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1. Taiwhati v Accident Compensation Corporation (Impairment Assessment) [2024] NZACC 121 (22 July 2024) [pdf, 245 KB]

   ...and corrected without requiring any repayment from Ms Taiwhati and the operative WPI assessment was correct. (d) The statutory scheme relating to lump sum payments provides for a method of WPI assessment of impairment, which is not the same as disability. Law [50] A lump sum payment is an entitlement under the Accident Compensation Act 2001 (“the Act”) that can be paid if a person has a permanent impairment as a result of a covered injury. Section 67 of the Act provides tha...

2. Family legal aid fees - consultation paper [pdf, 816 KB]

   ...schedules include Care of Children, Domestic Violence, Guardianship, Relationship Property, Mental Health and matters under the CYFS Act 1989. Some matters unsuitable for conversion to fixed fee schedules include Hague Convention and Intellectual Disability proceedings. Sampling The proposed fixed fee schedules are based on the average amounts paid for activities in just over 14,500 family cases completed during the period October 2010-December 2011. This was the first full year that...

3. Legal aid final family consultation paper - 10 February 2012 [pdf, 816 KB]

   ...schedules include Care of Children, Domestic Violence, Guardianship, Relationship Property, Mental Health and matters under the CYFS Act 1989. Some matters unsuitable for conversion to fixed fee schedules include Hague Convention and Intellectual Disability proceedings. Sampling The proposed fixed fee schedules are based on the average amounts paid for activities in just over 14,500 family cases completed during the period October 2010-December 2011. This was the first full year that...

4. BORA Employment Relations (Flexible Working Hours) Amendment Bill [pdf, 379 KB]

   ...legislation falls to be justified under section 5 of that Act. Possible Discrimination on Grounds of Family Status 8. The Bill, as outlined above, provides employees who have full-time care of a child or children under 5 years; or full-time care of a disabled child or children up to and including 18 years with the right to change their working hours. It could be argued that because this right is not available to an employee who does not have children, the Bill gives rise to a distinction...

5. [2016] NZSSAA 56 (16 June 2016) [pdf, 15 KB]

   ...2014 based on the accounts for the year ending 2015 as follows: for the year ending 31 March 2015, so that the Chief Executive could consider whether the income disclosed in these accounts would have resulted in the appellant having entitlement to Disability Allowance in the year ending 31 March 2015. XXXX Salary $18,720.00 income - net surplus $43,009.73 XXXX – net profit $78,758.20 $17,018.37 (which equals $1,514.38 per week)....

6. Harland v ACC [2012] NZACA 6 [pdf, 408 KB]

   ...out the applicant lump sum compensation under ss 78 and 79 of the 1982 Act, based on an assessment by Mr Geoffrey Taine, Orthopaedic Surgeon, dated, 23 January 1992, was not put in evidence, but Mr Taine assessed the applicant's permanent disability as a result of her orthopaedic injuries at age three and a half, at 65%. [11] Nothing further happened on the claim until October 2001, when Mr Nee Harland applied for a voice recognition computer for the applicant and transport costs...

7. HRRT Position description Chair HRRT November 2021 [docx, 26 KB]

   ...the same until the Remuneration Authority makes its first determination.] The Tribunal The Human Rights Review Tribunal hears and determines proceedings lodged pursuant to the Human Rights Act 1993 (HRA), the Privacy Act 2020 and the Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994 after complaints have first been dealt with by the Human Rights Commission, the Privacy Commissioner and the Health and Disability Commissioner pursuant to their respective Acts. The principal matters considered by...

8. HRRT-Position-description-Deputy-Chair [docx, 38 KB]

   ...Minister of Justice Time commitment: Full-time Term: Up to 5 years The Tribunal The Human Rights Review Tribunal hears and determines proceedings lodged pursuant to the Human Rights Act 1993 (the Act), the Privacy Act 2020 and the Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994 after complaints have first been dealt with by the Human Rights Commission, the Privacy Commissioner and the Health and Disability Commissioner pursuant to their respective Acts. The principal matters considered...

9. Breaking the inter-generational cycle of family violence and sexual violence [pdf, 8.4 MB]

   ...arrested for family violence. Women suffer more repeat victimisation, harm, fear, stalking and negative health impacts of partner abuse than men. 48 Māori women, Pacific women, young women, women on a low income, rainbow women, gang women and disabled women are at a higher risk of experiencing family violence than other women, and are more likely to experience secondary victimisation when seeking help. Family and sexual violence have a significant impact on women’s physical, psycholo...

10. NZ Core document [pdf, 1.1 MB]

    ...households. Table 6 Sex of parent for one-parent with child(ren) families in private occupied dwellings Sex of parent Count Male 35 721 Female 157 914 Total 193 635 Source: Statistics New Zealand Census 2006. 9. New Zealanders experiencing disability 26. In 2006, an estimated 660,300 New Zealanders reported a disability, representing 17 per cent of the total population. Disability increases with age. In 2006, the prevalence of disability ranged from 10 per cent of children...