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1. Mullane v Attorney-General [2017] NZHRRT 40 [pdf, 417 KB]

   ...HEARING: 25, 26 and 27 September 2017 DATE OF DECISION: 25 October 2017 DECISION OF TRIBUNAL1 INTRODUCTION [1] At the relevant time Mr Mullane was a self-employed taxi driver in Wellington. As such he was required to satisfy the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) that he was a “fit and proper person” to hold a P endorsement on his driver licence and to hold a Passenger Service Licence. To that end he gave written authorisation to the NZTA to...

2. Amir-Bastani-submission-Annex-A.-National-Security-Check-Form.pdf [pdf, 262 KB]

   ...– National Security Check Form – November 2017 When filling in this form, please write clearly using CAPITAL LETTERS. Section E Declaration I declare that the information I have provided in this form is true and correct. I authorise Immigration New Zealand to make any necessary enquiries about information on this form and/or accompanying documentation and to share this information with other government agencies (including overseas agencies) to the extent necessary to make decisions ab...

3. YCAP - community planning guide [pdf, 8.7 MB]

   ...community action plan will be a YCAP plan, instead of business-as-usual. Ideally, your group will include people from different parts of the community, including iwi or urban Māori authorities, ethnic and minority groups, young people, NGOs, service providers, the local council and someone from each of the core agencies: Police and the Ministries of Social Development, Health and Education. You should also involve people who are able to influence policy and funding decisions i...

4. LCRO 55/2020 MY v KA (5 October 2020) [pdf, 182 KB]

   ...not affect property ownership. [8] Some two weeks later Mr KA again emailed Mr MY and asked when the correction would be made. Mr MY replied and said that he would attend to it. The complaint [9] Mr KA lodged a complaint against Mr MY with the New Zealand Law Society Complaints Service (Complaints Service) on 20 March 2019. He said: (a) Mr MY had misspelt Mrs KA’s name on the Title. (b) Mr MY had said that it was a minor matter that did not affect ownership. (c) LINZ had tol...

5. OIA-111066.pdf [pdf, 11 MB]

   ...(d) consider whether the disclosure warrants investigation; (e) check with the disclosing individual whether the disclosure has been made elsewhere (and any outcome); (f) deal with the disclosure by: (i) investigating the disclosure; (ii) addressing any serious wrongdoing by acting or recommending action; (iii) referring the disclosure to an appropriate authority; (iv) deciding that no action is required; (g) inform the disclosing individual, with reasons, about what the Minis...

6. LCRO 27/2021 BK v RQ (27 August 2021) [pdf, 223 KB]

   ...appointed the sole executor for CK’s estate. [4] In his capacity as executor, Mr HM instructed Ms RQ to act as solicitor for the estate. 2 The complaint and the Standards Committee decision [5] Ms BK and Ms WT lodged a complaint with the New Zealand Law Society Complaints Service (NZLS) on 25 September 2019. [6] Their complaint when first articulated, raised a number of concerns regarding the manner in which Mr HM had carried out his duties as executor, but also expressed...

7. LCRO 68/2016 ZA v YB (23 May 2019) [pdf, 202 KB]

   ...to be appointed sole executrix of the will and Mr XC’s estate was to be distributed equally between Mrs ZA, her brother (WD) and sister (VE). [5] Mrs XC died in April 2012. [6] Following Mrs XC’s death, Mr XC instructed Mr YB to prepare a new will in which he appointed Mrs ZA, WD and VE executors. The estate was to be distributed equally between his three children. [7] Mr and Mrs XC had also established a Trust (the XC Family Trust) which owned a property in [Town]. The tr...

8. OIA-120014.pdf [pdf, 5.9 MB]

   ...under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act). Your request was as follows: I’m getting in touch hoping for more info on the Māori Land Court’s Pātaka Whenua system, and the challenges with it, some of which are identified in these Newsroom articles: • newsroom.co.nz/2024/02/01/stuck-in-the-information-prison-of-the-new-maori-land- portal/ • newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/10/disastrous-digital-failure-of-maori-land-court-portal/ The more recent article mentions a ‘Post-I...

9. Evidence Brief: Therapeutic Interventions for Victims of Intimate Partner Violence [pdf, 313 KB]

   ...factors effectively should reduce victims’ risk of revictimisation. For example, a victim’s heavy drinking might impair their ability to use strategies that keep them safe from IPV, such as leaving their home quickly, so helping them address their drinking problem is likely to decrease their risk of revictimisation. Therapeutic interventions for IPV victims aim to treat psychological harm and help victims develop and use positive coping mechanisms. An international met...

10. Otago Standards Committee v Claver [2019] NZLCDT 8 [pdf, 343 KB]

    ...deliberate or wilful dishonesty is involved the starting point is certainly likely to be that of strike-off. [14] Mr Claver accepted that there were a number of deficiencies in his past practice and accepted many aspects of the inadequacy of his services at the time concerned. Against that he points to his health issues and in particular that he was depressed, anxious and overwhelmed and simply tried to work harder to work himself out of a financially precarious position. [15]...