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The Supreme Court unanimously confirmed the High Court’s decision to quash resource consents granted to Trans-Tasman Resources Limited (“TTR”) to mine iron sands in the South Taranaki Bight.

A consumer advocacy group successfully challenged directions by the Director-General of Health ordering 14 local councils to fluoridate their water supply.

This was an appeal to the Employment Court from an Employment Relations Authority (“ERA”) decision. The case arose from the termination of someone’s (Mr Darren Pyne’s) employment as part of a restructure, where the employer had concerns about his conduct and performance. Redundancies are meant to be about the position (being superfluous to the employer’s requirements), not about the person (i.e. not about performance or behaviour issues).

Renee Jones v Nga Rangitahi Toa Creative Arts Initiative Trust is a September 2022 decision and the latest word from the Employment Relations Authority (ERA), about when employers can rely on fixed-term employment agreements.

An advocate for Pike River families successfully sought access to privileged documents relating to the decision not to prosecute people involved in the mining disaster.

Two supermarkets appealed to the Supreme Court challenging the legality of a decision to uphold Auckland Council’s provisional local alcohol policy.

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The Supreme Court declined the appeal of water bottler Cloud Ocean Water against the decision of the Court of Appeal in Aotearoa Water Action Inc v Canterbury Regional Council. The Court found that the Canterbury Regional Council was not able to split a “take and use” resource consent, and combine a new “use-only” consent with the “take” portion of the old consent.

The Supreme Court granted Make It 16’s appeal for a declaration that the minimum voting age was inconsistent with the right to freedom from discrimination under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (“NZBORA”).