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1. Lewis v Accident Compensation Corporation (Impairment Assessment) [2025] NZACC 16 (28 January 2025) [pdf, 287 KB]

   ...9/231 only rarely does complete loss of the closely related senses of olfaction and taste seriously affect an individual performance of the usual activities of daily living. The rare case almost invariably involves occupational considerations and disabilities that are outside the scope of the physician’s responsibility in the evaluation of permanent impairment. For this reason, a single value of 3% of impairment of the whole person suggested for use in cases involving complete bil...

2. 3-Strikes-Proactive-Release-OIA-Requests_Final_Part2.pdf [pdf, 19 MB]

   ...court system as a whole. o In addi on to Māori and young offenders, you may also wish to consider including an entry in rela on to the impact on others dispropor onately represented in the jus ce system, such as Pasifika offenders or offenders with a disability.  Para 125: Suggest adding a reference to Police, as we will also be establishing IT systems.  Para 126: Suggest removing reference to ‘prosecutors’ as Police as an organisa on (including prosecutors and officers) is respon...

3. Electoral-Matters-Bill_Communications-Tranche-2.pdf [pdf, 26 MB]

   ...public notice. Focus 3 amendment 133 Providing the consent can be given on behalf of a candidate High- Medium High Low In Minor/ technical Agree who is unable to complete the individual nomination form Focus 3 amendment w ithout assistance due to a disability. 134 Removing the right of inspection for nomination forms to High- Medium High Low In Minor/ technical Agree Integrity side, but could protect privacy. Focus 3 amendment be challenging. No. Recommendation LEG/ Alignment Effec...

4. Ministry of Justice Annual Report 2023/24 [pdf, 5.6 MB]

   ...have contracted the national organisation, Community Law Centres of Aotearoa, to support this work. Community law centres provide community legal services at 140 sites across New Zealand, with three centres providing specialist services in youth law, disability law, and Māori land law. As with legal aid, demand for community law services is high. By the end of 2023/24, 41,234 clients had been supported – higher than our anticipated target of 30,000–35,000. This higher-than-expected dem...

5. Recommendations Recap Issue 26 1 January-31 March 2021 [pdf, 984 KB]

   Recommendations Recap A summary of coronial recommendations and comments made between 1 January and 31 March 2021 Office of the Chief Coroner | 2021 (1) i Coroners’ recommendations and comments Coroners perform essential functions within our society. They inquire into a range of unexpected deaths to establish the identity of the person who has died and the cause and circumstances of their death. While inquiring into a deat

6. [2022] NZEnvC 161 Hutt City Council [pdf, 2.6 MB]

   ...to HNZPT, the owners of Lochaber/Prospect College and Casa Loma also raised concerns about the effects of the Project on their properties. [52] Some submitters were also concerned that the Project needed to be designed to cater for people with disabilities, including the provision of mobility car parking spaces, disabled access to the new Melling Station, and disabled access to the stopbanks with a request that the Applicants consult with the Lower Hutt disability community. We consid...

7. Effectiveness of alcohol pricing policies 2014 [pdf, 4 MB]

   The Effectiveness of Alcohol Pricing Policies Reducing harmful alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm Not Government Policy Authors Ministry of Justice Jane White Robert Lynn Su-Wuen Ong Senior Advisor Principal Advisor Principal Advisor The Treasury Phil Whittington Analyst The Treasury Contractors Clare Condon Independent Contractor Susan Joy Independent Health Economist Although all reasonable steps

8. NZCASS Data tables 5 public perceptions [xlsx, 851 KB]

   ...characteristics, 2014 Very worried Fairly worried Not very worried Not at all worried Total % % % % % Due to race, ethnicity or cultural group 6.4 9.2 25.5 58.8 100.0 Due to age 4.6 8.3 27.1 60.0 100.0 Due to gender (a) 7.7 14.2 32.5 45.6 100.0 Due to disability status 8.9 10.8 22.5 57.8 100.0 Notes Includes victimisation of being intimidated, harassed or assaulted. Don't know responses are excluded. (a) Gender is only applicable to females. Table 36.7: Type of per...

9. 21.-Evidence-of-Mr-Michael-Smith-Noise-and-Vibration.PDF [PDF, 1.4 MB]

   ...predicted to reduce from 997 to 680 - a reduction of 32%. 48. I have estimated the number of people likely to experience potential health effects noise from the proposed highway (Table 5). I have also calculated the subsequent burden in terms of Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) which applies to the affected population as a whole. Table 5 Health outcomes Health outcome Number of people likely to experience outcome Disability Adjusted Life Years Annoyance 56.1 1....

10. [2015] NZEmpC 234 2015 AFT v BCM [pdf, 294 KB]

    ...applicant when he was in poorer health than subsequently when he says he was unable to do less arduous tasks relating to his case. [39] It is noticeable, also, that in February 2012 when the medical evidence points to the applicant being at his most disabled, he was nevertheless able to bring an application for interim reinstatement in employment to the Authority. Although none of his documents in this regard is in evidence, it must necessarily have included a form of appli...