanaka Sun and Wanaka Pharmacy); (d) rostering Staff (Wanaka Pharmacy); (e) website editor (Wanaka Sun);...

9. Aperahama v Anderson - Section 57 of the Ratana Pa [2022] Māori Appellate Court MB 424 (2022 APPEAL 424) [pdf, 275 KB]

   ...linked by whakapapa. Thus far, the area in which the court’s s 30 jurisdiction has most often been invoked is when questions have arisen as to the right group to represent the wider collective in Treaty settlement negotiations or matters under the Resource Management Act 1993.21 [41] Contextually, therefore, we see s 30 as a simple provision sitting within a range of statutory devices giving the Māori Land Court broad powers to assist. These provisions are designed to help Māori...

10. Legal-Aid-Projection-Report-2022.pdf [pdf, 328 KB]

    ...projection was developed using data for the fiscal year ending 30 June 2021. The later months of 2021 saw further restrictions and local and national COVID-19 lockdowns. In addition, a major protest outside Parliament saw significant diversion of Police resources, also leading to a drop in court inflow into the criminal jurisdiction. The 2022 projection has taken stock of these recent developments and delivers a refreshed view of future trends based on data to 30 June 2022. The 2021-...