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1. Director of Proceedings v Taranaki District Health Board [2021] NZHRRT 49 [pdf, 613 KB]

   ...papers DATE OF DECISION: 1 November 2021 (REDACTED) DECISION OF TRIBUNAL1 1 [This decision is to be cited as Director of Proceedings v Taranaki District Health Board [2021] NZHRRT 49. Note publication restrictions.] IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2021] NZHRRT 49 I TE TARAIPIUNARA MANA TANGATA 2 [1] These proceedings under the Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994 were filed on 31 March 2021. [2] Prior to the filing of the proceedings the parties...

2. [2014] NZEmpC 111 Bracewell v Richmond Services Ltd [pdf, 300 KB]

   ...discloses is about serious wrongdoing in or by that organisation but the belief is mistaken, the information must be treated as complying with subsection (1)(a) for the purposes of the protections conferred by this Act and by section 66(1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1993. (4) This section is subject to section 6A. b) The second is s 6A, which states: 6A Technical failure to comply with or refer to Act (1) A disclosure of information is not prevented from being a protected...

3. [2021] NZEnvC 077 Minister of Conservation v Northland Regional Council [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...these being: a) Ecosystem health, including water quality, water quantity, habitat, aquatic life, and ecological processes, all of the biophysical components being necessary to "sustain indigenous aquatic life expected in the absence of human disturbance or alteration" (before providing for other values); b) Human contact, in terms of the extent to which an FMU (or part of an FMU) supports people being able to connect with the water, taking into account pathogens, water...

4. Victims Code report PDF [pdf, 424 KB]

   ...Victims of Crime. South Africa Yes, the Service Charter for Victims of Crime 1996 Yes, agencies must uphold victims’ rights and are held accountable if they do not No, but there is a Truth and Reconciliation Commission for victims of gross human rights violations under apartheid. Norway No No, provisions giving victims certain rights have been incorporated into more general laws, such as the Criminal Procedures Act, the Injury Compensation Act, and the Legal Aid Act...

5. Directory of Official Information M-O [pdf, 511 KB]

   ...Vice-Chancellor. The Senior Leadership Team comprises the Vice Chancellor (chair)l; the Pro Vice- Chancellor’s (who provide academic and administrative leadership of each of the University’s five academic colleges – Business, Creative Arts, Health, Humanities & Social 17 Sciences, and Sciences); and Deputy Vice-Chancellor’s, whose portfolios provide core corporate functions to all operating units across the University The Academic Board has established a sub-committee...

6. [2010] NZEmpc 111 Smith v Stokes Valley Pharmacy (2009) Limited [pdf, 126 KB]

   ...their concerns about her work performance and suitability for the job. Although believing themselves not required to give any explanation and wishing to stick strictly to the script that they had been advised to follow, it was a natural human reaction to try to give an answer, as I am satisfied Mr King did, in a situation that was mutually unusual and stressful. [28] The only reason that Mr Kearns and/or Ms King gave to Ms Smith for her summary dismissal was that she was...

7. Guardianship, custody & access: Māori perspectives and experiences [pdf, 627 KB]

   ...individual-collective contrast that a comparison with Western land law invites results in the omission of a vast amount of material about the true significance of land: the role of Papatüänuku as a spiritual being, as ancestress, as the ultimate nurturer of her human descendants; the dual meaning of the term ‘whenua’ 20 Section 15(2). 21 Metge, J. Commentary on Judge Durie’s Custom Law (unpublished paper for the Law Commission, 1996) 3...

8. Lowe and Ors as Trustees of the Vivienne Hicks Family Trust v Morrison [2011] NZWHT Auckland 27 [pdf, 263 KB]

   ...of Rilee. [73] It is unquestionable that Rilee was the developer. However, it is necessary to make a finding as to whether Mr Savill remained a co-developer after the incorporation of Rilee. In other words, whether his actions as the „human face‟ of Rilee were actually the actions of a developer per se. This is important as a developer has a Page | 22 non delegable duty of care.9 A director who is not a developer may still be liable but their negligence must ar...

9. [2024] NZEnvC 156 New Zealand Steel Limited v Auckland Council [pdf, 830 KB]

   ...this consent, there must be no harmful air pollutant beyond the boundary of the Site, caused by discharges from activities undertaken within the Operational Area, which is present at a concentration that causes, or is likely to cause adverse effects to human health, ecosystems, or property. 13 Without limiting the generality of Conditions 10 to 12 and the requirement to minimise discharges as far as practicable in Condition 14, discharges of harmful air pollutants from the specified stacks...

10. OIA-107708.pdf [pdf, 2.2 MB]

    ...submitted that political studies should be compulsory. 24. Two submitters (Martyn Bradbury, Scott Anderson) supported civics education for new immigrants and immigrant communities, and making it a compulsory part of becoming a New Zealander. 25. The Human Rights Commission (HRC) submitted that anecdotal evidence from Canada, the United States of America, and Australia suggests that civics education has a positive impact on key factors associated with voter turnout, such as political knowledge...