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1. MOJ0609_Legal-advice-and-support_MAR23_WEB.pdf [pdf, 480 KB]

   ...justice.govt.nz/legal-advice-and-support • ask for a list of local lawyers at your local Citizens Advice Bureau or Community Law Centre. To find out more about legal aid: Freephone Legal Aid (Ministry of Justice) on 0800 253 425. Accessible services Auckland Disability Law offers free and accessible legal services to people with a disability or a hearing impairment. • Phone 09 257 5140 or text 027 457 5140 • Email info@adl.org.nz Services for youth Youth Law offers free legal...

2. Protection-of-Personal-and-Property-Rights_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 713 KB]

   ...legal profession, officials have consulted with government agencies and have identified several groups who may be impacted by the proposals. Disabled people 39 Represented people under the PPPR Act include people with age related illnesses and disabilities, and other people with disabilities that impact on their decision-making capacity. Increases to the thresholds that appear substantial may be seen as inconsistent with the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which...

3. Welsh - Taiharuru 4C3 (2012) 2012 Chief Judges MB 398 (2012 CJ 398) [pdf, 178 KB]

   ...me. I asked him to wait until I had heard from Rhona. I then heard from Milton Welsh. [17] The evidence of Milton Welsh is critical to understanding the merits of this application. It discloses that he suffers from an intellectual or mental disability. His evidence was disjointed, unfocussed, erratic and to a large degree nonsensical. As the hearing progressed he began to get more and more erratic and agitated to the point where it appeared he would not be able to continue and...

4. Oranga Tamariki (Responding to Serious Youth Offending) Amendment Bill [pdf, 422 KB]

   ...discrimination on the grounds of discrimination in the Human Rights Act 1993. 64. 65 percent of young people with serious and persistent offending behaviour are Māori. Further, up to 80 percent of young people of this cohort may have unmet multilayered disability and communication needs, including mental health concerns, which require accommodations to prevent breaches of their rights.14 We conclude it is likely therefore that Māori and YSOs with disability and communication needs will...

5. NZCVS-Cycle-4-Core-Report-The-NZCVS-and-Cycle-4-key-findings-fin.pdf [pdf, 466 KB]

   ...derivation are accounted for. This finding supports the view that the different age structure and the different level of deprivation between Māori and the New Zealand average are key contributors to the higher likelihood of victimisation for Māori. • Disabled adults were significantly more likely to experience crime across personal offences and household offences when differences in average age are accounted for. Sexual assault • About 2% of adults experienced sexual assault –...

6. Mitchell v Corrections [2023] NZHRRT 18 [pdf, 204 KB]

   ...about an identifiable individual: (a) information about the health of that individual, his or her medical history; or (b) information about any disabilities that individual has, or has had; or (c) information about any health services or disability services that are being provided, or have been provided to that individual; or (d) information provided by that individual in connection with the donation, by that individual, of any body part or any bodily substance of that individu...

7. BORA Broadcasting (Games of National Significance) Amendment Bill [pdf, 197 KB]

   ...Act Section 19(1) – Freedom from discrimination 6. Section 19 of the Bill of Rights Act affirms that everyone has the right to freedom from discrimination on the grounds set out in the Human Rights Act 1993, which include the grounds of sex and disability.1 1 Human Rights Act 1993, s 21(1)((a) and (h). 7. The key questions in assessing whether a Bill places a limit on the right to freedom from discrimination are:2 a. does the...

8. BORA Misuse of Drugs (Medicinal Cannabis) Amendment Bill [pdf, 198 KB]

   ...two comparable groups of people differently on one or more of the prohibited grounds of discrimination. Whether disadvantage arises is a factual determination.2 9. Section 21(1)(h) of the Human Rights Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability, which includes physical disability or impairment, physical illness and psychiatric illness. The Bill introduces an exception and a statutory defence for terminally ill people to the offences under section 7(1)(a) (procure, possess, co...

9. NZCVS Core Report Cycle 1 (2018) [pdf, 3.4 MB]

   ....................................36 3.5 Life satisfaction level – strong association with victimisation .................................37 3.6 Perception of safety – another strong association ................................................38 3.7 Disability – no difference in victimisation of disabled people .................................40 3.8 Psychological state – strongly associated with high victimisation ..........................41 3.9 Geographical areas – rural a...

10. Wati v Accident Compensation Corporation (Claims process and Costs on Appeal) [2024] NZACC 109 (27 June 2024) [pdf, 198 KB]

    ...The appeal is against the decision of a Reviewer dated 25 November 2021. The Reviewer dismissed the review against the decision of the Corporation dated 23 June 2020 declining cover for a treatment injury of right knee stiffness and functional disability. Background [2] On 7 November 2016, following ongoing pain in Ms Wati’s right knee, an x-ray of her right knee showed early degenerative changes in the medial compartments of both knee joints. [3] On 17 January 2017, fol...