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1. Electoral-Amendment-Regulations-No-2-2022-Final.pdf [pdf, 819 KB]

   ...locations overseas. 2 Services will be provided within New Zealand business hours. The Electoral Commission has advised this means services will be available Monday to Saturday, between the hours 9am to 7pm, during the advance voting period for the 2023 General Election. These hours will enable voters from different time zones to access the service at a reasonable time, either during the daytime or early evening in their country of residence. I N C O N F I D E N C E 2 ak28gm7m17 2022-...

2. [2024] NZEnvC 074 GI Finlay Trustees Ltd v Western Bay of Plenty District Council [pdf, 175 KB]

   ...awarded to Priority Te Puna Incorporated (PTP) in the sum of $20,004. REASONS Introduction [1] The background to this matter is set out in some detail in the substantive decision (GI Finlay Trustees Ltd v Western Bay of Plenty District Council [2023] NZEnvC 254) and need not be replicated in full here. In short, the Appellants were the joint proponents of a plan change which secured a business/industrial park zoning for their site at Te Puna Road. This industrial park approac...

3. Winiata v Ngatai - Whakapoungakau 9B 13, 15B 10, 14, 10B 6A, 11B 6, 13B 5, 16 2B 2G 2E and Pikirangi 9 (Aggregated) (2024) 315 Waiariki MB 272 (315 WAR 272) [pdf, 319 KB]

   ...difficult for the Court to assess the arguments without making a number of assumptions and speculating as to what the application is all about. [10] To confuse matters even more, when the applicant filed an amended application to the Court on 9 April 2023 her supporting documents included an undated affidavit that the Tukuahau Whānau Trust had presumably filed to the Registrar of the High Court at Rotorua. The affidavit provided that the Tukuahau Whānau Trust and trustee Ms Nga Wi...

4. DN v SC [2024] NZDT 202 (19 March 2024) [pdf, 204 KB]

   ...(Disputes Tribunal Act 1988) ORDER OF DISPUTES TRIBUNAL [2024] NZDT 202 APPLICANT DN RESPONDENT SC The Tribunal orders: The claim by DN is dismissed. Reasons 1. DN bought a pair of shoes in December 2023 with which she is not happy. She seeks a refund and other compensation on the basis the shoes are not of acceptable quality nor properly fitted in breach of the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993. Although both parties to this dispute presented as...

5. BX & JD v ML [2022] NZDT 283 (30 December 2022) [pdf, 225 KB]

   ...(Disputes Tribunal Act 1988) ORDER OF DISPUTES TRIBUNAL District Court [2022] NZDT 283 APPLICANT BX APPLICANT JD RESPONDENT ML The Tribunal orders: 1. ML is to pay $9,000.00 to JD on or before 23 January 2023. Reasons: 2. This matter had previously been part heard and adjourned for ML to seek legal advice. 3. On 19 August 2022 at approximately 6.30pm JD was driving his Toyota truck along [Road] when he struck a cattle beast which was on...

6. Code-of-conduct-survey-summary.pdf [pdf, 309 KB]

   1 Summary: Political Lobbying – Voluntary Code of Conduct options survey Background Between September 2023 and January 2024, the Ministry of Justice held an online survey to understand people’s views on an approach to a code of conduct for political lobbyists. The survey link was published in our newsletters about political lobbying, which were circulated to more than 200 people and organisations who had registered their interest in the Ministry’s political lobbying w...

7. EN v B Ltd [2022] NZDT 286 (17 March 2022) [pdf, 192 KB]

   ...of 4 (Disputes Tribunal Act 1988) ORDER OF DISPUTES TRIBUNAL District Court [2022] NZDT 286 APPLICANT EN RESPONDENT B Ltd The Tribunal orders: B Ltd is to pay $1,980.00 to EN on or before 11 April 2023. REASONS Brief Details of Claim 1. In June 2022, EN booked flights from [City 1] to [Country 1] through a travel agent, NU. EN was to leave [City 1] to fly to [City 2] on a B Ltd flight. After arriving in [City 2], EN would fly o...

8. 2024 NZPSPLA 024 pdf [pdf, 168 KB]

   ...REASONS: [1] SW holds a Certificate of Approval (COA) in the classes of Crowd Controller, Property Guard and Personal Security Guard that is valid until [redacted]. [2] The Police have laid a complaint against Mr SW as on the 4th of June 2023 he was charged with refusing to admit Police into licensed premises pursuant to the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012. At the time he was working at [redacted] as a crowd controller when Police attempted to enter to conduct a liquor li...

9. UC v DT [2024] NZDT 791 (20 September 2024) [pdf, 138 KB]

   ...the existing fence and build a new fence on the boundary between his property and the respondent’s property. 2. The fence shall be constructed with the materials and in the design as set out in the applicant’s Fencing Notice dated 18 August 2023, and as quoted by Q Ltd on 24 April 2024. The posts are to be placed on the boundary line or as near to as practicably possible. 3. Work on the fence should be undertaken within a reasonable time and completed no later than 31 March 20...

10. Tawa - Tūaropaki E (2025) 332 Waiariki MB 53 (332 WAR 53) [pdf, 228 KB]

    ...is distinct from a general legal aid fund.5 The Court considered that the use of the word “special” in s 98 is a qualifying indicator of how the fund is to be applied.6 The Appellate 3 Māori Land Court Special Aid Practice Note (17 October 2023). 4 Mokomoko — Part Hiwarau C (2001) 10 Waiariki Appellate MB 32 (10 APRO 32). 5 At 39. 6 At 39. 332 Waiariki MB 57 Court set out guidelines for future courts and counsel to follow, which were adapted into the Special Ai...