Papamuri
Mai i te tau 2005, kua hokohoko a Mainzeal Property and Construction Limited ( Mainzeal ) i roto i te pepa toenga kāore i taea te utu, mā te whakamahi i ngā moni a ngā kaituku nama hei whakapaipai mahi. I tohu a Mainzeal i tētahi tūranga rawa kupenga i whakanuia e ngā moni tāpui a ngā rōpū e pā ana, kāore i taea e Mainzeal te whakahoki mai. I ngā wā katoa, ko Mainzeal tētahi wāhanga o te rōpū kamupene Richina Pacific, he pānga pakihi kei Haina. I whakanohoia a Mainzeal ki te mana whakahaere me te whakakorenga i te Hui-tanguru 2013. I mahue i te whakakorenga he $110 miriona i roto i ngā kaituku nama kāore i te tiakina.
I te tau 2015, i whakawakia ngā kaiwhakahaere o mua o Mainzeal e ngā kaiwhakakore i raro i ngā wāhanga 135, 136 me te 301 o te Ture Kamupene 1993. I kī ngā kaiwhakahaere mai i te marama o Hānuere 2011 kua whakaae katoa ngā kaiwhakahaere ki te: [1]
(a) te whakahaeretanga o te pakihi a te kamupene i roto i tētahi huarahi ka puta he mōrearea nui ki ngā kaituku nama, he takahi i te wāhanga 135 o te Ture o te tau 1993 ; ā,
(b) te kamupene e whakaea ana i ngā herenga ki ngā kaituku nama i te wā kāore rātou i whakapono i runga i ngā take whaitake ka taea e te kamupene te whakatutuki i aua herenga ina hiahiatia kia pērā, he takahi i te wāhanga 136 o te Ture 1993 .
I te tau 2018, i whai ngā kaiwhakakore i tētahi whakawakanga e waru wiki i mua i te aroaro o Cooke J, ā, i puta ai ngā whakataunga a te Kōti Matua tuatahi me tuarua i te tau 2019. Ko te kereme matua, mai i te marama o Hānuere 2011, i whakaae ngā kaiwhakahaere kia whakahaerehia ngā mahi pakihi i raro i te takahi i ngā wāhanga 135 me te 136 o te Ture Kamupene 1993. Ko te mea nui o te kereme ko te whakaae a ngā kaiwhakahaere ki a Mainzeal ki te hokohoko, me te whakawhirinaki ki ngā whakamana kore e taea te whakamana i te tautoko pūtea mai i ētahi atu kamupene i roto i te rōpū Richina Pacific. Kāore i a ēnei kamupene te kaha ki te whakatutuki i ngā whakamana.
I te 25 o Ākuhata 2023, i tautoko te Kōti Matua i ngā kitenga a te Kōti Pīra , i whakawhiwhia he utu rite ki tā te Kōti Matua, ā, i kitea kua takahia e ngā kaiwhakahaere ngā wāhanga 135 me te 136 o te Ture Kamupene 1993. I arotakehia e te Kōti Matua ngā ture tawhito, te whakahou ture me ngā ture take, ā, i te mutunga i karangahia kia whakahoutia anō te rohe.
Ngā whakataunga a te Kōti o raro
I roto i te Kōti Matua, i kitea e te Kaiwhakawā Cooke kua takahia e ngā kaiwhakahaere te wāhanga 135 i mua i te 31 o Hānuere 2011, ā, i whakawhiwhia ki te utu $36 miriona, tata ki te hautoru o te tapeke o ngā mate $110 miriona. I whakakorehia e ia te kereme wāhanga 136. I piira ngā kaiwhakahaere me ngā kaiwhakakore.
I roto i te Kōti Pīra, i kitea e te Perehitini Kós, e ngā Kaiwhakawā Miller, e Goddard he kawenga ngā kaiwhakahaere mō ngā takahi i raro i ngā wāhanga 135 me te 136. I whakaae te Kōti ki a Kaiwhakawā Cooke, i te 31 o Hānuere 2011 kua takahia e ngā kaiwhakahaere te wāhanga 135. I kīia ko te mehua tika mō te mate mō te takahi i te wāhanga 135 i tēnei take ko te nui o te hekenga o te tūranga pūtea o te kamupene i waenga i te rā takahi me te rā whakakorenga. Nā te mea kāore he taunakitanga kua heke te tūranga o Mainzeal, kāore he utu i whakawhiwhia.
