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

   ...978-0-478-34985-0 – Printed 978-0-478-34988-7 – PDF 1 Te Kähui Tika Tangata is the korowai or cloak of the Human Rights Commission. Te kähui embraces those who gather together under the kaupapa of human rights and symbolises both their protective role and the Commission’s role in promoting them. Tika tangata refers to our human rights and responsibilities, suggesting the highest imperatives of respect and conduct. The design of the Commission’s logo derives from t...

2. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - government reply to issues 5th report [pdf, 458 KB]

   ...update on the status of those proceedings. Court Proceedings Those facing charges under the Arms Act will be accorded all fair trial rights, in accordance with international human rights obligations. The hearing of the charges will involve careful scrutiny of the evidence of the activities alleged by the Police. It will be also be open to those charged to challenge the lawfulness, including the consistency with human rights obligations, of the actions of Police in conducting the...

3. OIA-121215.pdf [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   ...| 19 Aitken Street DX SX10088 | Wellington T 04 918 8800 | F 04 918 8820 ContactUs@justice.govt.nz | www.justice.govt.nz 13 May 2025 Our ref: OIA 121215 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request: Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care Thank you for your email of 10 April 2025, requesting information about recommendation 31 of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care’s final report, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act). Specifically, you requeste...

4. Masefield v CAC301 & Ors [2015] NZREADT 30 [pdf, 282 KB]

   ...emphasised its ‘stunning view’. They purchased it by agreement dated 22 February 2013 for settlement on 10 April 2013. [5] The complainants allege that, prior to purchasing the property, the licensee told them that the views from the property were protected. Specifically, the complainants allege that the licensee: [a] Gave them a general assurance that to the effect that “no one can build out your view in New Zealand”; and [b] Gave them a specific assurance that any futur...

5. Directory of Official Information 2019 V-Z [pdf, 775 KB]

   ...Veterans' Affairs New Zealand Functions and responsibilities The work of Veterans’ Affairs covers four main areas: the provision of policy advice on, and administration of, a wide range of issues relating to veterans’ entitlements, care and recognition; the coordination of commemorative activities; the management of the government’s relationship with veterans and their representative organisations; and the provision of ex-service plaques and headstones and maintenance o...

6. Directory of Official Information 2019 V-Z [pdf, 775 KB]

   ...Veterans' Affairs New Zealand Functions and responsibilities The work of Veterans’ Affairs covers four main areas: the provision of policy advice on, and administration of, a wide range of issues relating to veterans’ entitlements, care and recognition; the coordination of commemorative activities; the management of the government’s relationship with veterans and their representative organisations; and the provision of ex-service plaques and headstones and maintenance o...

7. LCRO 89/2024 YL v FV (16 July 2025) [pdf, 307 KB]

   ...complete his updating evidence and to discuss how well the shared parenting arrangements agreed in February were working. They had a meeting on 2 May 2023. Their discussion was partly about numerous breaches by the applicant’s former partner of the protection order he had obtained against her and what to do about them. [13] One of the agreed steps was to obtain police summaries of the various instances of breach of the protection order that had been reported to the police. The res...

8. BG v P Ltd [2024] NZDT 638 (2 September 2024) [pdf, 144 KB]

   ...procedures and gave appropriate care. 13. The Dental Council letter stated the following: “further to our e-mail below, your complaint was sent to NX for comments. The complaint and NX’s response were reviewed by Council’s Deputy Registrar - Protection, Dr BH. Dr BH has decided that the Dental Council will be taking no further action on this matter, as he is of the opinion that NX followed appropriate procedures and provided appropriate care”. 14. I am not satisfied that BG...

9. De Wet v North Shore City Council [pdf, 323 KB]

   ...Fourth Respondents 45 10. Liability: Grant Williams – Second Respondent 48 11. Liability: Anthony G Smits – Fifth Respondent 49 12. Liability: P Murphy - Seventh Respondent 52 13. Liability: G Bianca – Tenth Respondent 52 Is there a Duty of Care in this Case? 57 Application of Duty 62 Parapet Tops to Front Gable and Side Elevations 63 Gutter Flashings 64 Glass Penetrations 64 Cladding to Paved Decks and Ground Level 64 Liability Outcome 65 claim-02109.doc 3 14. L...

10. LCRO 3/2017 and LCRO 148/2017 McDonnell v LA (28 June 2019) [pdf, 436 KB]

    ...2016. The substance of her complaint was that: (a) the first asset schedule produced by Ms McDonnell was incorrect. It took 15 months to rectify and caused profound and lasting family disharmony; (b) Ms LA incurred costs in moving in order to protect herself from death threats from one of her siblings. These threats were connected to her position in relation to her father’s estate; (c) the delay and incorrect first asset schedule increased legal fees; (d) there were poten...