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1. Deputy Registrar v Teki-Clark - Tauakira No 2M No 4 (2024) 495 Aotea MB 123 (495 AOT 123) [pdf, 472 KB]

   ...‘H3 Whare’. The Ngātoa whānau want the same order in respect of a garage known as the ‘G dwelling’. [4] Both applications are uncontested, but they derive from a contested context. A contest that I determined at Nicholson v Pene in 2023.1 [5] With respect to the H3 Whare I find that it is owned by members of the Petaera and Potaka-Osborne whānau. [6] With respect to the G dwelling I find that it is owned by members of the Ngātoa whānau. [7] Orders relating to occ...

2. TE v OL [2024] NZDT 458 (28 May 2024) [pdf, 114 KB]

   ...purchase price, $19,000 plus costs. [4] The respondent admits the sale but denies misrepresenting the vehicle. The respondent has provided evidence the vehicle was regularly serviced by H Ltd trading as [the repair shop], the last time on 19 August 2023. The respondent also denies knowing of any issues with the timing chain or any other issues not identified in the inspection report dated 12 March 2024. Issues i) Was the vehicle meticulously maintained. ii) Was the seller aware of...

3. Statutes-Amendment-Bill_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   ...2 Standing Order 266(1 )(f) provides for omnibus Statutes Amendment Bills that consist entirely of amendments to existing Acts. Cabinet Office Circular CO (22) 4 invited depaitments to submit potential items for inclusion in the Bill in Febrnaiy 2023. 3 Tue proposed ainendments ai·e technical, sho1t, and non-controversial. There ai·e no outstanding policy issues to be resolved. 4 S9(2)(f)(iv) 5 Tue Bill ainends 42 Acts as set out below. Tue attached Bill provides a bdef summaiy of...

4. EH v B Ltd [2024] NZDT 423 (7 May 2024) [pdf, 155 KB]

   ...direction, point of origin, the development of the fire. I prefer the view of FENZ as it is an independent professional experienced such assessments. Was it foreseeable that the straw would spontaneously ignite? 12. During the hearing on 10 October 2023 the parties agreed that it was not foreseeable that straw would ignite under normal storage practice/conditions. 13. EH believes that it was the weather conditions combined with B Ltd having stored the straw in a negligent...

5. Wild v Ministry for Primary Industries (Strike Out) [2024] NZHRRT 69 [pdf, 252 KB]

   ...staff, who are expected to correspond and speak with parties and who may be treated, as in this case, rather worse than the judges. 10 Sawyer v Victoria University of Wellington [2024] NZHRRT 47; Boyd v Legacy Church and Legacy Housing (Strike out) [2023] NZHRRT 2 and Kropelnicki v Wellington City Council [2021] NZHRRT 30. 11 Gwizo, above n 4, at [49]. 12 Harawira, above n 6, at [13]; O’Neill v New Zealand Law Society [2022] NZCA 500 (O’Neill) at [17], citing Terry v Hoyer (UK) Ltd...

6. Wellington Standards Committee 1 v King [2024] NZLCDT 46 (18 December 2024) [pdf, 105 KB]

   ...make matters worse, Ms King did not inform Mr H of the outcome and he was unaware of it until his former partner contacted him seeking payment. When Mr H questioned Ms King, she did not provide any satisfactory response. Instead, in February 2023, she made application for a rehearing, which the Court described as “essentially targeted at relitigating the substantive matter, which is completely inappropriate and raises issues around breach of process”. Ms King did not have Mr...

7. [2025] NZEmpC 106 Burgess v Tutton Sienko and Hill Partnership [pdf, 200 KB]

   ...[2019] NZEmpC 140. 15 A S McLachlan Ltd, above n 9. 16 Concorde Enterprises Ltd v Anthony Motors (Hutt) Ltd (No 2) [1977] 1 NZLR 516 (HC) at 519 applied in Banks v Farmer [2019] NZHC 53; and see Hebei Huaneng Industrial Development Co Ltd v Shi [2023] NZHC 2501. [27] What does the evidence show? There was no evidence about Mr Burgess’ present finances or assets. Instead, reliance was placed on his past circumstances, based on which inferences were invited. [...

8. DE v KN [2024] NZDT 890 (11 December 2024) [pdf, 173 KB]

   ...TRIBUNAL [2024] NZDT 890 APPLICANT DE RESPONDENT KN The Tribunal orders: KN is ordered to pay DE a sum of $18,881.87 by 19 February 2025. Reasons: 1. The Applicant, DE, purchased [the property] from KN on 13 April 2023. 2. After settlement, DE moved into the property. In early 2024, she began conducting renovations and discovered that the property had structural issues which led to increased renovation costs as DE was required to replace frames...

9. Campbell - Jacobs River 100 Block XXV Section 80 and others (2025) 95 Te Waipounamu MB 235 (95 TWP 235) [pdf, 241 KB]

   ...MB 235 Campbell - Jacobs River 100 Block XXV Section 80 and others (2025) 95 Te Waipounamu MB 235 (95 TWP 235) I TE KOOTI WHENUA MĀORI O AOTEAROA I TE ROHE O TE WAIPOUNAMU In the Māori Land Court of New Zealand Te Waipounamu District AP-20230000022224 A20200013802 WĀHANGA Under Section 241, Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 MŌ TE TAKE In the matter of Jacobs River 100 Block XXV Section 80 and Others NĀ By ADA KAREN CAMPBELL AND PATRIC...

10. OIA-102999.pdf [pdf, 2.9 MB]

    Justice Centre | 19 Aitken Street DX SX10088 | Wellington T 04 918 8800 | F 04 918 8820 contactus@justice.govt.nz | www.justice.govt.nz 31 March 2023 Our ref: OIA 102999 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request: Follow up to OIA 100591 Thank you for your email of 20 and 21 December 2022, and 1 March 2023 to the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry), in which you request clarification of our response to your previous OIA request (Our ref: 100591) regarding crim...