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1. MM v UN Ltd [2024] NZDT 668 (22nd July 2024) [pdf, 215 KB]

   ...ORDER OF DISPUTES TRIBUNAL [2024] NZDT 668 APPLICANT MM RESPONDENT UN Limited The Tribunal orders: UN Limited is to pay the sum of $1,885.80 to MM on or before 12 August 2024. Reasons: 1. In early October 2023, MM (the owner) booked UN Limited (the carrier) to move her household contents from her address in [Suburb A] to her new upstairs apartment address in [Suburb B]. The carrier completed the move on 19 October 2023 in two loads. The owner dispu...

2. Q Ltd v EZ [2024] NZDT 860 (30 October 2024) [pdf, 123 KB]

   ...Ltd RESPONDENT EZ The Tribunal orders: EZ is to pay Q Ltd the sum of $3,845.20 on or before 20 November 2024. The counterclaim is dismissed. Reasons: 1. EZ contacted Q Ltd for an urgent call out on 14 November 2023 after the sewage pump in his rental property overflowed and leaked into the neighbour’s property. Q Ltd attended the property and replaced the pump and the control panel. 2. EZ was issued with an invoice for $7,348.33 (invoice [1]) w...

3. [2024] NZEnvC 145 Braeburn Property Limited v Christchurch City Council [pdf, 189 KB]

   ...Council v Department of Conservation NZEnvC Christchurch C81/2004, 22 June 2004; citing the High Court in BP Oil Ltd v Taupo District Council HC Hamilton M300/85, 31 January 1989. 2 Gertrude's Saddlery Ltd v Queenstown Lakes District Council [2023] NZEnvC 147. 5 stack shipping containers in excess of 11m up to 8-9 containers high without the need for resource consent. [14] Braeburn and SCS’s position is that there are no other persons directly affected by the application,...

4. XX v ND [2024] NZDT 749 (16 November 2024) [pdf, 100 KB]

   ...1. This claim involves ownership and payment claims about a [Car]. XX owned the Car and initially agreed to allow her daughter TX to use it, on the basis TX could own the Car if she paid $2,500.00 to XX in regular instalments. Sometime after mid-2023, XX became aware TX had passed the Car to ND, on the basis ND would continue to pay any remaining debt to XX. 2. XX later became aware ND had transferred ownership of the Car out of her name and into the name of a third party, suggesting...

5. DZ v LU & IW Ltd [2024] NZDT 469 (4 June 2024) [pdf, 200 KB]

   ...business and the lease was assigned to the new business owner. 2. The parties’ solicitors reconciled outstanding rent arrears and those were deducted from the bond paid under the lease with a small balance for IW Ltd to pay. 3. In February 2023, DZ became aware that rates remained unpaid for a period, part of which was while IW Ltd still occupied the premises under the Deed of Lease. She claims $3674.10, being the proportional amount for the period 1 July – 14 December 2022 as o...

6. E Ltd v XL [2024] NZDT 563 (9 July 2024) [pdf, 239 KB]

   ...his mind after the work was partially done. As a result, E Ltd was not prepared to redo the work as it was fit for purpose and consistent with what had been agreed. Tribunal’s assessment 14. XL raised his concern about the cost on 31 August 2023 upon receiving the final invoice for $13,731. In an email to E Ltd, he said that while he was pleased with the work, he had concerns about the fence and wheel barrier above the retaining wall. 15. In reply to this email, E Ltd reduced...

7. New Zealand Crime & Victims Survey (NZCVS)

   ...Government has set a target of reducing victims of assault, robbery, and sexual assault by 20,000 by 2029. It is using the NZCVS to measure the number of victims of violent crime. Click here to read the latest release. Evaluation on the NZCVS In July 2023, the Ministry of Justice commissioned Solasta Consulting Ltd to undertake an evaluation of the New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey. Click here to read the summary report. 5 years of the New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey  2023 marked...

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8. WHT Annual Report 2024 [pdf, 271 KB]

   ...Presented to the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Housing 1 WEATHERTIGHT HOMES TRIBUNAL OVERVIEW It is my pleasure as the Chair to present the Annual Report of the Tribunal for the period commencing 1 July 2023 and ending on 30 June 2024. The Tribunal is a well performing judicial body producing high quality and timely decisions and orders. The previous 12 month period has seen a continuation of the Tribunal’s activities in the active manag

9. [2025] NZREADT 37- IM v REAA (26 August 2025) [pdf, 234 KB]

   ...was made open to cases at this low threshold and, as a matter of fairness, it would be disproportionate to mark the conduct in this case with the stigma of a disciplinary finding. 5 Wilson & Wilson v Registrar of the Real Estate Authority [2023] NZREADT at [75]. 6 DISCUSSION [23] The Tribunal has previously considered the meaning of “inconsequential” pursuant to s 74(3)(a) of the Act in Wilson.6 The Registrar, with reference to the Tribunal’s decision, submitted...

10. OIA-122824.pdf [pdf, 940 KB]

    ...https://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/get-help-public/make-complaint-members-public Table 1: Number of civil applications filed in the District Court for a Harmful Digital Communications Order each calendar year, from 21 November 2016 to 31 December 2024 Number of applications filed 2016* 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Total 3 17 31 25 38 69 59 68 108 Notes for Table 1: • This data counts civil applications filed for a Harmful Digital Communications Order (under Section 19 o...