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1. FV Reform Paper 1 Context [pdf, 554 KB]

   ...victims bear approximately one- third of the costs of violence, affecting relationships, health, and workforce participation. 1 Children are also affected, as both the direct victims of violence and as witnesses of violence against others, usually a parent. In 2013, children were present at over 63 percent of all family violence incidents attended by Police. 2 31. The impacts of family violence fall disproportionately on Māori and their whānau. Māori are significantly over-represe...

2. Ngati Pahauwera Affidavits 2 of 4 [pdf, 11 MB]

   ...taught about this by my D0708020.62V1 5469.5 Page 167 of 317 Page4 Great Grand Uncle Erueti Hokena who died when I was eight years old. His wife Hine-te-Kawa then instructed our whanau on how to make the drains. This was a whanau project where parents and their children took turns to 'man' the drain. The produce was shared by all of the village. 10. Drains were used for a specific period only, usually when the fish were urgent to get to the sea. When whanau had suff...

3. NZCVS topical report Cycle 2 (2019) – Māori victimisation in Aotearoa New Zealand [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   ...intimate partner or sexual violence during their lifetime. • Factors associated with a higher chance of having experienced intimate partner or sexual violence include being female, being aged 40–49, identifying as gay/lesbian or bisexual, being separated or divorced, and living in a single-parent household. 1 Non-legally recognised partnerships are any intimate partnership where the couple are not married/in a civil union and have not been living together for two years (de fa...

4. [2012] NZEmpC 207 Hutton and Others v Provencocadamus Ltd (in receivership) [pdf, 252 KB]

   ...proceedings were commenced on behalf of 112 named plaintiffs. The focus of the proceedings currently before the Court is on six of the plaintiffs. The intention was to avoid the expense and time involved in preparing what are effectively 112 separate claims by having an initial hearing to determine the claims of six of those plaintiffs. This judgment accordingly relates to the six “test case” plaintiffs. [3] The six plaintiffs contend that they were jointly employed by the...

5. Consultation Document - AML/CFT Early Regulatory Package Exposure Draft February 2023 [pdf, 494 KB]

   ...Gaps in regulations relating to known high-risk areas of cash, virtual assets, high-risk countries, and high-risk customers. These gaps mean that important intelligence is not being provided, small cash purchases of high-value goods are occurring through pawnbrokers (and outside of the AML/CFT regime, since pawnbrokers are currently exempt from the regime), and generally that important AML/CFT obligations do not match the level of risk in these areas. These are also all areas where we...

6. Consultation Document AML/CFT Early Regulatory Package Exposure Draft [pdf, 494 KB]

   ...Gaps in regulations relating to known high-risk areas of cash, virtual assets, high-risk countries, and high-risk customers. These gaps mean that important intelligence is not being provided, small cash purchases of high-value goods are occurring through pawnbrokers (and outside of the AML/CFT regime, since pawnbrokers are currently exempt from the regime), and generally that important AML/CFT obligations do not match the level of risk in these areas. These are also all areas where we...

7. Le Lievre v Muriwhenua Incorporation - Muriwhenua Incorporation (2016) 123 Taitokerau MB 240 (123 TTK 240) [pdf, 303 KB]

   ...AMBLER 123 Taitokerau MB 241 Introduction [1] For over 30 years the Muriwhenua Incorporation (“the Incorporation”) has enabled shareholders and their whānau to live on the Incorporation’s land through what were originally known as residential leases and which subsequently came to be known as licences to occupy (“LTO”). [2] These arrangements were effected through a process whereby shareholders or their whānau applied to the...

8. Guidelines on common core documents [pdf, 528 KB]

   ...reporting 7. The reporting system as described in these guidelines is intended to provide a coherent framework within which States can meet their reporting obligations under all of the international human rights treaties to which they are a party through a coordinated and streamlined process. Commitment to treaties 8. The reporting process constitutes an essential element in the continuing commitment of a State to respect, protect and fulfil the rights set out in the treaties to which...

9. 2010 to 2013 Ministry of Justice statement of intent [pdf, 498 KB]

   ...and effective functioning of the justice system as a whole. The Government is considering changing alcohol laws to reduce alcohol-related offending and other harm related to alcohol. I also intend to make improvements to the criminal justice system through the simplification of criminal procedure and the introduction of modern technologies into our courts. I expect that this work will reduce the complexity and cost of our court system, providing New Zealanders with more efficient service...

10. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - summary record 5th report (continued) [pdf, 96 KB]

    ...to the questions raised by Ms. Keller, said that approximately 550 people had filed claims against the Government for ill-treatment in State-run institutions, most of which pertained to events from the 1980s or earlier. The claims had been funded through legal aid. The Government had settled a number of the compensation claims and was continuing to engage with the remaining claimants. Rehabilitation and other assistance was available through New Zealand’s Accident Compensation schem...