28 Jul 2016
ZHANG v THE ASSOCIATE MINISTER OF IMMIGRATION [2016] NZCA 361
- Citation
- [2016] NZAR 1222
- Court
- Court of Appeal
Section 61, read with s11, confers an absolute discretion that does not oblige the Minister to give or record reasons; judicial review is therefore confined to whether the decision was Wednesbury unreasonable; the failure to record reasons and to state reliance on s11 was an administrative error but not material on the facts and did not render the decision Wednesbury unreasonable, so the appeal is dismissed.