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1. Nedelcu v Accident Compensation Corporation (Suspension of Entitlements) [2023] NZACC 191 [pdf, 339 KB]

   ...symptomatic that which previously was asymptomatic does not alter that basic principle. The accident did not cause the degenerative changes, it just caused the effect of those changes to become apparent and of course in many cases for them to become the disabling feature.16 [57] A further example is the case of Sparks v Accident Compensation Corporation17 where Judge Ongley said: The legal test for entitlements requires sufficient evidence to show that need for assistance arises as...

2. COURTS126-Lets-talk-court-booklet-2019-Print.pdf [pdf, 3.8 MB]

   ...understand what is being said and answer questions clearly. If English is your second language it can help to have a translator even if your English is good. It can be stressful in court and you don’t need other things to worry about. If you have a disability including hearing, sight, intellectual, mental health or physical difficulties, you or an adult need to tell the police. They can arrange things in the courtroom to help you. This may include an interpreter if you are deaf....

3. Tuhaka v Samuels - Succession to Kahukuranui Piwari [2025] Chief Judge's MB 728 (2025 CJ 728) [pdf, 586 KB]

   ...interest, but no person shall be excluded from any interest to which that person is entitled without that person's consent. (4) For the purposes of subsection (3)(c) of this section, any agreement or arrangement may, in the case of a person under disability, be entered into or made on behalf of that person by a trustee appointed under Part 12 of this Act, or, if no such trustee is appointed, by any other responsible person. (5) Where any beneficial freehold interest in land has...

4. Skipper v Gibson - Ngāti Tawhirikura Hapū Charitable Trust (2025) 498 Aotea MB 148 (498 AOT 148) [pdf, 415 KB]

   ...quality including of the Waiwhakaiho River and the project known as the Wai Project; (iii) providing support and assistance in respect of education, housing, healthcare, age care and relief of those suffering from mental or physical sickness or disability; (iv) developing and enhancing of community cultural facilities for the benefit of Ngāti Tāwhirikura Hapū and the wider community; (v) providing funding for the cultural and social development of the Ngāti Tāwhirikura...

5. M v Accident Compensation Corporation (Treatment Injury) [2024] NZACC 88 [pdf, 366 KB]

   ...cognitive issues with depression/mental injury. [48] Dr McLeod conducted a file review and reported in April 2018, concluding the risks of unmodified ECT were orthopaedic, not cerebral, and it was unlikely that ECT resulted in any enduring cognitive disability. [49] Dr Knight conducted a file review (though he had received an email from M) and reported in January 2019 that administration of ECT, given within the normal dose range to a person with a structurally normal brain, is not...

6. Guide for Policy and Legal Advisors

   ...Freedom from discrimination This says that everyone has the right to freedom from discrimination on the grounds set out in the Human Rights Act. These grounds are: sex marital status religious belief ethical belief colour race ethnic or national origin disability age political opinion employment status family status sexual orientation Discrimination arises where an individual (or a group): is treated differently from others in an analogous or comparable position (known as a comparator group)...

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7. Electoral-Matters-Bill_Communications-Tranche-1.pdf [pdf, 28 MB]

   ...Cheers Leigh Leigh Deuchars (she/ her) | Deputy Chief Executive Strategy, Governance and Development | Electoral Commission | Te Kaitiaki Take Kōwhiri | PO Box 3220 | 34-42 Manners Street | Wellington | | vote.nz | elections.nz S9(2)(a) Disabled parlia,mentary candidate,s may have c:osts for sup,p1ort people. DRAFT - NOT GOVERNMENT POLICY EM B Proposed Work Programme Topics Official Count Administrative Efficiencies Maintaining integrity of process Technical/ Minor...

8. Action-to-Address-Methamphetamine-Related-Harm_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 704 KB]

   ...people, reported using amphetamine- type stimulants in the 12 months prior to the 2023/24 survey. The highest rates of use were in males (1.7 percent vs. 0.8 percent in females), people aged from 25–34 years (2.2 percent), Māori (2.6 percent), and disabled people (2.8 percent). 61 In addition, people in New Zealand’s most deprived neighbourhoods are 2.1 times more likely to use an amphetamine-type stimulant than people in the least deprived neighbourhoods; with women in the most de...

9. [2025] NZEmpC 272 Berryman v Fonterra Cooperative Group Limited [pdf, 290 KB]

   BERRYMAN v FONTERRA COOPERATIVE GROUP LIMITED [2025] NZEmpC 272 [12 December 2025] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT OF NEW ZEALAND WELLINGTON I TE KŌTI TAKE MAHI O AOTEAROA TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA [2025] NZEmpC 272 EMPC 60/2024 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority BETWEEN CARL BERRYMAN Plaintiff AND FONTERRA COOPERATIVE GROUP LIMITED Defendant Hearing: 11-13 November 2024 28 Fe

10. Recommendations recap - issue 3 [pdf, 1.2 MB]

    ...report identified methods to achieve the desired outcome of faster reporting. • The report was able to identify a previous case at Dunedin Hospital emergency Department where the patient later died from a leaking AAA. The previous Health and Disability Commissioner, who investigated the death, made recommendations. The coroner recommended that a copy of the finding, and the circumstances of the death it describes, be used by sDHB for education and training purposes. CAse Num...