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1. Hallmark Life Insurance Company Limited and Hallmark General Insurance Company Limited [pdf, 83 KB]

   ...have overall low inherent risk. i. The factors that have been identified as raising the risk of money laundering or terrorism finance with life insurance include where the policy is redeemable without the policyholder dying or being permanently disabled; where the policy issuer does not have face-to-face contact with the customer; and where the customer may not be the ultimate beneficiary of the policy (i.e. the benefits have been assigned to a third person). These factors do not appe...

2. OIA-109160.pdf [pdf, 762 KB]

   ...information to be gathered. The circumstances of some deaths mean they may take longer to investigate. Coroners consider evidence from a range of sources and may consult with multiple agencies, such as the New Zealand Police, WorkSafe or the Health and Disability Commissioner. S9(2)(a) S9(2)(a) S9(2)(a) Depending on the circumstances of the death, a coroner may put their inquiry on hold pending the outcome of another agency’s investigation or any criminal proceedings. A case...

3. HRRT Easy Read Teleconference Information [pdf, 444 KB]

   ...Tribunal is like a court. The Tribunal can decide if a person’s human rights have been breached. The Tribunal can also decide if there has been a breach of a person’s: • privacy rights • or rights relating to health and disability services. Breached can mean your rights: • have not been met • have been broken • have been ignored. 4 What is the teleconference? The teleconference is a meeting over the telephone. The Tribunal wi...

4. Frequently asked questions

   ...professional organisations, government departments, and academics community groups and people supporting those who see or experience barriers to accessing justice including NGOs, Māori communities, Pacific communities, Asian communities, rural communities, disability communities providers of advice, information, and advocacy, including lawyers and non-lawyer service providers such as advocates and McKenzie friends individuals and organisations who are trying to innovate civil justice funders o...

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5. NZ Private Prosecution Service Ltd v Key (Strike-Out Application) [2015] NZHRRT 48 [pdf, 157 KB]

   ...[1] The plaintiff is Idea Services Limited. Idea Services is a subsidiary of IHC New Zealand Incorporated. [2] IHC is an organisation that has been committed to advocating for the rights, inclusion and welfare of all people with intellectual disabilities in New Zealand since its establishment in 1949. Amongst other activities, it manages a range of volunteer services to support people with intellectual disabilities to lead satisfying lives in the general community. IHC is the larg...

6. Proactive release - New Compensation Guidelines for Wrongful Conviction and Imprisonment [pdf, 756 KB]

   ...the monetary rates and simplify the compensation process for eligible applicants. They are not intended to address systemic issues in the criminal justice system, which are the subject of a separate, ongoing work programme. Gender Implications and Disability Perspective 77. As I have noted above, the overall number of applicants is small, and it is difficult to draw meaningful insights regarding gender and disability. However, I recognise that New Zealand’s prison population is overwh...

7. McKeogh v Attorney-General [2020] NZHRRT 39 [pdf, 368 KB]

   ...Support Act 2014 of a type which would not affect any recipient’s entitlement to a benefit in accordance with section 72 unless the pension or allowance is a pension or payment granted under Part 6 of the Veterans’ Support Act 2014; or (c) a disability allowance granted under this Act— 5 such overseas benefit, pension, or periodical allowance, or part of it, as the case may be, shall be treated as if it were in fact such compensation, war pension or allowance, or disabilit...

8. Proactive-release-Re-written-Evidence-Regulations-6-July.pdf [pdf, 1023 KB]

   ...attendance at pre-recorded cross-examination hearings. 6 7azve1ywlc 2023-06-27 10:01:06 Disability Perspective 38. As noted above, video evidence is more commonly used for vulnerable witnesses and complainants in family and sexual violence cases; disabled people are over- represented as both. The proposals in this paper will have the same impacts on disabled witnesses as those identified above in relation to gender. Treaty of Waitangi analysis 39. Māori are over-represented as both c...

9. OIA-120744.pdf [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   ...close partners in the Five Nations grouping and Europe, the Pacific, Southeast Asia as well as from Latin America and Africa. New Zealand was commended for progress made since our third UPR in 2019, including by establishing Whaikaha - Ministry of Disabled People, ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure, and decriminalising abortion. New Zealand’s long-standing domestic and international commitment to the promotion and...

10. RI v Hart LCRO 158 / 2011 (13 July 2012) [pdf, 160 KB]

    ...advised as follows: that the Doctors could not be sued for compensatory damages if RI’s daughter was covered by ACC to ascertain whether she was covered by ACC, a claim should be lodged at the same time, RI should contact the Health and Disability Commissioner and request the matter to be investigated only exemplary damages may be sought if RI’s daughter was covered by 7 ACC but only then if the Doctors had an intention to harm or were grossly reckless if RI’...