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1. Paikea v Paikea - Wiremu Mitai Paikea Whanau Trust (2020) 215 Taitokerau MB 229 (215 TTK 229) [pdf, 269 KB]

   ...interests are vested in that trust, given that such a decision will not be his alone. Kupu whakatau - Conclusion [33] This application is adjourned to enable Wiremu Snr to obtain independent legal advice. If he does not have sufficient resources to meet the cost of legal advice, I am willing to receive an application for assistance from the Special Aid fund. [34] This application is to be set down in the next available list in Whāngarei. Ka pānuitia ki Rotorua a te iw...

2. Canterbury Westland Standards Committee v Willi [2012] NZLCDT 16 [pdf, 100 KB]

   ...as a “bonus” or “present”. I did not put it through the firm books, not to deceive the firm, but to avoid the problem of having to write off the accounts. When I first did this (and I cannot remember for sure) I may have regarded it as a resourceful way of dealing with the issue. At the time I did not regard it as dishonest as I saw no loss to the bank (as they were keen to pay such amounts) and I saw no loss to my firm, which did not expect to be paid, except for the disbursem...

3. [2019] NZEmpC 192 Johnson v Chief of the New Zealand Defence Force [pdf, 394 KB]

   ...was David Owen, Deputy Director of the Capability Branch. Mr Owen reported to Group Captain Woon. [17] For the purposes of the events I am about to describe, Group Captain Woon sought and received advice from Eszter Colebrooke, Senior Human Resource (HR) Advisor. mailto:taka3dive@gmail.com [18] On 12 January 2018, Group Captain Woon hand delivered a letter from herself to Mr Johnson, prepared with the assistance of Mrs Colebrooke. The letter began as follows: The NZ...

4. Final-Technical-Assessment-C-Air-Quality.pdf [pdf, 5.4 MB]

   ...Solicitors Wellington Solicitor Acting: David Allen / Thaddeus Ryan Email: david.allen@buddlefindlay.com / thaddeus.ryan@buddlefindlay.com Tel 64 4 462 0423 Fax 64 4 499 4141 PO Box 2694 DX SP20201 Wellington 6011 IN THE MATTER OF the Resource Management Act 1991 AND IN THE MATTER OF applications for resource consents and notices of requirement in relation to the Ōtaki to North of Levin Project BY WAKA KOTAHI NZ TRANSPORT AGENCY Applicant ŌTAKI TO NORTH OF LEVI...

5. Mao v Howitt [pdf, 60 KB]

   ...(also unsigned) and Mr Clinton Smith did not give evidence at the hearing nor was he therefore questioned about this issue. I raised the matter with the assessor who said to me that the methodology he had followed was quite appropriate in that the resource material he had had access to, namely Rawlinsons, was structured on a labour-inclusive-per-unit basis which was a quite appropriate and acceptable method of assessing cost. I noted that the labour allowance he had initially made...

6. Borst v ACC [2012] NZACA 3 [pdf, 46 KB]

   ...Cadenhead DCJ at paragraphs [23] – [40], and approved by the Authority in Langhorne v ACC [2010] NZACA 2. See also Judge Cadenhead’s comment in Saipe v ACC (Decision No 21/2008), concerning the relevance of ensuring a proper use of scarce judicial resources. Background to the Section 114 Assessment Appeal [5] On 26 May 1976 the appellant was seriously injured in a motor vehicle accident; he was an earner and for a period he received earnings related compensation (ERC), returnin...

7. BORA Smoke-free Environments (Controls and Enforcement) Amendment Bill [pdf, 338 KB]

   ...Ministry, this everyday presence of tobacco products: • sanctions or normalises their availability and use • increases the risk of young people and others experimenting with smoking, and http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/ArcAggregator/arcView/resource/IE26146201/http:/www.justice.govt.nz/policy/constitutional-law-and-human-rights/human-rights/bill-of-rights/smoke-free-environments-controls-and-enforcement-amendment-bill#4-west-virginia-state • can trigger relapses in addicted smok...

8. Katu v Peni - Tiroa E and Te Hape B (2015) 105 Waikato Maniapoto MB 157 (105 WMN 157) [pdf, 405 KB]

   ...remuneration policy following the receipt of that information. [47] Strategic Pay then undertook a further review of the remuneration for the Executive Chairperson on 26 June 2014. [48] The trustees subsequently engaged Everest Group Human Resource Specialists (Everest Group HR) to review the position in terms of the back pay requested by Mr Peni. As a result of that review, the trustees made a full and final settlement for back pay to Mr Peni. That matter is currently in the p...

9. AM and HM v TH and NH [2022] NZDT 69 (24 March 2022) [pdf, 244 KB]

   ...Council provided for the abatement notice was that some of the earth was likely crossing the boundaries with two neighbouring properties. The notice provided that the work required a building consent that HM and AM had not applied for. Additionally, a resource consent CI0301_CIV_DCDT_Order Page 5 of 7 was needed if a retaining wall with a driveway on top was over one metre in height and within one metre of the boundary (which was expected in this case). 29. TH provided several...

10. [2007] NZEmpC AC 10A/07 Harvey White (formerly X) v Auckland DHB [pdf, 57 KB]

    ...arguable case. On 28 September 2005 Dr White’s counsel put ADHB on notice that in the event that he was successful, he would likely seek solicitor/client costs. Further, on about 11 November 2005, following the evidence before me of ADHB’s human resources manager confirming that the defendant had failed to follow its own policies and procedures and had taken irrelevant matters into consideration in reaching its decision to dismiss, Dr White made an offer of settlement without...