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1. Te Korowai Ture ā-Whānau: The final report of the Independent Panel examining the 2014 family justice reforms [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...Introduction 21 What we did 22 What we found 24 Te Korowai Ture ā-Whānau: the family justice service 28 Part One: System-wide Issues 32 1.1 Children’s participation 34 1.2 Recognition of te ao Māori 37 1.3 Responding to diversity 41 1.4 Accommodating disability 45 1.5 Family violence and children’s safety 48 1.6 Delays 55 Part Two: Encouraging Early Agreement 58 2.1 Quality, accessible information 60 2.2 Counselling 62 2.3 Parenting Through Separation 64 2.4 Family Dispute Re...

2. Director of Proceedings v Hurst [2019] NZHRRT 27 [pdf, 329 KB]

   ...PARTICULARS OF AGGRIEVED PERSON (2) ORDER PREVENTING SEARCH OF THE TRIBUNAL FILE WITHOUT LEAVE OF THE CHAIRPERSON OR OF THE TRIBUNAL IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2019] NZHRRT 27 Reference No. HRRT 019/2019 UNDER SECTION 50 OF THE HEALTH AND DISABILITY COMMISSIONER ACT 1994 BETWEEN DIRECTOR OF PROCEEDINGS PLAINTIFF AND PAMELA NELL HURST DEFENDANT AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: Mr RPG Haines ONZM QC, Chairperson Dr SJ Hickey MNZM, Member Mr Mike Keefe JP QSM, Member RE...

3. Director of Proceedings v Southern District Health Board [2020] NZHRRT 8 [pdf, 6.6 MB]

   ...UNDER BETWEEN AND AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: Ms J Foster, Deputy Chairperson Dr SJ Hickey MNZM, Member Dr JAG Fountain, Member REPRESENTATION: Ms K Eckersley, Director of Proceedings Reference No. HRRT 050/2019 SECTION 50 OF THE HEAL TH AND DISABILITY COMMISSIONER ACT 1994 DIRECTOR OF PROCEEDINGS PLAINTIFF SOUTHERN DISTRICT HEAL TH BOARD DEFENDANT Mr G Galloway and Ms M Nicol for defendant DATE OF DECISION: 6 March 2020 (REDACTED) DECISION OF TRIBUNAL 1 [1] These p...

4. Supplementary-Analysis-Report-Incitement-of-Hatred-Amending-the-Human-Rights-Act-1993-to-include-ground-of-religious-belief.pdf [pdf, 1.8 MB]

   ...discrimination, making it illegal for government agencies, private organisations or individuals to discriminate based on those grounds. The grounds are: sex; marital status; religious belief; ethical belief; colour; race; ethnic or national origins; disability; age; political opinion; employment status; family status; and sexual orientation. 2 Wall v Fairfax New Zealand Ltd [2018] NZHC 104, [2018] 2 NZLR 47, at paragraph 56. Supplementary Analysis Report: Incitement of Hatred –...

5. OIA-109205.pdf [pdf, 1001 KB]

   Justice Centre | 19 Aitken Street DX SX10088 | Wellington T 04 918 8800 | F 04 918 8820 ContactUs@justice.govt.nz | www.justice.govt.nz 28 February 2024 Our ref: OIA 109205 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request: Intellectual Disability Thank you for your email of 24 January 2024 requesting under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), information regarding the Family Court’s use of the Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003 (...

6. BORA Juries (Jury Service and Protection of Particulars of Jury List Information) Amendment Bill [pdf, 368 KB]

   ...about jury members, defined as “protected particulars”, to be withheld from the accused. Permanent excusal from jury service 3. The Bill provides for a person to be granted permanent excusal from jury service when because of the person’s disability or state of health he or she is unable to satisfactorily perform a juror’s duties or when he or she is 65 years or over (clause 10). [1] 4. A prima facie limit on s 19 of the Bill of Rights Act arises if there is differential treat...

7. Director of Proceedings v The Ultimate Care Group Ltd [2022] NZHRRT 17 [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...ORDER PROHIBITING PUBLICATION OF NAME OR IDENTIFYING PARTICULARS OF THE AGGRIEVED PERSON (2) ORDER PREVENTING SEARCH OF THE TRIBUNAL FILE WITHOUT LEAVE OF THE CHAIRPERSON OR OF THE TRIBUNAL Reference No. HRRT 007/2022 UNDER THE HEALTH AND DISABILITY COMMISSIONER ACT 1994 BETWEEN DIRECTOR OF PROCEEDINGS PLAINTIFF AND THE ULTIMATE CARE GROUP LIMITED DEFENDANT AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: Ms GJ Goodwin, Deputy Chairperson Dr SJ Hickey MNZM, Member Ms BL Klippel, Member...

8. Justice research

   ...of 137,000 New Zealanders. The most victimised New Zealanders face multiple other challenges, and the risk of being highly victimised compounds as people experience more health, housing or economic vulnerabilities. Highly victimised people factsheet Disability and victimisation Around 32% of disabled people have experienced victimisation. That's around 60,000 people in Aotearoa. Young disabled people face one of the highest victimisation rates of any demographic group. Disability and victimisat...

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9. D-com-Website-Information-Large-Print [docx, 51 KB]

   [image: Logo Description automatically generated] [bookmark: _Hlk115989287]Human Rights Commission / Te Kāhui Tika Tangata Disability Rights Commissioner Expressions of interest are invited for the position of Disability Rights Commissioner under section 8 (1A)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1993. The Human Rights Commission is Aotearoa New Zealand’s national human rights institution. The Commission works with the Government and civil society to advocate and promote respect for human right...

10. BORA Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Bill [pdf, 299 KB]

    ...the right to freedom from discrimination on the grounds of discrimination in the Human Rights Act 1993." Section 21 of the Human Rights Act 1993 specifies the prohibited grounds of discrimination. One of the grounds of discrimination is "disability" which is defined to include psychiatric illness, intellectual or psychological disability or impairment, or any other loss or abnormality of psychological, physiological or anatomical structure or function. In our view, taki...