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1. 2012 to 2015 Ministry of Justice statement of intent [pdf, 962 KB]

   ...minimise reoffending and hold offenders to account. • Provide leadership across the justice sector to ensure agencies work together as seamlessly as possible. • Work with Crown entities that help maintain people’s rights, such as the Human Rights Commission, and that provide checks and balances on the exercise of public power, such as the Independent Police Conduct Authority. We monitor and report to Ministers on the performance of these Crown entities. • Administeri...

2. [2019] NZEnvC 114 Pan Pac Forest Products Ltd [pdf, 2.3 MB]

   BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT I MUA I TE KOOTI I TAIAO O AOTEAROA IN THE MATTER AND BETWEEN AND Decision No [2019] NZEnvC 114 of the Resource Management Act 1991 of an application under sections 87C to 871 of the Act for direct referral of a resource consent application to the Environment Court PAN PAC FOREST PRODUCTS LIMITED (ENV-2017-WLG-000108) Applicant HAWKE'S BAY REGIONAL COUNCIL Consent Authority Court: Environment Judge B P Dwyer Environment Commissio

3. D-G Conservation - EiC - M J Brass - Planning (5 Feb 2021) [pdf, 455 KB]

   ...M Brass Evidence: Proposed Plan Change 7 to Regional Plan: Water for Otago [DOC-6540513] 5 for Renewable Electricity Generation 2011, and the National Environmental Standard for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in Soil to Protect Human Health 2011. Through both local government and NZPI I have also provided input into various Quality Planning guidance notes. 6. I hold a Bachelor of Science degree (Geology, 1984) and a Diploma for Graduates (Ecology / Environment 1991...

4. Mr-Rasheeds-Submissions-Appendix-I-Appendix-II.pdf [pdf, 334 KB]

   ...September 11 2001: The Targeting of Arabs and Muslims, 58N.Y.U. ANN. SURV. AM. L. 295, 309 (2002) (“Shaheen catalogues hundreds of Hollywood movies in which Arabs or Muslims are portrayed as terrorists or otherwise placed in a negative, often non-human, light.”); Tung Yin, Jack Bauer Syndrome: Hollywood’s Depiction of National Security Law, 17 S. CAL. INTERDISC. L.J. 279, 292 (2008) (“After cataloging almost one thousand American films containing Arab characters, Shaheen concluded th...

5. Proactive-release-Re-written-Evidence-Regulations-6-July.pdf [pdf, 1023 KB]

   ...Māori interests under Article Three of te Tiriti. 40. The opportunity for public feedback on the draft regulations, and subsequent further analysis, will help to ensure the Regulations do not create adverse or unforeseen impacts for tangata whenua. Human Rights 41. I consider the proposals in this paper are consistent with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (NZBORA). In line with standard practice, the Crown Law Office will be advising the Attorney-General on the SOP’s consiste...

6. OIA-Audio-visual techniques [pdf, 4.4 MB]

   ...this document. More detail about how often different user groups engage with Court AV services can be found in Appendix 1. RE LE AS ED U ND ER T HE O FF IC IA L IN FO RM AT IO N AC T 19 82 Research programme A human-centred design approach has been taken to this phase of the AV review. This approach puts qualitative research with users of the service at its centre. It is a holistic approach which aims to understand the range of users of the servic...

7. Appendices (Abortion Supervisory Committee) [pdf, 2.8 MB]

   ...mutilation - Bigamy, feigned marriage - Abduction, kidnapping Abortion 182 Killing unborn child (1) Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years who causes the death of any child that has not become a human being in such a manner that he would have been guilty of murder if the child had become a human being. (2) No one is guilty of any crime who before or during the birth of any child causes its death by means employed in good f...

8. BORA Charities Bill [pdf, 150 KB]

   ...the powers in this Bill. As the Court of Appeal observed in Tranz Rail Ltd v Wellington District Court [2]: Although expectations of privacy may not be as great in the commercial world as they are in the domestic sphere, corporations as well as human beings do have legitimate privacy expectations. While the extent of those expectations must be measured against the legislative and regulatory environment in which the corporation operates, it is not appropriate to deny corporations any pri...

9. BORA Telecommunications Amendment Bill [pdf, 370 KB]

   ...parties. CONCLUSION 18. We have concluded that the Bill is consistent with the rights and freedoms contained in the Bill of Rights Act. Jeff Orr Chief Legal Counsel Office of Legal Counsel Margaret Dugdale Policy Manager, Bill of Rights/Human Rights Public Law Group Footnotes 1 Irwin Toy Ltd v Attorney-General (Quebec) [1989] 1 SCR 927, 968 2 Slaight Communications v Davidson 59 DLR (4th) 416; Wooley v Maynard 430 US 705 (1977). 3 In applying section 5, the Ministry...

10. BORA Justices of the Peace Amendment Bill [pdf, 300 KB]

    ...disadvantage to Justices below 68 years who retain the ability to put forward any "reasonable excuse" for opting out of District Court duties. Conclusion 10. While the Justices of the Peace Amendment Bill (PCO 5145/7) raises some prima face human rights issues, we consider that the provisions of the Bill are not inconsistent with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990. Val Sim Crown Counsel Malcolm Luey Associate Crown Counsel Footnote 1. 2002 (5) SA 246,...