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1. Court-Remote-Participation-Amendment-Bill_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 1.8 MB]

   ...proceedings remotely if they wish to do so. However, women from population groups with lower levels of digital inclusion are less likely to benefit from the new presumption and the impact of their digital exclusion could deepen existing inequities.4 Human Rights 60 The proposals in this paper are consistent with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 and the Human Rights Act 1993. Use of External Resources 61 No external resources were used to develop this paper or for the supporting...

2. ORC - Joint Supplementary Statement of Evidence - Felicity Boyd & Kerstin Strauss - 8 November 2021 [pdf, 233 KB]

   ...is consistent with the Policy Assessment Sheet used by Consent Officers when assessing applications for effluent discharges contained in Appendix 1B of Ms Strauss’s evidence. 19 The policies in section 7.C are only applicable to discharges of human sewage, hazardous substances and wastes, specified contaminants, and stormwater, and discharges from industrial or trade premises and consented dams. They are therefore not relevant to discharges of animal effluent. 5 20 Section...

3. LCRO 185/2020 BC v DE and FG decision & minute (20 May 2021 & 30 April 2021) [pdf, 201 KB]

   ...investigation of a complaint that a lawyer has interfered with another person’s privacy, the Privacy Commissioner forms the opinion that there has been an interference with privacy, it is open to the Commissioner to refer the matter to the Director of Human Rights Proceedings (Director), under the Human Rights Act 1993.14 [102] It then becomes a matter for the Director to decide whether to bring proceedings against the offending lawyer in the Human Rights Review Tribunal.15 If thos...

4. INZ (Calder) v Ji [2019] NZIACDT 50 (19 July 2019) [pdf, 246 KB]

   ...a company with a commercial relationship with Mr W’s former employer, which stated that he had been the purchasing manager from 2011 to 2013. (3) An explanation letter from Mr W’s former employer, dated 13 May 2016. It recorded that the human resources department had received a telephone call from Immigration New Zealand concerning Mr W. The previous information provided was not correct and it apologised for the mistake. [26] On 2 June 2016, Immigration New Zealand declined...

5. Gisborne District Council v Hautapu – Tātarahake No 1 (2013) 27 Tairawhiti MB 295 (27 TRW 295) [pdf, 193 KB]

   ...Tātarahake No 1 for the public. He also contended that the Council’s offer to the trustees would assist them in the stewardship of the urupā. He reiterated that any further work that may be needed would not disturb the subsoil or damage the human remains that may lie around or under the easement. [26] Mr McKenzie also stated that the existing road has been used, either as a track or as a formed road since at least the 1950s. He was unable to clarify whether the construction o...

6. 2022-02-11 Statement of Evidence of Samuel Thomas dated 11 February 2022 [pdf, 390 KB]

   ...services. They are sensitive receiving environments vulnerable to run off from the catchments that drain into them, with reductions in estuarine health due to anthropogenic stressors. 13 Sedimentation in estuaries is a natural occurrence. However, human activities in catchments and surrounding estuaries has led to an increase in sedimentation rates beyond natural levels resulting in habitat degradation in some estuaries. 14 Sedimentation in estuaries is due to run off from many...

7. Proposals-to-Improve-Court-and-System-Performance.pdf [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...prosecuting agencies was that the criminal procedure and disclosure options may have no or minimal positive impact on reducing court delays. Many submitters stated that defendants do not want to speak to lawyers or appear in court because it is natural human behaviour to avoid negative consequences. Sometimes it is in the defendant’s interest to stall, so that charges may be dropped if witness memories fade. Defence counsel may focus their efforts on cases about to go to trial rather th...

8. COES - EiC - M J Sole (5 Feb 2021) [pdf, 4.1 MB]

   ...sustainably the environmental needs of the catchment and make appropriate allocations for community function, wellbeing and a steady state economy without sacrificing ecological health and function of the Manuherekia Rohe. 20 We understand the human need for water but we as community stewards have not been provided with the knowledge and understanding on the ecological needs and life sustaining operational thresholds for the Manuherekia and her tributaries. 21 Without the pre a...

9. BORA Insolvency Law Reform Bill [pdf, 382 KB]

   ...18(3) of the Bill of Rights Act are reasonable. SECTION 19(1): RIGHT TO BE FREE FROM DISCRIMINATION (Revised) 32. Section 19(1) of the Bill of Rights Act provides the right to freedom from discrimination on the grounds set out in section 21 of the Human Rights Act 1993. These grounds include family status, which encompasses: • being married to, or being in a civil union or de factor relationship with, a particular person; or • being a relative of a particular person. 33. In o...

10. Director of Proceedings v Radius Residential Care Ltd [2015] NZHRRT 50 [pdf, 310 KB]

    1 (1) ORDER PROHIBITING PUBLICATION OF NAME, ADDRESS OR IDENTIFYING PARTICULARS OF AGGRIEVED PERSON AND OF HIS WIFE (2) ORDER PREVENTING SEARCH OF THE TRIBUNAL FILE WITHOUT LEAVE OF CHAIRPERSON OR OF THE TRIBUNAL IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2015] NZHRRT 50 Reference No. HRRT 070/2015 UNDER SECTION 50 OF THE HEALTH AND DISABILITY COMMISSIONER ACT 1994 BETWEEN DIRECTOR OF PROCEEDINGS PLAINTIFF AND RADIUS RESIDENTIAL CARE LIMITED...