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1. Directory of Official Information 2019 G-I [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...Security Act 2017 requires that the Minister responsible for the intelligence and security agencies issue Ministerial Policy Statements in relation to the lawful activities of the agencies. Functions and responsibilities The GGCSB’s mission is to protect and enhance New Zealand’s security and wellbeing. CSB has two primary objectives - to deliver Impenetrable Infrastructure and Indispensable Intelligence. The GCSB has five core functions: • Intelligence collection and analysis;...

2. Fourth-UPR-Recommendations_FINAL_Redacted-v2.pdf [pdf, 616 KB]

   ...recommendations made by the RCOI into the terrorist attack and will respond to the remaining recommendations by the end of 2024. Children 40. I propose we support all 16 recommendations related to child and youth wellbeing, child poverty and abuse in state care.11 41. These recommendations are being addressed through:  a review of the Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy  the development of a second Action Plan under Te Aorerekura, the National Strategy for the eliminati...

3. Proactive release – Family Court (Family Violence and Other Matters) Amendment Rules 2019 and other legislative instruments [pdf, 782 KB]

   ...Act will continue to be prescribed. 10 The Ministry of Justice has worked with the judiciary and other stakeholders to simplify the prescribed forms to the extent possible within legal requirements. To improve the approved forms, in particular the protection order application form, the Ministry of Justice has worked in close collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders, so they can be used by any person seeking action under the Family Violence legislation and minimise barriers to seek...

4. Specialist reports in the Family Court 2022 [pdf, 164 KB]

   ...report for the judge. The judge will then use the information in the report to decide what will be best for your child. The report writer doesn’t decide your case; that’s the judge’s job. Most report writers will want to meet with each parent or caregiver to find out how you see the issues. They may also want to talk to new partners and other people who may have a significant role in your child’s life. Paying for the report The court will decide if the parents or other people in...

5. How administering property works

   ...can either wait for their appointments’ review, or apply at an earlier date for a review of the Property Manager order. Apply for an Order to Administer Property You can apply if you’re: a person who can’t fully make decisions about their own care a relative or attorney of the person who can’t fully make decisions about their own care a social worker employed under the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989 a medical practitioner or doctor a representative of any non-prof...

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6. LCRO 74/2018 PG v EJ (29 November 2019) [pdf, 149 KB]

   ...SC had moved from her house to a rest home. Mrs SC died on 14 July 2015. Ms EJ applied for probate of Mrs SC’s will which was granted on 11 November 2015. [9] On 1 August 2016, Ms PG, VW and CT applied to the Family Court, under the Family Protection Act 1955, for further provision from Mrs SC’s estate (the family protection proceedings). A settlement was reached, recorded in a consent order dated 3 October 2017, whereby Ms PG, VW and CT each received $195,000 from Mrs SC’s...

7. Youth Court - Playing to win: youth offenders out of court (and sometimes in) [pdf, 241 KB]

   ...children or young people as necessarily symptomatic of problems or deficits with their personal, familial or environmental circumstances. A welfare approach would use the fact of criminal offending as an opportunity to address any and all welfare and care needs to a degree, and in ways, that were often disproportionate to the actual offending. 7 Morris and Young, above n 6, at 14. 3 Amid mounting concerns about the state of youth justice in New Zealand during this period, there was...

8. NU v ZY LCRO 239/2012 (31 March 2016) [pdf, 105 KB]

   ...conclusion that Mrs EL lacked capacity to understand the nature, or to foresee the consequences of decisions in respect of matters relating to her personal care and welfare. He considered that Mrs EL was mentally incapable in terms of section 94 of the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988.1 [15] Mr ZY advised Mr NU that he considered the revocation of his authority to be of no effect, due to Mrs EL’s diminished capacity at the time she had executed the revocation. At th...

9. Hay v Dodds [pdf, 235 KB]

   ...at the roof parapets. In his view the vertical end faces of all parapets abutting roofs needed to be flashed with galvanised steel folded flashings, and the cut ends of the roofing needed to be folded to discharge water, with over-flashings to protect the adjacent surfaces. 5.4.2 The WHRS Assessor visited the property after the remedial work had been completed. He reviewed the photographs that had been taken by the Owners and all the relevant documentations. In his view ther...

10. LCRO 104/2017 CH v SL (16 December 2019) [pdf, 167 KB]

    ...for a review of a decision by the [Area] Standards Committee [X] to take no further action on her complaint concerning the conduct of the respondent, Ms SL. [2] The complaint related to whether or not Ms SL acted competently and with reasonable care in having Mrs CH’s husband, TD, execute enduring powers of attorney. There was contention as to whether at the time he was mentally competent to do so. Background Preliminary [3] Several of the individuals to whom it is necessary...