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Entitlement to residential care subsidies can be polarising. The relevant legislation is contained in the Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018 (the RCS Act) and the Residential Care and ...
Kirsty Hilford was employed as a part-time learning assistant at Whangārei Boys High School, but left after a pay dispute.
On 29 June 2023, the Supreme Court declined the trust’s application for an extension of time to seek leave to appeal. The court recorded the trust’s proposed arguments and said they were “largely the same as in the ...
The appellant, Tina Steedman, was convicted in July 2022 in the District Court of breaching the Covid-19 Public Health Response Act 2020 and the Covid-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No ...
Electricity company Mercury challenged a decision of the Māori Land Court (MLC) to dismiss its application to strike out claims brought by the Pouākani claimants, who seek orders that a section of the Waikato River ...
Public concern about the mistreatment of adult and adolescent patients at Lake Alice Hospital started surfacing in the 1970s. Between 1976 and 2022, there were several investigations and reports by state and ...
Near Te Tii Marae at Waitangi, the Far North District Council owns and manages a recreation reserve and accessway situated, which were being occupied by unknown persons who had erected various structures and ...
The plaintiff, Richard Parore, sought compensation (Baigent damages) for breach of rights in a tax proceeding under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (NZ BORA).
On 25 June 2023, Christopher Luxon gave a speech to the 87th National Party Conference which included policies relating to law and order – specifically, the way courts deal with sentencing. Luxon raised four major ...
Parliament will upset the “delicate balance” separating the legislature from the judiciary if it passes National’s proposal to cap at 40% the overall sentencing discount judges can give, says a legal academic.
As many will be aware, the government has proposed to reform the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) by replacing it with three different pieces of legislation: the Natural and Built Environment Bill, the Spatial ...
Sue Thoms was employed as a primary service provider (PSP) for Blind Low Vision New Zealand (BLVNZ), a registered charity governed by the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind. BLVNZ supports people who are ...
Mathias Ortmann and Bram van der Kolk face sentencing, having pleaded guilty to one charge of conspiring to cause loss by deception, one charge of conspiring to dishonestly obtain documents, and two charges of ...
Fiona Mead and Lilach and Brett Paul lived together in a relationship in Fiona’s house, sharing the same room and bed. They agreed this relationship was their main relationship, but they were also free to love ...
The defendant, David Benbow, has been charged with murdering Michael McGrath. An eight-week trial, which commenced 13 February 2023, resulted in a hung jury and a retrial date is scheduled for 21 August 2023.
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