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1. Tweeddale v Pearson [pdf, 405 KB]

   ...Pearson and Ms Tucker entered into a construction contract with Humphries Construction Limited to build a house at 9 Ake Ake Avenue Palmerston North for $142,732.67 inclusive of GST. [6] On 23 April 1998 Mr Pearson and Ms Trucker applied for resource consent for a discretionary activity. [7] The contract provided that the builder shall carry out and complete the whole of the works in a thorough and workmanlike manner to the reasonable satisfaction of the owner, in strict a...

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

   ...indicate improved age identification and greater compliance from licensed premises. It is also possible that this decline is due to a Police preference for issuing an infringement notice to young people rather than taking the more time consuming and resource-intensive action against licensed premises. The total number of minors found in restricted or supervised areas of licensed premises that were apprehended or issued with infringement notices in the year 2000 was more than the number of min...

3. 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...

4. [2018] NZEmpC 14 Hayashi v SkyCity Management Ltd [pdf, 422 KB]

   ...and reasonable employer could have done in all the circumstances at the time the dismissal or action occurred. (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 employer...

5. Matuku Ngati Maru Wharanui Pukehou Trust (2009) 245 Aotea MB 15 (245 AOT 15) [pdf, 306 KB]

   JAN MATUKU MLC A2007001203 15 January 2010 IN THE MAORI LAND COURT OF NEW ZEALAND AOTEA DISTRICT 245 AOTEA MB 15 A20070001203 UNDER Section 216, Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 IN THE MATTER OF Ngati Maru Wharanui Pukehou Trust JAN MATUKU Applicant Hearing: 188 Aotea MB 159, 15 June 2007 195 Aotea MB 80, 19 October 2007 198 Aotea MB 178, 13 December 2007 202 Aotea MB 48-57, 5 March 2008 205 Aotea MB 136, 15 May 2008 214 Aotea MB 130, 21

6. Family justice: An administrative review of family justice system reforms [pdf, 967 KB]

   ...Directions Conference Served Notice of Response Chambers Without Notice Served Notice of Response Undefended On Notice Formal Proof Hearing (Optional) Chambers Consented Chambers Returned to out of court services Information and resource support for self resolution Information, resource and support for provider assisted resolution Court determined outcomes Lawyers available including Legal Aid In Person proceedings Family Legal Advice Service Lawyers available by...

7. [2018] NZEmpC 79 Hines v Eastland Port Ltd [pdf, 513 KB]

   ...on 26 May 2017 went beyond discussion of possible outcomes. It was a lengthy meeting – around three hours long - attended by Captain Hines and Mr McBride as his representative, and Mr Gaddum with Mr Moroney and Ms Barclay from EPL’s human resources team. [65] At the meeting Captain Hines went through again what he said took place with respect to both the Emerald Princess and the Seamount Explorer. [66] He confirmed that he was still of the view that he had not breached the...

8. Winitana v Wairoa Waikaremoana Maori Trust Board - Lake Waikaremoana [2021] Chief Judge's MB 615 (2021 CJ 615) [pdf, 568 KB]

   ...Court Justice who accepts that the above matter as I say is the correct legal interpretation of s2 ss2(e) MAA 1953; and [G] since the Part 1, Stage One report of the WAI 2358 Waitangi Tribunal Inquiry into national freshwater and geothermal resources, dated 24 August found there is a residual proprietal interest of Maori in freshwater, thereby implying I do have a residual proprietal interest in the waters of Waikaremoana, with a consequent potential commercial value as to la...

9. The Trustees of the Tauwhao Te Ngare Trust v Shaw - Tauwhao Te Ngare Block and a preliminary decision of the Chief Judge at 2013 CJ 567 [2014] Māori Appellate Court MB 394 (2014 APPEAL 394) [pdf, 377 KB]

   2014 Māori Appellate Court MB 394 IN THE MĀORI APPELLATE COURT OF NEW ZEALAND WAIKATO-MANIAPOTO DISTRICT A20130009145 APPEAL 2013/8 UNDER Section 49, Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 IN THE MATTER OF Tauwhao Te Ngare Block and a preliminary decision of the Chief Judge made on 9 August 2013 at 2013 Chief Judge's MB 567-594 BETWEEN THE TRUSTEES OF THE TAUWHAO TE NGARE TRUST Appellants AND DONALD SHAW Respondent Hearing:

10. [2020] NZEmpC 139 KiwiRail Ltd v Mobbs [pdf, 450 KB]

    ...1994. [20] Mr Mobbs said in his oral evidence that it was initially agreed he was entitled to leave, and that KiwiRail then changed its mind. This was a reference to a conversation between Mr Mobbs and Ms Michelle Cheeseman, a Senior Human Resources Business Partner. It was her evidence that Mr Mobbs had said he was looking to retire soon. She had told him in effect that it would be desirable for him to give a good amount of notice, and she could also check if he had retirement...