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1. OIA-Adoption Law Reform [pdf, 1019 KB]

   ...obligations, particularly in relation to human rights. In 2016, the Human Rights Review Tribunal declared seven provisions of the Adoption and Adult Adoption Information Acts discriminatory on the basis of sex, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, and age. 35. Our laws have been criticised internationally for not meeting our obligations under international instruments such as the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the United Nations Convention on th...

2. Herbst v Accident Compensation Corporation (Leave to Appeal to the High Court) [2025] NZACC 74 (7 May 2025) [pdf, 235 KB]

   ...provide rehabilitation, including necessary modifications for accessible living. [50] She further submitted that the Judgment ignored her rights under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities which requires reasonable accommodation for disabled individuals. [51] Importantly, Ms Herbst’s accommodation was not the subject of the Decision. Rather, the Judgment considered an appeal from three review decisions focused...

3. A new adoption system for Aotearoa New Zealand Discussion document [pdf, 1.8 MB]

   ...Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption. It is an international Convention dealing with international adoption and child trafficking. New Zealand ratified the Convention in 1998. United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities The United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities affirms that all persons with all types of disabilities must enjoy all human rights and fundamental freedoms. New Zealand signed and ratified the Conv...

4. AU v Accident Compensation Corporation (Impairment Assessment) [2023] NZACC 182 [pdf, 419 KB]

   ...conducted contrary to the requirements of the handbook and guides, and to set it aside on the basis, essentially of submission alone. [20] In Moloney v Accident Compensation Corporation3, Judge Beattie highlighted the distinction between impairment and disability in the context of lump sum compensation. His Honour stated: [14] The Court has noted the appellant’s complaint that the assessment took no account of the physical limitations which her injury now placed on her in relatio...

5. Discussion Document Review of the Courts Remote Participation Act 2010 [pdf, 487 KB]

   ...facilities in which to use it. Government research into digital inclusion estimates that one in five people lack at least one of the four elements needed to be digitally included. These elements are: access, motivation, skills and trust.9 Seniors, disabled people, people living in rural communities, people living in social housing, unemployed people and those not actively seeking work, Pacific peoples, and Māori are most at risk of not being digitally included. Cost is a significant bar...

6. Rec-Recap-2023-Q4-FINAL.pdf [pdf, 873 KB]

   Recommendations Recap A summary of coronial recommendations and comments made between 1 October and 31 December 2023 Office of the Chief Coroner | 2023 (4) i Coroners’ recommendations and comments Coroners perform essential functions within our society. They inquire into a range of unexpected deaths to establish the identity of the person who has died and the cause and circumstances of their death. While inquiring into a d

7. Rec-Recap-2023-Q3-FINAL.pdf [pdf, 790 KB]

   Recommendations Recap A summary of coronial recommendations and comments made between 1 July and 30 September 2023 Office of the Chief Coroner | 2023 (3) i Coroners’ recommendations and comments Coroners perform essential functions within our society. They inquire into a range of unexpected deaths to establish the identity of the person who has died and the cause and circumstances of their death. While inquiring into a dea

8. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - 5th report [pdf, 386 KB]

   ...Consistency 2000 and Compliance 2001 60. Prior to the enactment of the Human Rights Amendment Act 2001, the Human Rights Act contained a broad exemption for all legislation and for non-legislative government activities that discriminate on the grounds of disability, age, political opinion, employment status, family status or sexual orientation. 61. The Consistency 2000 project required the HRC to identify all legislative provisions and Government policies and practices which conflicted...

9. AGQ v ZTY [2013] NZDT 355 (6 January 2014) [pdf, 25 KB]

   ...extortion of a benefit or the passive acceptance of a benefit in unconscionable circumstances. [7] It is not enough for a party to have entered into a poor or foolish bargain. There must be something more; there must be some kind of qualifying disability or disadvantage such that in the particular circumstances it would be unconscionable for the other party to take the benefit of the bargain. Factors such as an imbalance of consideration and the failure of one party to receiv...

10. BORA Family Courts Matters Bill [pdf, 281 KB]

    ...publication of reports of proceedings); 3.6 Family Courts Act 1980 (attendance at hearings and publication of reports of proceedings); 3.7 Family Proceedings Act 1980 (attendance at hearings and publication of reports of proceedings); 3.8 Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003 (amendment of restriction on publication of reports of proceedings); 3.9 Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992(amendment of restriction on publication of r...