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1. Directory of Official Information J-L [pdf, 765 KB]

   ...Emblems and Names Protection Act 19813 • Habeas Corpus Act 2001 • Harassment Act 1997 • Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015 • Hawke’s Bay Regional Planning Committee Act 2015 • Hotel Association of New Zealand Act 1969 • Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004 • Human Rights Act 1993 • Imperial Laws Application Act 1988 3 Administered jointly with the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 6 • Imprisonment for Debt Limitation Act 190...

2. [2015] NZEmpC 138 NZ Meat Workers Union Inc v South Pacific Meats Ltd and Talley [pdf, 415 KB]

   ...invoked against it. In the end the divined statutory intent must prevail. [16] The New Zealand Apple and Pear Marketing Board case is also authority for the proposition that the rule of privilege applies to corporations as well as to individual human persons, 11 a question raised, albeit obliquely, in this case in respect of the first defendant. [17] In that regard, also, the defendants rely on s 29 of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (NZBORA) which says that, except whe...

3. [2022] NZEnvC 063 Wayfare Group Ltd v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 861 KB]

   ...District Plan: (i) Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Electricity Transmission Activities) Regulations 2009. (ii) Resource Management (National Environmental Standard for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in Soil to Protect Human Health) Regulations 2011. (iii) Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Telecommunication Facilities) Regulations 2016. (iv) Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Plantation Forestry) Regulat...

4. Impact summary RIA Extended Control Orders [pdf, 369 KB]

   ...disrupt behaviour before any offending has occurred. Using a control order as an alternative to a criminal prosecution, or as a method of disruption before criminal offending has occurred, also raised substantial concerns around natural justice and human rights, to a greater degree than a regime extended to terrorism offenders only. Problem definition Currently, if someone is convicted and is given a finite sentence of imprisonment for a terrorism offence, once the sentence is co...

5. [2024] NZEnvC 169 Friends of Nelson Haven v Marlborough District Council [pdf, 603 KB]

   ...flanking much of the Marlborough Sounds and offshore sediment dominated areas) are extensive in the coastal marine area. These ecosystems and habitats can retain moderate and, in places, higher levels of ecological value despite a long history of human use and activity particularly where they are associated with other ecological features or characteristics that otherwise meet the signifi cance criteria. The coast is affected by a wide variety of physical and biological processes in...

6. MacGregor v Craig (Application for Witness Summonses) [2015] NZHRRT 51 [pdf, 236 KB]

   1 (1) NOTE ALL NON-PUBLICATION ORDERS MADE BY THE TRIBUNAL HAVE BEEN RESCINDED AND NO LONGER APPLY (2) ORDER PREVENTING SEARCH OF THE TRIBUNAL FILE WITHOUT LEAVE OF THE TRIBUNAL OR OF THE CHAIRPERSON IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2015] NZHRRT 51 Reference No. HRRT 040/2015 UNDER THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1993 BETWEEN RACHEL MACGREGOR PLAINTIFF AND COLIN CRAIG DEFENDANT AT AUCKLAND – ON THE PAPERS TRIBUNAL: Rodger...

7. Race-Relations-Commissioner_June-Release_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 288 KB]

   ...Hon Dr Deborah Russell, Associate Minister of Justice Race Relations Commissioner Date 12 June 2023 File reference Action Sought Timeframe/Deadline Note the following sequence of events: (a) following receipt of the Board of the Human Rights Commission’s final report into Commissioner Foon’s conduct on 26 May 2023, you wrote to Commissioner Foon on 30 May 2023 asking that he confirm directly to you the accuracy of the Board’s report and to make any comments he sa...

8. BORA Visiting Forces Bill [pdf, 214 KB]

   ...official investigations of the cause of death of such individuals who have been killed as a result of the use of force by the service authorities of the visiting force. Section 8 – which states the “fundamental principle of the sanctity of human life”2 – provides: “No one shall be deprived of life except on such grounds as are established by law and are consistent with the principles of fundamental justice.” 29. The European Court of Human Rights – when considerin...

9. E v IAG New Zealand Ltd (No 4) [2022] CEIT-2019-0013 [pdf, 535 KB]

   ...Act), Evans v IAG & Ors2, Levin v Rastcar 3, Erwood v Maxted4, and Horowhenua County (No 2) v Nash5 In response, Counsel for Mr and Mrs E submits that the Tribunal lacks the jurisdiction or power to recall a decision, citing analysis by the Human Rights Review Tribunal (HRRT) in Reid v New Zealand Fire Service Commission.6 Substantively, it is submitted that IAG’s assertions do not identify errors or mistakes in the interpretation of the available evidence, rather the obje...

10. 20240625-Reinstating-Three-Strikes-Amendment-Bill.pdf [pdf, 5.3 MB]

    ...Bill for consistency with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (NZBORA) . 2. The Bill would re-enact what is known as the "three-strikes" sentencing scheme. The proposed scheme has new features, which mark it out from and address human rights issues that arose in relation to the prior scheme, which was in force from 2010 to 2022. 3. We advise that the Bill does not appear inconsistent with the NZBORA. This Bill 4. The Bill introduces a system of warnings and escalati...