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1. Beef + Lamb NZ EiC J M Chrystal Agricultural Science 5 Feb 2021 [pdf, 3.8 MB]

   1 IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT OF NEW ZEALAND CHRISTCHURCH REGISTRY I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA ŌTAUTAHI ROHE ENV-2020-CHC-127 UNDER the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) IN THE MATTER of the Water Permits Plan Change - Plan Change 7, being part of a proposal of national significance directed by the Minister for the Environment to be referred to the Environment Court under section 142(2)(b) of the RMA AND IN THE MATTER of an application under section 149T o...

2. Family violence reform paper 1: Context and supporting integrated responses [pdf, 582 KB]

   ...strong signals to the sector about the need to develop and support culturally appropriate responses for a range of ethnic groups, in particular for Māori and for Pacific peoples. 87. National codes of practice will also reduce the duplication of resource and effort involved with each service type developing their own processes and practice standards. There may also be efficiency gains through monitoring performance against a universal standard. 88. I propose amending the DVA to allo...

3. Young people & alcohol: some statistics on possible effects of lowering the drinking age [pdf, 279 KB]

   ...supervised areas of licensed premises, and in 2001, 162 such infringement notices were issued. The 2001 figure is just over half of the 2000 figure, and Police suggest that the drop could be attributed to a number of factors including changes in Police resourcing and practice. Some Police officers consider that the $200 fine is too high, leading to a preference for warning offenders rather than issuing an infringement notice (New Zealand Police 2001, and Greenaway et al. 2002 p. 46). In summa...

4. [2013] NZEmpC 157 Service and Food Workers Union Nga Ringa Tota Inc v Terranova Homes and Care Ltd [pdf, 343 KB]

   ...considerable amount of information relating to remuneration is not publicly available and may be difficult to access. [105] However, we do not see the problems that have been identified as insurmountable, and it is evident that there are a number of resources available that may provide some useful guidance. As Mr Corkill QC observed, it can safely be assumed that parties will negotiate in good faith utilising the resources available to them, including information from various u...

5. [2014] NZEmpC 111 Bracewell v Richmond Services Ltd [pdf, 300 KB]

   ...suggested that legislation should be enacted to reduce impediments to employees disclosing information about serious wrongdoing and to reinforce existing statutory and ethical obligations of probity and integrity over the use of public resources. 6 These recommendations were accepted and the statute was duly enacted in 2000. [15] A convenient overview of the statute is provided in the following statement of the Court of Appeal in Reeves v One World Challenge LLC: 7...

6. Tangi v ACC [2012] NZACA 4 [pdf, 119 KB]

   ...months and had extra needs, as she only had one kidney. [10] The family lived in a three-bedroom home and Mr Tangi worked full time as a taxi driver, which would have meant that the family was under pressure in terms of space, and also financial resources, particularly after the birth of the appellant’s twin siblings when the appellant was aged 11 years, and the death of the appellant’s father when the appellant was aged 18 years. [11] The appellant was able to attend kindergar...

7. [2023] NZEmpC 162 Birthing Centre Ltd v Matsas [pdf, 445 KB]

   ...extending its services to include the Te Papaioea Birthing Centre.9 [13] The Authority recorded that as well as seeking approval for a “subsumption” of Te Papaioea, the Board paper outlined how this would occur. Under the heading “Human Resources”, it was noted that MDHB had undertaken workforce modelling to determine optimal staffing levels across both the Centre and its current services. A selection process would be held whereby staff at the Centre would be invited to...

8. 2017 NZSSAA 020 (5 May 2017) [pdf, 330 KB]

   ...care employee ECI who inspected the Appellant’s home. She inferred that OCI and the Appellant slept in the same bed saying: I recall that [The Appellant’s] home was a two bedroom house and there was a room available for the children's resources and sleeping. It is advisable that an educator would not use their own bed for children to sleep in…. [76] Like the police officer, NNE, the Appellant required ECI to attend for cross-examination. The Chief Executive failed to r...

9. Evaluation of Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Court pilot [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...member also reflected on their new perspective of the justice sector. You don’t get chances within the Police system, we know first-hand. Too many times these offenders are put into one category and then thrown in jail and they don’t get the resources to try and do better for themselves, they don’t get the chance to try and get better because they’re only seen on pieces of paper what they’ve done and why they’re there. No one until now has actually gone behind the scenes and...

10. [2009] NZEmpC CC 5/09 Ramsay V Commissioner of Police [pdf, 126 KB]

    ...solution was to recommend placing Constable Coy under performance management and removing Mr Ramsay from the Temuka station before Sergeant Smith returned from leave as the two officers were in direct conflict. [70] Subsequent advice from human resources was that Mr Ramsay could not be removed from Temuka without his consent. Human resources advised Inspector Gaskin to meet with Mr Ramsay, manage Sergeant Smith’s performance issues, and hold a joint meeting between the two of them...