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1. PPM 2024 Key Results [pdf, 6.2 MB]

   ...Ethnicity European 18.8 34.9 46.3 Māori 25.2* 38.7 36.1* Pacific peoples 15.4 34.7 49.9 Asian 8.8* 28.7 62.5* LGBTQ+ groups Gay or lesbian 11.6 37.4 51.1 LGBTQ+ 18.9 39.1 42.0 Bisexual 21.8 38.6 39.6 Transgender 21.7 41.7 36.7 Disability Disabled 20.7 29.8 49.5 Victimisation Not a victim 15.4 33.2 51.5 Victim of one or more crimes 22.2* 34.0 43.9* Highly victimised 22.0 42.1 35.9* * sign indicates a significant difference between the value and New Zealand avera...

2. Gravatt v Bulmer (Strike-Out Application) [2014] NZHRRT 40 [pdf, 81 KB]

   1 IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2014] NZHRRT 40 Reference No. HRRT 004/2014 UNDER SECTION 50 OF THE HEALTH AND DISABILITY COMMISSIONER ACT 1994 BETWEEN GARY LANCE GRAVATT PLAINTIFF AND DAVID BULMER DEFENDANT AT AUCKLAND BEFORE: Mr RPG Haines QC, Chairperson Mr GJ Cook JP, Member Mr BK Neeson, Member REPRESENTATION: Mr GL Gravatt in person Mr WG Manning for defendant DATE OF DECISION: 1 September 2014 D...

3. [2023] NZSSAA 1 (1 March 2023) [pdf, 123 KB]

   ...___________________________________________________________ Introduction [1] XXXX appeals against a decision of a Benefits Review Committee (BRC) which upheld a decision by the Ministry of Social Development (the Ministry) on 8 November 2021 concerning XXXX’s allowable disability costs for electricity associated with charging his hearing aids (power) and consumable CBD oil. 2 [2] The CBD oil decision reduced the cost included in XXXX’s disability allowance...

4. BORA Human Tissue (Organ Donation) Amendment Bill [pdf, 213 KB]

   ...following death. 7. Clause 7 of the Bill (new section 3D(1)(a), Registration) provides that persons eligible for registration as an organ donor must: • Be aged 18 years and over; • Not be mentally disordered; and • Not have an intellectual disability. 8. We have considered whether the limits placed on eligibility to register as an organ donor, or request to donate organs, give rise to issues of inconsistency with the right to be free from discrimination as affirmed by sec...

5. 2019 Directory of Official Information G-I [pdf, 916 KB]

   ..................................................................................................................18 Hawke's Bay District Health Board ...................................................................................21 Health and Disability Commissioner .................................................................................23 Health Promotion Agency Te Hiringi Hauora ...................................................................28 Health Quality and Sa...

6. King v Commissioner of Police [2023] NZHRRT 19 [pdf, 263 KB]

   ...disability must be determined. [26] The question in this case is whether Police’s failure to meet their obligations to Mr King is either directly or indirectly discriminatory. [27] Police accepted that direct discrimination could arise where a disabled person in custody receives less favourable treatment than non-disabled persons. Police also accepted that such less favourable treatment can occur by omission, such as through a failure to provide medical care to a certain group in...

7. Pratt v General Distributors Limited [2025] NZHRRT 5 [pdf, 337 KB]

   ...Woolworths).2 [3] Both parties agree that Mr Pratt was not intoxicated when attempting to buy beer on 6 October 2019 and 3 January 2020. [4] Mr Pratt claims that each refusal to sell him beer was unlawful discrimination on the basis of his disability. [5] Direct discrimination is where the prohibited ground of discrimination is the very basis for the different treatment.3 Indirect discrimination arises when neutral provisions, which apply to everyone, have the effect of trea...

8. Director of Proceedings v Evelyn Page Retirement Village Ltd [2019] NZHRRT 31 [pdf, 482 KB]

   ...RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2019] NZHRRT 31 UNDER BETWEEN AND AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: Mr RPG Haines ONZM QC, Chairperson Dr SJ Hickey MNZM, Member Mr RK Musuku, Member REPRESENTATION: Reference No. HRRT 021/2019 SECTION 50 OF THE HEAL TH AND DISABILITY COMMISSIONER ACT 1994 DIRECTOR OF PROCEEDINGS PLAINTIFF EVELYN PAGE RETIREMENT VILLAGE LIMITED DEFENDANT Ms J Herschell, Acting Director of Proceedings Mr G Gallaway and Ms M Nicol for defendant DATE OF DECISION: 14 Ju...

9. Director of Proceedings v Buist [2015] NZHRRT 28 [pdf, 42 KB]

   ...ORDER PREVENTING SEARCH OF THE TRIBUNAL FILE WITHOUT LEAVE OF CHAIRPERSON OR OF THE TRIBUNAL IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2015] NZHRRT 28 Reference No. HRRT 031/2015 UNDER SECTION 50 OF THE HEALTH AND DISABILITY COMMISSIONER ACT 1994 BETWEEN DIRECTOR OF PROCEEDINGS PLAINTIFF AND WILLIAM BUIST DEFENDANT AT AUCKLAND BEFORE: Mr RPG Haines QC, Chairperson Dr SJ Hickey MNZM, Member Ms GJ Goodwin, Member REPRESENTATION: M...

10. Director of Proceedings v Candish [2013] NZHRRT 40 [pdf, 171 KB]

    ...ORDER PREVENTING SEARCH OF THE TRIBUNAL FILE WITHOUT LEAVE OF CHAIRPERSON OR OF THE TRIBUNAL IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2013] NZHRRT 40 Reference No. HRRT 008/2013 UNDER SECTION 50 OF THE HEALTH AND DISABILITY COMMISSIONER ACT 1994 BETWEEN DIRECTOR OF PROCEEDINGS PLAINTIFF AND ESTHER MAREE CANDISH DEFENDANT AT AUCKLAND BEFORE: Mr RPG Haines QC, Chairperson Ms GJ Goodwin, Member Mr BK Neeson, Member REPRESENTATION: Mr...