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1. Proactive release – Government response to the Law Commission report: ‘‘Here ora: Preventive measures in a reformed law’’ [pdf, 570 KB]

   ...this paper: The Law Commission, Ministry for Regulation, Crown Law Office, New Zealand Police, Ministry for Children/Oranga Tamariki, Te Puni Kōkiri, Ministry of Health, Ministry for Women, Ministry for Pacific Peoples, Whaikaha – Ministry of Disabled People, the Treasury, and the Ministry of Social Development. The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet has been informed. Financial Implications 24 This paper has no direct financial implications. Any financial implications...

2. Implementation and Follow up

   ...stakeholders who may not be aware that recommendations relate to them, for example local government or the courts. Existing monitoring groups, such as the Independent Monitoring Mechanism under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities or the Children’s Monitoring Group under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, should be engaged with at this time.  The Governance Group recommends that concluding observations be considered by Cabinet L...

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3. [2007] SFWU v ADHB and Ors WN WC 18/07 [pdf, 134 KB]

   ...usages are little more enlightening. [45] Beginning with the immediate legislative context, the verb “support” appears also in clause 7 specifying that the parties “must recognise and support Part 3 of the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000 which, in order to recognise the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi and with a view to improving health outcomes for Maori, provides mechanisms to enable Maori to contribute to decision-making on, and to participate in th...

4. McDonald v Accident Compensation Corporation [2015] NZACA 14 [pdf, 207 KB]

   ...use a prosthesis. He complained to doctors about what he thought was a bony spur left during the amputation, but they did not take his complaints seriously. They dismissed the pain as psychological or blamed him for a lack of insight into his disability or for inadequate hygiene of the stump. [9] Mr McDonald persisted in his complaints about the pain and eventually, on 1 October 1981, a surgical revision of the stump was carried out. [10] I have not been given direct evidence...

5. When somebody dies suddenly - Samoan [pdf, 865 KB]

   ...o ni ana fautuaga poo ni ona manatu e ono taofia mai ai se isi tagata i le oo foi i ai o se maliu faapea. Atonu latou te filifili foi, mo se isi pulega, e pei o le Pulega o Vaalele Sivili (Civil Aviation Authority) poo Leoleo poo le Health and Disability Commissioner, e faia suesuega i le maliu ina ia mafai ona iloa poo le ā se mea e mafai ona fai ina ia avea ai Niu Sila o se nofoaga saogalemu e soifua ai. E tatau ona faia se sailiiliga pe a foliga mai na pule le tagata i lona soi...

6. When somebody dies suddenly - Tongan [pdf, 1 MB]

   ...fokotu’u mai ki ha va’a ngāue fakapule’anga kehe ‘o hangē na puna vakapuna (Civil Aviation Authority) pe ko e kau Polisi pe ko e komisiona ‘oku nau fakatotolo’i ha ngaahi lāunga pe ta’efiemalie ‘i he ngāue faka-faito’o (Health and Disability Commissioner), ke nau fakatotolo’i ‘a e mate ne hoko, ke vakai’i pe ‘e ma’u ai ha ngaahi mahino fo’ou ke toe hao mo malu ange ai ‘ae kakai ‘o Nu’usila ni. Kuo pau ke fai ha faka’eke’eke faka-Kolonā ‘...

7. Family Court rewrite submission: Backbone Collective [pdf, 295 KB]

   ...the Court approves, and the legislation says this will only be granted in ‘exceptional circumstances’.27 Such restrictions would be unheard of in other sectors i.e. obtaining a second opinion is a fundamental right in the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights Regulation 1996.28 We are told that in every state of Australia the parties both have a right to a copy of the psychologist’s report and to ask the Court to correct any factual inaccuracies contained...

8. Merso v Accident Compensation Corporation (Claim for Social Rehabilitation) [2024] NZACC 193 [pdf, 307 KB]

   ...typical, non-injured child because of the risks of seizures and the corresponding mortality risks. Although all infants have a high degree of need and dependence, in Hermela’s case the need for heightened care was because of her injuries and her disabilities rather than her age. 2. It is accepted that Hermela has always had a heightened need for care due to her injury condition, including overnight. The assessors Ms Andrews and Ms McGarry differ markedly on the number of hours req...

9. Morison v New Zealand Association of Counsellors [2024] NZHRRT 46 [pdf, 362 KB]

   ...determination of the issues in this claim) is whether the claim should be considered under Rule 6 of the Health Information Privacy Code 1994 (Code) or information privacy principle (IPP) 6. The Code applies to health agencies, which includes health and disability service providers and bodies involved in training, registration and discipline of health professionals.7 It concerns a requester’s “health information”.8 IPP 6 applies to all agencies and relates to an individual�...

10. Holmes v Housing New Zealand Corporation [2014] NZHRRT 54 [pdf, 214 KB]

    ...accommodation and the availability of basic facilities to meet the needs of the household. [13.6] The suitability needs of the applicant, that is the need to move from current accommodation due to overcrowding, lack of security of tenure and the medical or disability or personal needs of the applicant. [13.7] The accessibility of alternative non-state housing taking into account discrimination, lack of cash resources for bond, rent and furniture and the availability of suitable alterna...