AHC v CAC - [2011] 2 NZLR 694

Family and domestic relationships — Custody — Unlawful retention of children in breach of right to custody — Children brought by mother to New Zealand from Northern Ireland — Application by father living in Northern Ireland for return of children — Father allegedly consented — Whether consent relevant to unlawful retention — Court's discretion to refuse to order that children unlawfully retained be returned — Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction — Care of Children Act 2004, ss 94, 105 and 106(1).