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1. Moonen v Accident Compensation Corporation (Rehabilitation – Aid for Appliance) [2024] NZACC 186 (20 November 2024) [pdf, 354 KB]

   ...(near impossible) to determine precisely what level(s) is/are the generator of pain. Often it is several levels. Regardless of whether there is deemed cover for subluxation of L3/4 the Appeal decision has accepted that his condition (pain and disability) is at multiple levels and is degenerative in nature. As his condition has been considered not to be accident related it then follows that the symptomatic treatment of it, the requirement for a specific bed, is also not accident rel...

2. 25072025-Electoral-Amendment-Bill [pdf, 581 KB]

   ...(Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 19 See in particular D v Police [2021] NZSC 2, [2021] 1 NZLR 213; Attorney-General v Chisnall [2024] NZSC 178, [2024] 1 NZLR 768. 7 8605671_6 1992 or in a secure facility under the Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003, and has been so detained for a period exceeding 3 years, is disqualified from registration as an elector if that person20 27.1 has been found unfit to stand trial or has been acquitted o...

3. Fast Dispute Resolution - Consultation on a new statutory adjudication framework [pdf, 665 KB]

   ...Tikanga Māori. Tikanga- based dispute resolution is underpinned by whakapapa and may incorporate te ao concepts, such as whanaungatanga, utu, kaitiakitanga, and tapu. Parties could select an adjudicator who uses methods that support the needs of disabled people in their disputes. The framework might enable the use of online dispute resolution methods or artificial intelligence. 13. Do you agree with the obligations listed above? Are there any other obligations an adjudicator shoul...

4. Fast Dispute Resolution - consultation on a new statutory adjudication framework - Screen readable version [docx, 245 KB]

   ...experience of Tikanga Māori. Tikanga-based dispute resolution is underpinned by whakapapa and may incorporate te ao concepts, such as whanaungatanga, utu, kaitiakitanga, and tapu. Parties could select an adjudicator who uses methods that support the needs of disabled people in their disputes. The framework might enable the use of online dispute resolution methods or artificial intelligence. Question 14: Where do you think providing for flexibility in an adjudication would be most useful? [boo...

5. Evaluation of Parenting Through Separation programme [pdf, 2.8 MB]

   ...both rural and urban communities • accessible to Māori, Pacific and other cultures • accessible to people for whom English is a second language • accessible to people from a range of socioeconomic backgrounds • accessible to people with disabilities • run regularly and at times which take into account participants’ work and childcare commitments. 1.4 Research questions The overall aim of this study is to assess the extent to which the PTS programme is meeting its ob...

6. Ministry of Justice Annual Report 2020-21 [pdf, 6.4 MB]

   ...which (the Ethnic Network) was established in that financial year: Pasifika Network Māori Network Ethnic Network Inclusion and Diversity Forum Climate and Environment Network Women’s Network Tātou Rainbow Network Young Professionals Network Disability Network Recognising excellence 2019/20 Chief Executive Award Recipients Recognised Our Chief Executive’s Awards formally recognise the outstanding contribution our people make to our Ministry. The mahi our people carry out is...

7. Youth Court - It’s all relative: the absolute importance of the family in youth justice [pdf, 444 KB]

   1 It’s All Relative: the Absolute Importance of the Family in Youth Justice (a New Zealand Perspective) Paper to be delivered at the World Congress on Juvenile Justice Geneva, Switzerland: 26-30 January 2015 by His Honour Judge Andrew Becroft1 Principal Youth Court Judge for New Zealand Te Kaiwhakawā Matua o te Kōti Taiohi

8. [2022] NZEmpC 5 VMR v Civil Aviation Authority [pdf, 519 KB]

   VMR v CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY [2022] NZEmpC 5 [24 January 2022] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT OF NEW ZEALAND CHRISTCHURCH I TE KŌTI TAKE MAHI O AOTEAROA ŌTAUTAHI [2022] NZEmpC 5 EMPC 386/2021 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority BETWEEN VMR First Plaintiff AND KRR Second Plaintiff AND WEN Third Plaintiff AND XDD Fourth Plaintiff AND CIVIL AVIATION AU

9. Adoption in Aotearoa New Zealand: Summary document - Samoan [pdf, 322 KB]

   ...https://www.hcch.net/en/instruments/conventions/specialised-sections/intercountry-adoption https://www.hcch.net/en/instruments/conventions/specialised-sections/intercountry-adoption https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/declaration-on-the-rights-of-indigenous-peoples.html https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities.html https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities...

10. Butler v Accident Compensation Corporation (Personal Injury, Causation) [2023] NZACC 165 [pdf, 540 KB]

    ...months from December 2008. A Comprehensive Pain Assessment in August 2009 identified that Mr Butler was experiencing constant pain affecting his lower back. He made significant gains in his medical and physical condition after undertaking a Pain Disability Prevention Programme and was then assessed for vocational independence. The vocational assessments determined that he had attained vocational independence in respect of six work-types. On the medical and vocational evidence...