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1. PC7 Hearing notice (updated) [pdf, 237 KB]

   ...https://environmentcourt.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Publications/2020-10-28-Minute-re-PC-7.pdf 4 MĀORI LANGUAGE AND SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS If any party or witness: 1. wishes to speak Māori at the hearing under the Māori Language Act 1987, or 2. has special needs (for example in relation to disability and access, deafness, difficulties with the English language), or 3. has any special arrangements for the hearing are required, e.g. transport for site visits, storage space for b...

2. Guidance for the appointment of Human Rights Commissioners [pdf, 257 KB]

   ...Government. 2. The Commission is made up of the Chief Human Rights Commissioner, and at least three (but no more than four) other Commissioners. The following three priority areas must be led by a Commissioner other than the Chief Commissioner – disability rights, equal employment opportunities, and race relations. 3. Section 5 of the Human Rights Act provides that the Commission’s primary functions are to: • advocate and promote respect for, and an understanding and appre...

3. [2021] NZACC 194 - Hooker v ACC (2 December 2021) [pdf, 195 KB]

   ...incapacity. Background [2] Mr Hooker was born in 1965. In 1985, he suffered an accident which caused increasing back discomfort. On 23 January 1988, Mr Ross Bohm, Orthopaedic 2 Surgeon, assessed Mr Hooker as having a 25% whole body disability. Between 1992 and 2003, Mr Hooker suffered further back injuries. [3] On 17 October 2007, Mr Hooker suffered another back injury in an accident while lifting firewood. On 23 October 2007, he claimed cover for this injury, and on...

4. Watson v Accident Compensation Corporation (Deemed Cover) [2024] NZACC 002 [pdf, 188 KB]

   ...numbness following this trauma. With persisting symptoms she underwent nerve conduction studies on 31.3.10 at Palmerston North Hospital. Following this routine investigation she has developed diffuse wrist pain. She has been left with somewhat disabling symptoms and has now developed signs of a chronic regional pain syndrome involving the left upper limb. [11] On 10 August 2010, following Dr Waite’s advice, the Corporation referred Ms Watson to a programme “to assist with pain...

5. Follow-up-report-to-the-United-Nations-Committee-against-Torture_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 384 KB]

   ...Statement is required for consideration of this paper. Climate Implications of Policy Assessment 35 No Climate Impact of Policy Assessment is required for this paper. Population Implications 36 The follow-up report responds to recommendations about disabled people, Māori, and youth in the criminal justice system. It also acknowledges how the experiences of these populations intersect, including with other minority or vulnerable communities, such as seniors, women, people who are gender...

6. Legal aid fixed fee schedules for public safety public Protection Orders [pdf, 603 KB]

   ...on – o the interim detention order o the implications of the Court directing the CE to consider the appropriateness of an application under s45 of the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992 or s29 of the Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003  reporting to and invoicing Legal Aid Services. Consideration of Judgment/ Order(s) * $210 For  receiving and considering Judgment/ Order(s)  advising client on implementa...

7. Legal aid civil public Protection Orders fixed fee schedule [pdf, 672 KB]

   ...on – o the interim detention order o the implications of the Court directing the CE to consider the appropriateness of an application under s45 of the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992 or s29 of the Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003  Reporting to and invoicing Legal Aid Services Consideration of Judgment/ Order(s) * $210 For  Receiving and considering Judgment/ Order(s)  Advising client on implementat...

8. 2017 NZSSAA 024 (6 June 2017) [pdf, 107 KB]

   ...Tenancy Matters Act 1992 (“HRTMA”) enables the Social Housing Agency (which is the Ministry of Social Development) to assess the eligibility of prospective tenants for social housing according to criteria which may include their marital status, disability, age or family status, residency status, income and property. This section allows different treatment on the basis of these criteria and specifically overrides the Human Rights Act 1993. [8] There are no express provision...

9. [2016] NZSSAA 109 (22 December 2016) [pdf, 150 KB]

   ...totalling $64,733.37. Background [2] Ms XXXX was granted weekly non-beneficiary assistance from 29 January 2007 but the circumstances giving rise to this appeal arose from her completion of an 2 Accommodation Supplement application, a Disability Allowance application and a Temporary Additional Support application on 5 February 2007. [3] During the course of an investigation by the Ministry into Ms XXXX’s arrangements with her former husband the Ministry ascertained t...

10. [2016] NZSSAA 085 (31 August 2016) [pdf, 181 KB]

    ...Veteran’s Support Act 2014. [13] The New Zealand Programme for income support provides for the contingencies of old age/retirement (New Zealand Superannuation), unemployment and temporary sickness (Jobseeker Support), long-term invalidity and disability (Supported Living Payment), survivors (Orphan’s Benefit) and certain other circumstances. The inquiry in this case, therefore, is whether or not the German Government has a programme designed to provide income support for its ci...