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1. Legal Needs Survey - General Population Survey - Summary Infographic [pdf, 607 KB]

   ...experienced 77% of legal issues Some groups were more likely than others to experience legal issues, including: 54% of LGBT+ respondents 49% of respondents who are single parents46% of Māori respondents45% of respondents looking for work42% of disabled respondents 74% of issues had some form of specific negative impact, with poor mental health (associated with 59% of issues) and financial loss (38%) being the two most common negative impacts 50% of caring or end-...

2. NZCVS-Cycle-5-Impact-of-COVID-Victim-experience.xlsx [xlsx, 247 KB]

   ...represents the areas with the least deprived scores, and 10 (or 5) represents the areas with the most deprived scores. The analysis is based on the latest NZDep data available at the time - Cycles 1, 2 and 3 use NZDep2013 and Cycle 4 uses NZDep2018. Disability In the report, adults with disability are defined using the Washington Group Short Set (WGSS) of disability questions. The questions ask if the respondent has experienced difficulties performing basic universal activities (walking, seei...

3. NZCVS-Cycle-5-Impact-of-COVID-Victim-experience-v2 [xlsx, 247 KB]

   ...represents the areas with the least deprived scores, and 10 (or 5) represents the areas with the most deprived scores. The analysis is based on the latest NZDep data available at the time - Cycles 1, 2 and 3 use NZDep2013 and Cycle 4 uses NZDep2018. Disability In the report, disabled adults are defined using the Washington Group Short Set (WGSS) of disability questions. The questions ask if the respondent has experienced difficulties performing basic universal activities (walking, seeing, hea...

4. [2014] NZEmpC 15 Mattingly v Strata Title Management Ltd [pdf, 98 KB]

   ...either a decrease or increase to that starting point. The Authority concluded that a $300 decrease was appropriate to reflect the fact that the plaintiff withdrew an age discrimination claim at the beginning of the investigation meeting and a disability discrimination claim during the investigation, thereby putting the defendant to unnecessary costs. The Authority increased costs by $1,500 in recognition of the defendant’s failure to accept a reasonable settlement offer made in...

5. NZCVS Cycle 4 Core Report FAQs [docx, 43 KB]

   ...compared to our previous year (Cycle 3). This decrease was driven by a decrease in offending by current partners (as opposed to ex-partners). The report provides some new results not included in previous reports. For example, looking at working age adults, disabled adults are four times as likely to be highly victimised compared to non-disabled adults. Females who are separated or divorced are significantly more likely to be victimised, while males who are married, in a civil union, or in a de...

6. Adoption in Aotearoa New Zealand: Summary document - Easy Read [docx, 11 MB]

   ...https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/it72HDAjgLLOjisj79i7folKQ9OVIZdv4R7ZtQh4HmaKyYcy7CFlSYpFXRIxj4tnk1nB_R7ep96-dOFtwNwWRPmuMdXuL-oQh5f4tFvy_5d6tQ5xoKnrykWlhVZ-FhC8IQUDhqw] · what should happen if a birth parent or parents want to withdraw their consent? 3. Disabled parents [image: ] Another reason to look at adoption laws is to look at the dispensing with consent rule. [image: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/it72HDAjgLLOjisj79i7folKQ9OVIZdv4R7ZtQh4HmaKyYcy7CFlSYpFXRIxj4tnk1nB_R7ep96-dOFtw...

7. Family legal aid pre-proceedings steps - December 2007 [pdf, 632 KB]

   ...to the progression of the proceedings. • Adoption is sought for more than one child. There may need to be different applications and reports and there may be different circumstances relating to each. • A party suffers from an intellectual disability or mental illness, language or reading difficulties – but not necessitating a separate interpreter – requiring more time in taking instructions or prolonging proceedings. An additional allowance for the use of interpreters is avail...

8. Legal Aid Family Proceedings Steps [pdf, 632 KB]

   ...to the progression of the proceedings. • Adoption is sought for more than one child. There may need to be different applications and reports and there may be different circumstances relating to each. • A party suffers from an intellectual disability or mental illness, language or reading difficulties – but not necessitating a separate interpreter – requiring more time in taking instructions or prolonging proceedings. An additional allowance for the use of interpreters is avail...

9. Legal needs among low-income New Zealanders survey [pdf, 808 KB]

   ...two years:  Single parents (64%)  People who are in receipt of benefits (60%)  Māori respondents (55%)  Pacific respondents (53%)  People with a vocational qualification (54%)  People with a long-term health problem or disability (53%) Page 4  Those who have moved home two or more times in the past year (51%)  People with a household income between $40,001 and $60,000 (46%)  Renters (44% compared with 31% of people who own their own hom...

10. 2017 NZSSAA 067 (27 November 2017) [pdf, 105 KB]

    ...absent from New Zealand between 17 and 30 July 2016. Relevant law Entitlement to jobseeker support [9] Section 88E of the Social Security Act 1964 (the Act) provides for a grant of jobseeker support on the ground of sickness, injury or disability. A medical certificate is required to support this application. [10] Section 88F of the Act sets out the obligations on recipients of jobseeker support. Section 88F(2) requires the Chief Executive to determine, after 3...