Te Kereme
I whakapae ngā kaipupuri whare kāore i te rawaka te whakamātautau i te hua Harditex i mua i tōna tukunga, kāore hoki i tutuki i ngā paerewa pakari, me te whakapae anō hoki i mangere a James Hardie i te āwhina i hoatu ki ngā kaihanga i te tāutanga.
I tautohetia anō hoki, nō te tau 2000, i mōhio a James Hardie, i tika rānei kia mōhio ia ki ngā hapa o te hua, ā, i herea ia ki te whakatūpato i te marea mō aua hapa.
Te tātari me ngā taunakitanga i whakaarohia
E tātarihia ana te hua Harditex e te whakataunga a te Kōti e pā ana ki ngā take e whai ake nei:
- I tutuki i a ia ngā paerewa whakahaere makuku kua whakaaetia?
- Te pakari (tae atu ki tōna ātete ki ngā whakaekenga moroiti);
- Te kaha ki te aro atu ki ngā nekehanga o te whare ina tāutahia;
- Ngāwari ki te pokepokea ai; me
- Ngā momo wero e pā ana ki ngā āhuatanga motuhake o te tāutanga.
I pai ake te Kōti ki ngā taunakitanga a ngā tohunga i arahina e James Hardie, he nui te rerekētanga. He tokomaha o ōna tohunga he kaiārahi o te ao i roto i tā rātou mara, ā, i kitea e te Kōti he pono te ihirangi me te āhua o ā rātou taunakitanga.
Ngā whakatau a te Kōti Matua
I whakaae te Kōti he kawenga tiaki tā James Hardie ki ngā kaipupuri whare, engari i whakatau te Kōti kāore ngā kaipupuri whare i whakamatau ko Harditex te take o ngā take ātete huarere.
I kitea e te Kōti kāore te hua, i aromatawaitia ki te pūtaiao hanga whare kua whakapumautia, i hapa i roto i tōna hoahoa, kua whakamatautauria rawatia, ā, kua whakaaetia motuhaketia. I tua atu, he rawaka te āwhina hangarau i hoatu e James Hardie, ā, i tukuna tika ki te kaihanga tino matatau.
Mō te āheinga hanga, i kitea e te Kōti kāore i kitea he rerekētanga nui a Harditex i ngā hua whakakikorua pepa o mua atu. Ko te whakatau a te Kōti, kāore i kitea ngā hapa i kīia e ngā kaiwhakapae, ā, he hua whai whakaaro pai a Harditex ka taea te tāuta i tētahi huarahi e ārai ana i te huarere.
E pā ana ki ngā whare e waru i tātarihia taipitopitotia mō ngā kino i puta i te wai, i kitea e te Kōti he maha ngā taunakitanga i whakaatu i ngā hapa nui o te whare me te kore e tutuki i ngā tohutohu i haere tahi me te hua. He nui rawa atu ēnei hapa whare, kāore i taea e ngā kaipupuri whare te whakaatu ko tētahi hapa o te hua te take motuhake o te kino.
Nō reira, i rahua ngā kereme a ngā kaipupuri whare mō te mangere. I reira anō hoki ētahi kereme i raro i te Ture Hokohoko Tika i whakaarohia motuhaketia engari i whakakorehia anō hoki i runga i ngā kitenga tuatahi o ngā meka.
I puta mai te kereme akomanga kore i rahua i ngā rā e iwa noa iho i muri i te whakataunga o te kereme akomanga motuhake $220 miriona ki a James Hardie, i reira neke atu i te 1000 ngā kaipupuri whare i whakaaturia e te kaitono matua a Karen White i whakaputa i ngā whakapae ōrite ki te hua Harditex.
I whiwhi a James Hardie i te $1.25m hei whakataunga mō taua keehi, ā, i whakaae ngā kaiwhakapae kāore tetahi rōpū e whakaae ki te kawenga, ā, ko te whakataunga "katoa, whakamutunga" mō ngā kereme katoa i puta mai i te keehi.
Kua whakaritea kia tīmata te tuatoru o ngā kereme akomanga mō te ātete huarere ki a James Hardie i te Kōti Matua o Tāmaki Makaurau i te marama o Mei 2023.
Ngā Tohutoro
[1] Cridge v Studorp Limited [2021] NZHC 2077
