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1. ENV-2016-AKL-000xxx Howick Ratepayers and Residents Association Incorporated & Others v Auckland Council [pdf, 5.5 MB]

   ...populations and plant trees to absorb the increased C02 generated by additional population. • We ask that any planning of new multi·storey developments must be mandated to provide a children's playing area and a green space in each block. DISABILITY • We note that side/rear yards of 1 metre prevents a disabled person on an electric wheelchair from accessing round a house and this is a form of discrimination. • . The FAUP makes no serious attempt to ensure Lifemark design...

2. AVS Operating Guidelines for District Courts [pdf, 817 KB]

   ...the judicial officer. Once the handset is lifted it will disable the feed (audio and visual) so communications can occur between counsel and the remote participant. On a mobile extended trolley the audio-visual feed will need to be manually disabled by the court taker. These communications will not be recorded or form part of the evidential transcription. 3.7 Attire Court staff, judicial officers and counsel should wear standard court attire. The remote participant will have...

3. Compensation Guidelines for Wrongful Conviction and Imprisonment - Including Home Detention and Military Detention [pdf, 288 KB]

   ...non-Māori, Māori are disproportionately sentenced to both imprisonment and home detention, although the disproportionality is a little lower for home detention. Māori are likely to comprise a significant proportion of potential applicants. 57.3. Disability – While people in the justice system are more likely to have disabilities and experience mental health issues than in the general population, including home detention in the compensation scheme is not expected to have a direct o...

4. NZCVS-Cycle-4-Core-Report-Section-7-Reporting-to-the-Police-fin.pdf [pdf, 520 KB]

   ...Police, by broad offence groups (pooled data) 7.4 Reporting to the Police by population groups (pooled data) Using pooled data, we also analysed reporting rates over the last four cycles by personal factors like sex, sexuality, age, ethnicity, disability status, psychological distress, relationship status, regions, deprivation, employment status, and financial pressure. No significant differences in reporting rates were observed for sex, sexual identity, age, ethnicity, disabilit...

5. [2021] NZACC 177 – Williams v ACC (5 November 2021) [pdf, 454 KB]

   ...haemorrhagic lesion. [g] By way of conclusion, Dr Johnson commented: Mr Williams underwent successful surgery to decompress his cervical cord in a timely fashion and without that surgery it is most likely (he would have) been left severely disabled and possible tetraplegic. Some residual neurological symptoms can be expected after such severe spinal cord compression but it is clear to me from the records and the correspondence of Mr Edward Mee that there was no additional inj...

6. Griffiths v Accident Compensation Corporation (Treatment Injury) [2023] NZACC 201 [pdf, 285 KB]

   ...The form indicated that Ms Griffiths’ son, Ryker, was stillborn as a result of injury. The date of death was 1 March 2015. [10] Mr Garry subsequently corresponded with the Corporation and provided documentation generated during a Health & Disability Commissioner (“HDC”) investigation. This included a report from the HDC dated 11 March 2016, which assessed the treatment provided by Mr Neil Maidment, Osteopath. The letter details: You received treatment from Mr Maidment o...

7. Friesen v Accident Compensation Corporation (Personal Injury) [2024] NZACC 46 [pdf, 449 KB]

   ...symptomatic that which previously was asymptomatic does not alter that basic principle. The accident did not cause the degenerative changes, it just caused the effect of those changes to become apparent and of course in many cases for them to become the disabling feature. [64] Mr Light notes that there is no issue about the relevant diagnosis, ie. that Mr Friesen has left the medial compartment osteoarthritis and there is no issue that the surgery (a partial knee replacement) is re...

8. 8 October 2024 MEP King Shag & IBA Preliminiary Issue [pdf, 314 KB]

   ...be produced to the Court at the hearing. 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 bulky exhibits, video playback https://www.justice....

9. NZCVS 2023 Cycle 6 Reporting to Police Corrected [xlsx, 70 KB]

   ...ethnicity 37.5 (20.4-54.6) # 35.0 (19.9-50.1) # 21.8 (9.4-34.1) # 29.9 (10.4-49.4) # S # 32.8 (22.0-43.5) # 33.0 (25.8-40.2) Other ethnicity S # 48.5 (33.0-64.0) # S # 19.0 (5.0-32.9) # S # 42.3 (24.0-60.7) # 44.9 (37.2-52.6) Disability Disabled adults 36.5 (24.6-48.5) # 45.0 (33.0-56.9) # 49.5 (36.1-62.8) # 34.8 (21.3-48.2) # 30.4 (19.8-41.0) # 39.9 (29.2-50.5) # 38.7 (33.6-43.8) Non-disabled adults 38.7 (35.9-41.6) 36.2 (33.5-39.0)...

10. Proactive-release-Increasing-revenue-from-courts-and-tribunal-fees-_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 650 KB]

    ...grounds that the economic, social, or environmental impacts are limited and easy to assess. COLLINS Cross-Out COLLINS Cross-Out I N C O N F I D E N C E 6 I N C O N F I D E N C E Population Implications 33 Māori, Pacific Peoples, disabled people and those on low incomes (including those supported by a benefit and superannuation) are more likely to experience legal issues. While proposed inflation adjustments are relatively low value, any increase in fees may dispro...