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1. Cabinet paper Responding to the Waitangi Tribunal [pdf, 2.1 MB]

   ...approaches taken by the Tribunal; 38.4 clarifying that whilst “actual and reasonable costs” is a judgement call for agencies this should include funding of additional support to enable the participation of all claimants, particularly elderly and disabled people who may require additional assistance to access the Tribunal, such as accessible transport options; 38.5 specifying lead agencies should consider requests to fund research and work with the Tribunal on the usefulness of suc...

2. Duty Lawyer Operational Policy for CPIP 2024 [pdf, 363 KB]

   ...cannot be submitted • provide information that the Legal Aid office may need to consider in making the decision to grant aid where there are special circumstances (eg relevant history, the need for an interpreter, serious mental health/intellectual disability problems, the financial circumstances of a partner or other relevant financial information) • provide the reasons for an interests of justice based application • acknowledge on the form the name of the duty lawyer who has c...

3. Standards of Care 2018 [pdf, 450 KB]

   ...College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists FRCOG Fellow Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists FRNZCGP Fellow Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners HPCAA Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 HDC Act Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994 HR Heart Rate IU Intrauterine IUD Intrauterine Device IUS Intrauterine System IV Intravenous LARC Long Acting Reversible Contraception MEDSAC Medical Sexual Assault Clinicians Aotearoa MEDSAFE NZ Medicin...

4. NOP & TUV v Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (Costs) [2014] NZHRRT 36 [pdf, 43 KB]

   ...stated: Above all, the discretion should not be exercised in a way which may discourage individuals (often self-represented) from bringing claims before the Tribunal, being claims under the Human Rights Act, the Privacy Act 1993 and the Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994. Otherwise human rights protection in New Zealand might be weakened. One of the overarching purposes of human rights is to protect the powerless and the vulnerable. They should not, by the prospect of monetar...

5. Information Pack - Disputes Tribunal Referee - Auckland June 2020 [pdf, 72 KB]

   ...(4), every person appointed as a Referee shall hold office for a term not exceeding 5 years and, subject to subsection (2), may, from time to time, be reappointed. (4) A Referee may at any time be removed from office by the Governor-General for disability affecting the performance of duty, bankruptcy, neglect of duty, inability, or misconduct, proved to the satisfaction of the Governor-General, or may at any time resign the office of Referee by notice in writing addressed to the Ministe...

6. Three Strikes Legislation Repeal Bill [pdf, 404 KB]

   ...disproportionality in sentencing for low-level offending; and 9.2 the three strikes regime is predicated on the ability of recipients of warnings to understand and act on those warnings, and to regulate their conduct accordingly. New Zealanders with mental disabilities that affect their ability to understand and act on those warnings will be disproportionately exposed to the severe consequences prescribed for second and third strike offences. 10. The Bill will repeal the provisions th...

7. [2020] NZSSAA 21 (12 November 2020) [pdf, 188 KB]

   ...assistance to XXXX than it did, regardless of her circumstances; it had to apply legal limits on assistance. Background facts [6] On 8 July 2019, XXXX was single, aged 71, with no dependent children; and, entitled to New Zealand Superannuation, a disability allowance, accommodation supplement, and winter energy payment. From that date her rent increased from $290 per week to $300 per week. [7] The Ministry says, XXXX was receiving the maximum rate of accommodation supplement...

8. MOJ0588-What-to-expect-at-Family-Court-Arabic.pdf [pdf, 350 KB]

   ...واألصدقاء( عرب أوتياروا نيوزيلندا. وتتنوع هذه الخدمات من اإلسكان إىل االستشارات. الهاتف املجاين 211 211 0800 familyservices.govt.nz/directory/ قم بزيارة CCS Disability Action خدمات االعاقة تعمل عىل توفري املعلومات والدعم لألشخاص ذوي اإلعاقة و whānau )العائلة واألصدقاء(. اتصل:اتصل: الهاتف املجاين 200...

9. MOJ0610-Responding-to-a-Notice-of-Application-Arabic.pdf [pdf, 343 KB]

   ...واألصدقاء( عرب أوتياروا نيوزيلندا. وتتنوع هذه الخدمات من اإلسكان إىل االستشارات. الهاتف املجاين 211 211 0800 familyservices.govt.nz/directory/ قم بزيارة CCS Disability Action خدمات االعاقة تعمل عىل توفري املعلومات والدعم لألشخاص ذوي اإلعاقة و whānau )العائلة واألصدقاء(. اتصل:اتصل: الهاتف املجاين 200...

10. MOJ0601-Lawyers-working-with-children-Samoan.pdf [pdf, 345 KB]

    ...maua ai le lisi o auaunaga tau lagolagosua mo aiga (aiga ma uo) i Aotearoa Niu Sila. E maua ai auaunaga mo fale e nonofo ai faasolo atu i auaunaga faufautua. • Telefoni vili fua 0800 211 211 • Tagai i le familyservices.govt.nz/directory/ CCS Disability Action E maua ai faamatalaga ma lagolagosua mo tagata e iai manaoga faapitoa ma o latou aiga (aiga ma uo). Faafesootai: • Telefoni vili fua 0800 227 200 • Imeli info@ccsDisabilityAction.org.nz The Ministry for Ethnic Communities...