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1. Director of Proceedings v Platz [2021] NZHRRT 51 [pdf, 500 KB]

   ...ORDER PROHIBITING PUBLICATION OF NAME OR IDENTIFYING PARTICULARS OF THE AGGRIEVED PERSON (2) ORDER PREVENTING SEARCH OF THE TRIBUNAL FILE WITHOUT LEAVE OF THE CHAIRPERSON OR OF THE TRIBUNAL Reference No. HRRT 019/2021 UNDER THE HEALTH AND DISABILITY COMMISSIONER ACT 1994 BETWEEN DIRECTOR OF PROCEEDINGS PLAINTIFF AND KLAUS PLATZ DEFENDANT AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: Ms SJ Eyre, Deputy Chairperson Dr SJ Hickey MNZM, Member Ms BL Klippel, Member REPRESENTATIO...

2. Director of Proceedings v Chief Executive, Department of Corrections [2021] NZHRRT 34 [pdf, 567 KB]

   ...ORDER PROHIBITING PUBLICATION OF NAME OR IDENTIFYING PARTICULARS OF THE AGGRIEVED PERSON (2) ORDER PREVENTING SEARCH OF THE TRIBUNAL FILE WITHOUT LEAVE OF THE CHAIRPERSON OR OF THE TRIBUNAL Reference No. HRRT 033/2021 UNDER THE HEALTH AND DISABILITY COMMISSIONER ACT 1994 BETWEEN DIRECTOR OF PROCEEDINGS PLAINTIFF AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS DEFENDANT AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: Ms J Foster, Deputy Chairperson Dr SJ Hickey MNZM, Member Ms SB Is...

3. [2015] NZSSAA 97 (10 December 2015) [pdf, 30 KB]

   ...Review Committee to suspend the payment of Supported Living Payment to the appellant for the period 31 May 2015 to 6 June 2015 while the appellant was visiting Australia. Background [2] The appellant is in receipt of Supported Living Payment and Disability Allowance. She suffers from a number of conditions including rheumatoid arthritis. [3] Until her death in November 2014, the appellant was her mother’s full-time caregiver for a number of years. 2 [4] Not long pr...

4. 2017 NZSSAA 048 (18 August 2017) [pdf, 153 KB]

   ...DECISION Overview [1] The appellant’s infant daughter has a condition known as Chronic Suppurative Lung Disease. As the name implies, it is a long-term condition and the appellant as the mother of the child is entitled to a Child Disability Allowance (CDA). The Chief Executive accepts that the appellant was entitled to receive a CDA at least from 21 January 2016, the point in time when her daughter was diagnosed with the condition. It would seem likely that she was ent...

5. BORA Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Bill (No 2) [pdf, 306 KB]

   ...the right to freedom from discrimination on the grounds of discrimination in the Human Rights Act 1993." 5. Section 21 of the Human Rights Act 1993 specifies the prohibited grounds of discrimination. These grounds include, inter alia, "disability", which includes but is not limited to psychiatric illness, intellectual or psychological disability or impairment, or any other loss or abnormality of psychological, physiological or anatomical structure or function. 6. In our...

6. 2021 Decisions of public interest

   [2021] NZEmpC 217 Humphreys v Humphreys and Chief Executive of the Ministry of Health (Judgment of Chief Judge Christina Inglis, 8 December 2021) APPLICATION FOR SECTION 6 DECLARATION - DISABILITY CARE - severely mentally disabled adult could not have employed the applicant in spite of Gazette notice - applicant was engaged by the Minister of Health - caring for severely mentally disabled adult was a responsibility of the Minister of Health under international oblig...

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7. Director of Proceedings v Emms [2013] NZHRRT 5 [pdf, 165 KB]

   ...AGGRIEVED PERSON (2) ORDER PREVENTING SEARCH OF THE TRIBUNAL FILE WITHOUT LEAVE OF THE TRIBUNAL IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2013] NZHRRT 5 Reference No. HRRT 017/2011 UNDER SECTION 50 OF THE HEALTH AND DISABILITY COMMISSIONER ACT 1994 BETWEEN DIRECTOR OF PROCEEDINGS PLAINTIFF AND ROBERT EMMS DEFENDANT AT NELSON BEFORE: Mr RPG Haines QC, Chairperson Ms WV Gilchrist, Member Ms ST Scott, Member REPRESENTATION: Mr A Ma...

8. Court-User-Survey-2025-results.pdf [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...services and facilities at court. Satisfaction varies for different population groups and types of court participants. For example, Asian respondents and people at court for administrative matters had higher than average satisfaction, while Māori, disabled respondents and people in criminal proceedings had lower than average satisfaction. Satisfaction could be further improved with better access to information. 35% said they didn’t know what to expect before court. Over 20% of re...

9. [2016] NZSSAA 103 (8 December 2016) [pdf, 155 KB]

   ...patient requiring care, the Chief Executive must be satisfied that the person seeking the benefit will be caring for a person in need of care who would otherwise have to receive the equivalent of− (a) hospital care, rest home care, or residential disability care, within the meaning of the Health and Disability Services (Safety) Act 2001; [22] Section 40E requires that a doctor certify the need for one of these types of care. [23] The appellant was requested to have a medical pra...

10. [2025] NZSSAA 06 (12 February 2025) [pdf, 197 KB]

    ...decision was upheld by a Benefits Review Committee (BRC). 2. The review came about due to an increase in New Zealand Superannuation (NZS) rates that affected the total household income of XXXX and her husband. Background 3. XXXX receives a disability allowance and an Australian disability support pension (DSP). She and her husband both receive NZS payments. 2 4. Since April 2012, XXXX has lived in a Kāinga Ora (formerly Housing New Zealand) house in Aucklan...