I whakatau te Kōti Pīra i kitea he kawenga ki ngā kaiwhakahaere te utu i te utu mō tā rātou takahi i te wāhanga 136 i runga i tētahi huarahi nama hou, kia inehia e te Kōti Matua . [2] E rua ngā rōpū herenga: (1) ngā herenga i puta mai i runga i ngā kirimana nui e whā mai i te 31 o Hānuere 2011; me (2) ngā herenga katoa i puta mai i te 5 o Hūrae 2012. I kitea e te Kaiwhakawā Goddard mō te Kōti kāore he take whaitake a ngā kaiwhakahaere Mainzeal ki te whakaaro ka tutukihia ngā herenga nui o te kāwai tuatahi, me tētahi o ngā kāwai tuarua mai i taua wā. I arotahi te huarahi nama hou ki te nui o ngā nama i puta i muri i ngā rā takahi e tika ana, tae noa ki te nui o aua nama kāore anō kia utua i te wā i whakakorea ai, ā, i puta i te wā kāore he take whaitake hei whakapono ka whakamanahia. [3] E arotahi ana te Wāhanga 136 ki ētahi kaituku nama, ko te Wāhanga 135 e arotahi ana ki ngā kaituku nama katoa.
I wawao te piira a te Kōti Matua, ā, kāore i tukuna te take ki te Kōti Matua.
Te whakataunga a te Kōti Matua
Kua whakaratohia e te Kōti Matua he anga whānui mō ngā mahi a ngā kaiwhakahaere i raro i te Ture Kamupene 1993 mō ngā kamupene e hokohoko ana me te kore e taea te utu, e tirohia ana mā te tirohanga a ngā kaituku nama. Ahakoa te hanga i ngā herenga e tika ana kia utua e te kamupene, me whakamārama me te whakamahi i ngā wāhanga 135 me te 136 hei tiaki i ngā kaituku nama.
Mēnā kei roto te kamupene i tētahi tūranga pūtea mōrearea, ko ngā kaiwhakahaere:
- he kawenga tonu tā rātou ki te aroturuki i te mahi me ngā tūmanakohanga o tā rātou kamupene;
- ka whai wā tika hei whakatau i te huarahi mahi ka mahia e rātou;
- me tiki tohutohu motuhake ina tata kore moni te kamupene;
- me mārama ki te rautaki hokohoko mō te wā roa, ahakoa kāore e whakaaetia te korenga o te pūtea i roto i te pepa toenga;
- ka whai paerewa whakaaro nui hei tāpiri atu ki ā rātou whakataunga, tae atu ki te whakatau pakihi; [4]
- me whakawhirinaki noa ki ngā whakamanatanga tautoko pūtea mai i ngā kaipupuri hea o ētahi atu kamupene mēnā he mea ture, ā, he mea whai mana hoki;
- ka teitei ake te paerewa mō rātou mēnā he kaiwhakahaere rātou nō ngā kamupene uaua;
- ki te haere tonu te hokohoko, me whai rautaki pakari; ā,
- me tiaki ngā kaituku nama.
I whakatakotohia e te Kōti Matua tētahi kaupapa here e whakaae ana ina kore e taea te utu te kamupene (e tata ana rānei ki te kore e taea te utu), he nui te pānga ōhanga o ōna kaituku nama ki roto i āna take. [5] I kitea e te Kōti Matua kua heke te uara o te nama i raro i te wāhanga 135 me ngā mate nama hou i raro i te wāhanga 136. Ko te tikanga o tēnei i whai te Kōti Matua i te Kōti Pīra, ā, kāore i whakawhiwhia ngā mate mō te takahi i te wāhanga 135, engari i whakawhiwhia mō te takahi i te wāhanga 136. Ko te ine ko te mate i pā ki aua kaituku nama.
I raro i te wāhanga 301, kei te Kōti te mana whakatau ki te tuku whakautu kia rite ki ngā āhuatanga o te tautohe. Ko tētahi āhuatanga i arotahihia e te Kōti i waenganui i ngā kaiwhakahaere ko te hara. I kitea ko Mr Yan te kawenga mō te moni katoa o te $39.8 miriona me te huamoni, ko te nama o ngā kaiwhakahaere e toe ana i herea ki te $6.6 miriona ia kaiwhakahaere me te huamoni.
Whakamutunga
Kua āwhina te Kōti Matua ki te tautuhi i te taurite o Aotearoa mō te tiaki i ngā kaituku nama me ngā kaiwhakahaere e ngana ana ki te whakaora i tētahi kamupene. Ka whakatakotohia e ia te rohe i waenga i te tango mōrearea tika me te tukino i ngā mana whakahaere i runga i te utu o ngā kaituku nama.
Ngā Tohutoro
[1] Yan v Mainzeal Property and Construction Limited [2023] NZSC 113 i [3].
[2] Yan v Mainzeal Property and Construction Limited [2021] NZCA 99, [2021] 3 NZLR 598; e whakamahi ana i a Madsen-Ries (hei kaiwhakakore i a Debut Homes Ltd (i roto i te liq)) v Cooper [2020] NZSC 100, [2121] 1 NZLR 43.
[3] Yan, i runga ake i te n 2, i [531] me [536].
[4] Yan, i runga ake i te n 1, i te [273].
[5] Yan, i runga ake i te n 1, i te [198].
