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1. AR v ZE LCRO 83/2012 (6 May 2016) [pdf, 109 KB]

   ...pre 1 July fees. I can only assume that Mr NS’s statements reflect Ms ZE’s views, both at the time, and now. That being the case, Ms ZE acted to protect the firm’s fees. [80] The amount at issue in relation to the sale was $57. Ms ZE was protected for her fees on the purchase by the solicitor’s lien she had over the file. That would have been required by any new lawyer instructed by Mr and Mrs AR although Ms ZE suggested that may not have been the case. [81] Ms ZE did n...

2. Directory of Official Information G-I [pdf, 903 KB]

   ...30 May 2022 Governing statutes Wildlife Act 1953. Functions and responsibilities • Primarily to improve game bird habitat, and secondarily, to improve the habitat of other wildlife. • Receive and evaluate applications for funding the protection, restoration, improvement, creation or procurement of habitat. • Identify and evaluate areas for protection, restoration, improvement, creation, or procurement of habitat. • Negotiate with landowners and other agencies for th...

3. Directory of Official Information G-I [pdf, 830 KB]

   ...30 May 2022 Governing statutes Wildlife Act 1953. Functions and responsibilities • Primarily to improve game bird habitat, and secondarily, to improve the habitat of other wildlife. • Receive and evaluate applications for funding the protection, restoration, improvement, creation or procurement of habitat. • Identify and evaluate areas for protection, restoration, improvement, creation, or procurement of habitat. • Negotiate with landowners and other agencies for th...

4. Directory of Official Information G-I [pdf, 834 KB]

   ...30 May 2022 Governing statutes Wildlife Act 1953. Functions and responsibilities • Primarily to improve game bird habitat, and secondarily, to improve the habitat of other wildlife. • Receive and evaluate applications for funding the protection, restoration, improvement, creation or procurement of habitat. • Identify and evaluate areas for protection, restoration, improvement, creation, or procurement of habitat. • Negotiate with landowners and other agencies for th...

5. OIA-99969.pdf [pdf, 23 MB]

   ...should they also apply to personal information collected indirectly from individuals in New Zealand? The proposed changes must include NZ individuals and not be limited to information collected indirectly from individuals overseas. Attempting to limit protections on a jurisdictional or country of origin basis is fraught. It is noted that a New Zealand entity can fall under the scope of the GDPR currently when it offers goods or services to individuals in the EU. For example a New Zea...

6. [2019] NZEmpC 16 Moody v Chamberlain [pdf, 256 KB]

   ...incapacity for present purposes? I understood counsel for the Attorney-General to be submitting that a hybrid approach ought to be adopted in this jurisdiction, blending together the approach that is taken under the High Court Rules and under the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988. I am not drawn to this suggestion. Provisions in the latter Act are designed to protect persons “in respect of matters relating to his or her personal care and welfare”6 by way of th...

7. 26 February Legal Aid News 2015 [pdf, 366 KB]

   ...protecting and improving the wellbeing of vulnerable New Zealand children. Several new initiatives will start being phased in later this year, including new requirements for organisations and people who work with children, and new court orders for the care and protection of children. An overview of all the changes coming into force can be found in the Legislation section of the Children’s Action Plan website, and more information will be made available over the coming months. Th...

8. Making Aotearoa Safer and more Inclusive Summary of engagement [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   ...behaviour the law prohibits and increase the consequences for breaking the law 3. increase the punishment for the criminal offence 4. change the language of the civil incitement provision to match the changes in Recommendation 4 5. improve the protections against wider discrimination by changing the civil provision so it makes “incitement to discriminate” against the law, and 1 The Royal Commission of Inquiry. Ko tō tātou kāinga tēnei, Report of the Royal Commission of...

9. LCRO 382/2013 SC v JT (30 June 2017) [pdf, 193 KB]

   ...determination, has been to: (a) Consider all of the available material afresh, including the Committee’s decision; and (b) Provide an independent opinion based on those materials. Analysis [24] Mr KL filed written submissions at hearing, and carefully took me through each of the submissions. [25] Before addressing those submissions, I turn briefly to aspects of the Committee decision, and the conduct rules engaged by this review. [26] Careful reading of that decision give...

10. Summary of feedback on Adoption in Aotearoa New Zealand Discussion document [pdf, 227 KB]

    ...“lifelong parental status order” or “child status order” – adoption law reform organisation “Alternative court orders already exist (under CoCa, OT, Immigration Acts) and these should be the only laws utilised by the courts when it comes to the care of children. Because there is no need for adoption in order to meet the needs of the child/ren involved, therefore adoption should be abolished.” - child of adopted person 10. This perspective was also put forward by the Family...