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1. MOJ0593_JUN22_WEB.pdf [pdf, 67 KB]

   ...facilities for the welfare of the people covered by the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988 • the superintendent, licensee, supervisor or person in charge, if the person is a patient or a resident of a hospital, rest home or residential disability care facility • any other person with the court’s permission. People who can or can’t administer property The person you propose to administer the property must agree to the appointment. People who can’t be appointed...

2. Ministry wants to support staff affected by family violence

   ...highest reported rates of family and sexual violence in the developed world. Family violence can include intimate partner violence; child abuse and neglect by a family member; elder abuse and neglect by a family member; and abuse of a family member with disabilities. This Saturday 25 November marks the United Nations (UN) Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. In New Zealand, the White Ribbon campaign marks the date with White Ribbon Day, focusing public awareness around the impact...

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3. Human Rights Act amendment to strengthen incitement laws

   ...The Government is referring wider and more complex aspects of our incitement and discrimination laws and hate crime to the Law Commission to undertake an independent fundamental review of these laws. This review will include how other groups, such as disabled and Rainbow communities, can be further protected. Related documents Proposals against incitement of hatred and discrimination: summary of submissions Making Aotearoa safer and more inclusive targeted engagement: summary of engagement Prop...

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4. ENVC Hearing 6Oct14 WML evidence chief John Leman [pdf, 4.3 MB]

   ...Netherlands reviewed stability criterion for response of the body to acceleration for various body orientations. A ‘surprise’ stability coefficient was recommended at 55% of maximum acceleration. Assuming an initial casual stance, a surprised or disabled body will topple if the acceleration exceeds 0.09g (0.9m/s2). 52. Comfort criteria research for tall building sway found that walking becomes difficult when building accelerations exceed 0.04g (0.4m/s2). 53. This is cons...

5. Your guide to legal aid [pdf, 774 KB]

   ...behaviour), but you may qualify for aid if a less serious charge meets one of the following special factors: • you have previous convictions, which may mean a prison term is more likely • your case is very complicated • you face a special barrier or disability, such as difficulties with reading or writing, or mental illness, which means that you can’t understand what your case is about. Civil and family legal aid For civil and family legal aid, the Commissioner will consider: �...

6. Cabinet Paper - Privacy Bill 2018 - Approval for Introduction and Additional Policy Decisions [pdf, 354 KB]

   ...[CAB Min (14) 13/8 (18)]. The tagged contingency must be drawn down by 1 February 2020 [CAB Min (18) 0001]. I intend to seek Cabinet’s approval to the draw down following the Bill’s report back from Select Committee. Gender implications and Disability Perspective 64. A gender implications and disability perspective analysis has not been undertaken, because the proposals are not intended to apply differently to people based on gender or disability. Publicity 65. I propose t...

7. [2021] NZACC 122 - Nelson v ACC (3 August 2021) [pdf, 229 KB]

   ...previous VI decision and advised that it would be referring Mr Nelson to Mr Hong, Orthopaedic Surgeon, for a review of his shoulder. [36] On 5 March 2013, Mr Hong noted that Mr Nelson reported a weak arm. Mr Hong did not think that Mr Nelson’s disability was related to the major PEG repair and described that as being clinically intact. Mr Hong noted a chronic distal bicep rupture, which could explain some of the weakness, but he did not think that surgical intervention was nec...

8. [2019] NZEmpC 49 Mathews v Bay of Plenty District Health Board [pdf, 449 KB]

   ...commercial model, including enhanced accountability with regard to fiscal matters. This resulted in a significant variation of employment conditions for employees engaged by the 23 CHEs. 9 Health and Disability Services Act 1993; Health Reforms (Transitional Provisions) Act 1993; Health Sector (Transfers) Act 1993; and Health Reforms (Transfer of Assets and Liabilities) Order 1993. [23] Mr Milne was the Chief Executive of...

9. NZCVS-Cycle-5-Impact-of-COVID-How-much-crime.xlsx [xlsx, 119 KB]

   ...represents the areas with the least deprived scores, and 10 (or 5) represents the areas with the most deprived scores. The analysis is based on the latest NZDep data available at the time - Cycles 1, 2 and 3 use NZDep2013 and Cycle 4 uses NZDep2018.s. Disability In the report, adults with disability are defined using the Washington Group Short Set (WGSS) of disability questions. The questions ask if the respondent has experienced difficulties performing basic universal activities (walking, se...

10. NZCVS-Cycle-5-Impact-of-COVID-How-much-crime-v2 [xlsx, 119 KB]

    ...represents the areas with the least deprived scores, and 10 (or 5) represents the areas with the most deprived scores. The analysis is based on the latest NZDep data available at the time - Cycles 1, 2 and 3 use NZDep2013 and Cycle 4 uses NZDep2018.s. Disability In the report, disabled adults are defined using the Washington Group Short Set (WGSS) of disability questions. The questions ask if the respondent has experienced difficulties performing basic universal activities (walking, seeing, h...