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1. Incitement-of-Hatred-Hate-Crime-and-Discrimination_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 559 KB]

   ...diverse sex characteristics. Relation to Government priorities 2 Labour’s 2020 Election Manifesto committed to extending legal protections under the HRA for groups that experience hate speech including for reasons of religion, gender, disability, or sexual orientation. Extending the criminal protection against inciting speech to religious belief was one of the recommendations of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the terrorist attack on Christchurch masjidain on...

2. Director of Proceedings v Oceania Care Company Ltd [2022] NZHRRT 8 [pdf, 923 KB]

   ...PROHIBITING PUBLICATION OF NAME OR IDENTIFYING PARTICULARS OF AGGRIEVED PERSON (2) ORDER PREVENTING SEARCH OF THE TRIBUNAL FILE WITHOUT LEAVE OF THE CHAIRPERSON OR OF THE TRIBUNAL Reference No. HRRT 064/2021 UNDER SECTION 50 OF THE HEALTH AND DISABILITY COMMISSIONER ACT 1994 BETWEEN DIRECTOR OF PROCEEDINGS PLAINTIFF AND OCEANIA CARE COMPANY LIMITED DEFENDANT AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: Ms J Foster, Deputy Chairperson Dr SJ Hickey MNZM, Member Ms S Stewart, Mem...

3. Zhang v Victoria University of Wellington [2023] NZHRRT 36 [pdf, 124 KB]

   ...grounds of age in breach of s 53 of the Human Rights Act 1993 (HRA). [8] Mr Zhang has arthritis in his big toe, which makes walking painful. For this reason, he also claimed that the policy indirectly discriminated against him on the grounds of disability in breach of s 53(1)(d) and s 65 of the HRA. This was because most of the (age restricted) catered halls were located in areas of central Wellington where there was reasonably flat access to public transport to the University. In c...

4. BORA Trusts Bill [pdf, 161 KB]

   ...Making trust law more accessible. Whether s 19 is at issue 6. Section 19(1) of the Bill of Rights Act provides that everyone has the right to freedom from discrimination on grounds set out in the Human Rights Act 1993. Those grounds include age and disability. 2 4135720_TRUSTS BILL_ ADVICE TO AG.DOCX 6.1 Age means any age commencing with the age of 16.1 6.2 Disability is defined to include intellectual or psychological disability or impairment and any other loss or abnormalit...

5. [2018] NZSSAA 15 (15 March 2018) [pdf, 142 KB]

   ...person R Shaw, counsel for the Chief Executive DECISION Background [1] The issue in each of these appeals is whether at the relevant time XXXX (the appellant) had a dependent child (her son SL) and, if so, whether she was entitled to Disability Allowance on account of SL (SSA 148/16) and/or Jobseeker Support Student Hardship Allowance at the rate of a person with a dependent child (SSA 141/17).1 1 The appeals are brought onl...

6. Director of Proceedings v Brooks [2019] NZHRRT 37 [pdf, 828 KB]

   ...RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2019] NZHRRT 37 UNDER BETWEEN AND AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: Mr RPG Haines ONZM QC, Chairperson Ms K Anderson, Member Ms W Gilchrist, Member REPRESENTATION: Reference No. HRRT 093/2016 SECTION 50 OF THE HEAL TH AND DISABILITY COMMISSIONER ACT 1994 DIRECTOR OF PROCEEDINGS PLAINTIFF WILLIAM ARTHUR BROOKS DEFENDANT Ms V Casey QC and Ms J Herschell for plaintiff Mr AH Waalkens QC and Ms K Wills for defendant DATE OF DECISION: 1 August 2019 DECIS...

7. Justice Sector Report March 2025 [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...Justice Sector Report | March 2025 4 social sector. These needs can arise from issues that span poor health, drug and alcohol dependence, mental health issues, illiteracy or low educational attainment, low incomes, disability, racial injustice, and a lack of suitable housing. Ongoing engagement on wider policies and settings is essential given the flow-on impacts of decisions made in the Health and Social Sectors. To ensure government is effectively addr...

8. Director of Proceedings v Health New Zealand [2024] NZHRRT 52 [pdf, 403 KB]

   1 Reference No. HRRT 036/2024 UNDER THE HEALTH AND DISABILITY COMMISSIONER ACT 1994 BETWEEN DIRECTOR OF PROCEEDINGS PLAINTIFF AND HEALTH NEW ZEALAND TE WHATU ORA DEFENDANT AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: Mr JS Hancock, Deputy Chairperson Ms B L Klippel, Member Dr SJ Hickey MNZM, Member REPRESENTATION: Ms J Herschell, Director of Proceedings Mr J Coates and Ms G Weir for defendant DATE OF HEARING: Heard on the papers DATE OF DECISION: 29 October...

9. Proactive release of documents relating to the Government Response to Officers of Parliament Committee [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...empowering provisions for Officers of Parliament, which will also consider the procedure for the removal or suspension of an Officer of Parliament. I also propose that outdated terminology in the Public Audit Act 2001 relating to the use of the term “disability” as one of the grounds for removing an Auditor-General should be amended as soon as possible and brought into line with the terminology used in the statutes governing the other two Officers of Parliament. 6 Under Standing Orders...

10. [2020] NZSSAA 10 (17 March 2020) [pdf, 142 KB]

    ...(SNG) of $20 for food assistance. This decision was upheld by a Benefits Review Committee. [2] The undisputed chronology and background to the appeal in the Ministry’s reg 249 report is relevant. In November 2018, the appellant applied for a Disability Allowance because he had an additional expense of $16.44 per week for gym membership. At that time, he received Supported Living Payment, 2 Accommodation Supplement, and Temporary Additional Support. In support...