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1. Justice Sector seriousness score (2016 update): FAQs [pdf, 585 KB]

   ...include:  Helping to determine the ‘most serious offence’ which is useful to summarise a court case with multiple charges or an offender in remand with multiple charges. The most serious offence is often a key driver of how long a case takes, resources expended, and so on.  Being an input to Risk of re-Conviction * Risk of re-Imprisonment model (RoC*RoI). The Department of Corrections developed the RoC*RoI measure to help predict an offender’s risk of conviction and likelih...

2. Waitangi Tribunal Hearing Calendar (27 June 2019) [pdf, 474 KB]

   ...Burke, C; Miller, S & Woodley, S 2 Wai 814/Wai 1489 Mangatū Remedies - Panel Members: Judge Milroy; Roa, T; Castle, T; & Parsonson, A Staff: Morgan, J; Siameja, N; Boxall, B & Small, F 3 Wai 2358 - The National Fresh Water and Geothermal Resources – Panel: Chief Judge Isaac; Crosby, R; Anderson, R; Phillipson, G; & Temara, P / Staff: Cameron, J; Vaafusuaga, T; Moko-Mead, H; & Burke, C 4 Wai 2522 - The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement – Panel Members: Judge Doogan;...

3. FZ v UL LCRO 257 / 2010 (17 October 2011) [pdf, 127 KB]

   ...approximately $30,000.00 in the bank at the time he instructed UL. I am not sure if that could be considered to be accurate information given FZ’s uncertainty at the hearing, and I note that in an affidavit sworn on 26 July 2007, FZ listed his cash resources as being $9,498.00 together with $1,037.00 in a joint account with GA. I am not certain as to the legal aid criteria, but would expect at the commencement of instructions, FZ would not have qualified for legal aid. However,...

4. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - government report back 5th report [pdf, 242 KB]

   ...Māori communities to share ownership of problems and develop solutions together. Māori Wardens 31. Te Puni Kōkiri and New Zealand Police have worked together since 2007 to expand the support for Māori wardens, including training and better resources for their work. Māori wardens work in their communities to promote community safety, prevent offending and intervene early to de-escalate problems, working closely with Iwi Liaison Officers in New Zealand Police. Since 2007,...

5. An overview of child and youth offending statistics in New Zealand 1992 to 2008 [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...locations. Charge and prosecution numbers can also be affected by legislative or administrative changes, technical adjustments to the collection and enumeration of offence data, as well as alterations in the availability and prioritisation of Police resources for detecting and investigating offences. For these reasons, changes in the number of criminal charges and prosecutions processed by the courts do not necessarily reflect real changes in the volume of criminal behaviour. Despite t...

6. Annexure 4 - Water Quality [pdf, 244 KB]

   ...information was debated throughout this hearing. The debate was largely disconnected from the wider question as to the purpose for which the information is to be used i.e. is it to write a new regional plan or is it to assess applications for resource consent under the RWP? We have discussed the RWP elsewhere in the decision and will not repeat what we said there. We conclude this section by echoing the findings in the executive summary of the State and Trends Report: there is (...

7. [2022] NZEmpC 138 Pilgrim v Attorney-General [pdf, 247 KB]

   ...accept that Peter Righteous tried to accommodate preferences, including from boys and/or their parents. However, he conceded in cross-examination that it was ultimately the interests of the Gloriavale businesses which dictated where labour resources needed to be applied and where they were applied. … [55] It will be apparent that I do not accept the Gloriavale defendants’ characterisation of work undertaken in this period of the plaintiffs’ lives as “chores” which...

8. LCRO 37/2018 AH v OO (12 November 2019) [pdf, 166 KB]

   ...predecessor. Delays/cost escalation [27] Having reviewed Mr OO’s files “the Standards Committee concluded that the key reasons for the time and cost escalation lay primarily with the [[Local]Council] and the conditions it imposed upon the resource consent”.7 [28] The Committee also noted that delays and cost increases arose from the work of surveyors and contractors. In general terms, the Committee concluded that the cause of delays and consequent cost increases arose for...

9. Mitchell v Corrections [2023] NZHRRT 18 [pdf, 204 KB]

   ...history that this was a serious threat, and the Tribunal accepts that was his view, particularly given the remote location under consideration for her release, the time when the threat may be realised, which was at Christmas which also meant related resourcing constraints and the severity of the consequences. [31] While Ms Mitchell maintains that previous offending against Police staff only occurred when she was at a Police station, Mr Britton could not be expected to know that Ms Mitc...

10. [2021] NZEmpC 45 Senate Investment Trust Through Crown Lease Trustees Ltdv Cooper [pdf, 248 KB]

    ...assessment:11 10 Employment Relations Act 2000, s 103A(2). 11 Section 103A(3). Test of justification … (3) In applying the test in subsection (2), the Authority or the court must consider— (a) whether, having regard to the resources available to the employer, the employer sufficiently investigated the allegations against the employee before dismissing or taking action against the employee; and (b) whether the employer raised the concerns that the employe...