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1. Rec-Recap-2023-Q4-FINAL.pdf [pdf, 873 KB]

   ...Alcohol Richards [2023] NZCorC 127 (16 October 2023) CIRCUMSTANCES Bianca Marie Richards, aged 51, died on 8 April 2022 at North Shore Hospital of multiorgan failure following presumed diethylene glycol toxicity. On 29 March 2022 Ms Richards’ flatmate rang emergency services as Ms Richards was delirious and struggled to breathe. She was taken to North Shore Hospital with abdominal pain. Initial investigations indicated a marked metabolic acidosis. Ms Richards was transferred to...

2. Protection Order applications December 2017 [xlsx, 262 KB]

   Contents Protection Order applications Protection Order application data is extracted from a live dataset that is used for operational purposes.  This means that data will be updated through late data entry and active applications progressing through the court process. Therefore, this data may differ to data reported elsewhere with a different extraction date. These tables were extracted on 12 March 2018. Contents: Table 1: Number of Protection Order applications, by app

3. Domestic violence legislation & child access in New Zealand [pdf, 1018 KB]

   ...non-custodial parent would take the children out alone, or be left with the children while the custodial parent went out. In some cases the custodial parent would try to make sure that someone else such as a member of the family, a new partner, or a flatmate was also present in the home. In other families, the custodial and non-custodial parent would take the children out to a public place. In three cases the custodial parent took the children to visit the non-custodial parent, at his h...

4. Protection order applications June 2019 [xlsx, 323 KB]

   Contents Protection Order applications Protection Order application data is extracted from a live dataset that is used for operational purposes, meaning the data will be updated with late data entry and active applications progressing through the court process. Therefore, this data may differ to data reported elsewhere with a different extraction date. These tables were extracted on 9 September 2019. Contents: Table 1a: Number and percentage of Protection Order applications, 

5. Responding together: an integrated report evaluating the aims of the Waitakere Family Violence Court protocols [pdf, 894 KB]

   ...definitions of domestic relationships included in the Domestic Violence Act (1995) (Busch & Robertson, 2000); heterosexual or same sex partners, family or whānau members, household members or people in a close or domestic relationship, such as flatmates. But the use of such generic terms for family violence mask the social context in which the anti-domestic violence movement originated (Stewart, 2004), and represent a gendered social problem as if it were gender neutral. While it i...

6. Recommendations Recap Issue 26 1 January-31 March 2021 [pdf, 984 KB]

   ...43, of Auckland died on 15 April 2018 at Bastion Point, Auckland of MDMA toxicity. On the evening of 14 April 2018, Ms Ellett attended a ‘rave’ (organised dance party) in gun emplacement bunkers at Bastion Point. Ms Ellett was there with her flatmates. A witness who saw Ms Ellett described that she appeared “high on something” and was very “out of it”. 10 Water Safety New Zealand: https://watersafety.org.nz/Community-Resources/How%20to%20Stay%20Safe%20around%20Rivers....

7. David Bain report of Hon Ian Binnie QC on compensation claim amended [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   ...“threat” of disclosure came to the attention of the Police on 24 June 1994, i.e. prior to the arrest of David Bain. Elements of Dean Cottle’s statement were confirmed by [ ... ] ,86 a shopkeeper acquaintance of Laniet, and Leanne McNaught a former flatmate and fellow sex worker who says she spoke to Laniet the Thursday before the murders. Ms McNaught testified: Q. What in particular did she tell you on that occasion? A. That she was working in the café museum, that she’d...

8. David Bain report of Hon Ian Binnie QC on compensation claim supplementary [pdf, 1.5 MB]

   ...“threat” of disclosure came to the attention of the Police on 24 June 1994, i.e. prior to the arrest of David Bain. Elements of Dean Cottle’s statement were confirmed by [ ... ],86 a shopkeeper acquaintance of Laniet, and Leanne McNaught a former flatmate and fellow sex worker who says she spoke to Laniet the Thursday before the murders. Ms McNaught testified: Q. What in particular did she tell you on that occasion? A. That she was working in the café museum, that she’d gi...

9. David Bain report of Hon Ian Binnie QC on compensation claim [pdf, 1.1 MB]

                     REPORT FOR THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE   ON COMPENSATION CLAIM BY DAVID CULLEN BAIN   BY HON IAN BINNIE QC  30 August 2012       ‐ ii ‐  Table of Contents    MANDATE AND METHODOLOGY .......................................................................................................... 1  EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...................................................................................................

10. MFAT report Human Rights in NZ 2010 [pdf, 4.7 MB]

    Human Rights in New Zealand Ngä Tika Tangata O Aotearoa 2010 The plain English version of Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has been translated into the heritage languages of the five major population groups in New Zealand. They are Pakeha/European, Mäori, Samoan, Chinese, Indian. All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. I te whänautanga mai ö te tangata, kähore he here, e örite ana töna tapu, töna mana, me