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1. Response-to-Committee-against-Torture-Recommendations_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 682 KB]

   ...approval to actions to implement recommendations from the United Nations Committee against Torture, which New Zealand received in July 2023. Relation to government priorities 2 The response to the recommendations will improve our domestic human rights protections and support our reputation as an international leader in the field of human rights. Executive Summary 3 In July 2023, New Zealand was examined on its seventh periodic report under the Convention against Torture. Following this...

2. Protected person TPO Information Pack [pdf, 560 KB]

   ...means calls, texts, Facebook, Snapchat or other social media, email, face to face, letters or any other way. This is anything that makes you feel afraid that they might hurt you or your children or damage your property in any way. Your Temporary Protection Order has been granted. You can consent to contact ➢ If you want the Respondent to have contact with you or live with you, you will need to give them written permission (on paper, email, a text). ➢ If you change your...

3. OIA-119562.pdf [pdf, 2 MB]

   ...Act 1982 (the Act), information regarding appeals and judicial reviews from the Family Court to the High Court. Specifically, you requested: ...Statistical data (number) for each year from 2014 to 2024, categorized under the following Acts: • Care of Children Act 2004 • Family Violence Act 2018 (and Domestic Violence Act 1995 prior to its enactment) • Property (Relationships) Act 1976 • Any other matters under the jurisdiction of the Family Court For each of the above categorie...

4. A new adoption system for Aotearoa New Zealand - Summary Document [pdf, 272 KB]

   ...doesn’t cover Past adoption practice This discussion document doesn’t have options that directly address the harms of past adoption practice. Past adoption practice is being considered by the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-Based Institutions (‘the Royal Commission’). Whāngai This document doesn’t have any options relating to whāngai. Instead, the Government will be separately engaging with Māori on whether there s...

5. Online Final PO Information at Service Pack Applicant [pdf, 448 KB]

   ...This means calls, texts, Facebook, Snapchat or other social media, email, face to face, letters or any other way. This is anything that makes you feel afraid that they might hurt you or your children or damage your property in any way. Your Final Protection Order has been granted. If you have a Parenting Order or other Court Order some of these rules may be different The Respondent has to give any guns they have to Police and may have to go to a non-violence programme. The...

6. LCRO 13/2019 RA v LO (23 September 2019) [pdf, 146 KB]

   ...correspondence which was critical of him. Similar correspondence was forwarded to Mr A’s employer. 2 [4] Mr A assumed that Ms RA had been responsible for the correspondence. He, together with his then partner, made applications to the court for a protection order against Ms RA. [5] Ms RA instructed Ms LO to represent her. [6] The application brought by Mr A’s partner was withdrawn. There was no jurisdictional basis for Mr A’s partner to bring an application for a prot...

7. [2014] NZEmpC 111 Bracewell v Richmond Services Ltd [pdf, 300 KB]

   ...concerns developed, and the various disclosures and other steps she subsequently took. [9] The evidence included a bundle of documents which facilitated an accurate appreciation of the way in which the matter unfolded. All the evidence has been carefully considered and is referred to where necessary. Legal framework [10] The relevant terms of employment are contained in a collective agreement where the parties were Richmond New Zealand Trust Limited (apparently the defendant...

8. Oranga Tamariki Amendment Bill [pdf, 152 KB]

   ...circumstances, and physically removing the child or young person. And in some instances, it may be necessary to enter by force. Without this power, many custody orders would be unenforceable. Clause 12 therefore helps achieve the important objective of protecting a child or young person who is in need of care or protection and is rationally connected and proportionate to that objective. 17. The Bill also contains some safeguards which help to ensure that the right to be secure from unrea...

9. LCRO 42/2022 QA v Kennelly (19 April 2023) [pdf, 232 KB]

   ...[country]. [4] The house in which GA and his wife were living at the time of her death was vested in a Trust for the benefit of his wife’s two children, GA’s stepchildren. Following his wife’s death, GA became concerned about his accommodation and care in the future. 1 It is unknown whether this is QA’s sister, but that is immaterial. 2 [5] Ms WM had been assigned by a public care provider to be Mrs GA’s support person. Mr QA says that after Mrs GA died, “Ms WM...

10. Domestic Violence 1995 Act 42-day rule & Children, Young Persons and their Families Act 1989 60-day rule [pdf, 81 KB]

    ...applications under the Domestic Violence Act 1995 is not always met, and • the 60 day time period for commencement of a hearing under the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1989 of an application that a child or young person is in need of care and protection is not always met. 4 2.0 Methodology The study was qualitative in design, with data gathered through interviews and group discussions with individuals in selected areas serviced by the Department for Courts. 2.1 Research...