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1. Felicity Boyd - Revised Policy Drafting dated 9 November 2021 - PDF version [pdf, 141 KB]

   ...of the applicant. 7.D.5 When considering any discharge under section 12.C, including the duration of any consent, have regard to: (a) The effects, including cumulative effects, of the discharge on water quality, ecosystem health and natural and human use values, including Kāi Tahu cultural and spiritual beliefs, values and uses; and (b) The physical characteristics and any particular sensitivity of the land and the sensitivity of the any receiving water; and (c) The quality and per...

2. OIA-105436.pdf [pdf, 336 KB]

   ...(indecency between males) Crimes Act 1961 section 142 (sodomy) Crimes Act 1961 section 146 (keeping place of resort for homosexual acts) Crimes Act 1961 section 153 (unnatural offence) Crimes Act 1908 but only for offences committed with any other male human being section 154 (attempt to commit unnatural offence) Crimes Act 1908 but only for offences attempted to be committed with or against any other male human being In response to this part of your request, please refer to the attac...

3. 20241107-Treaty-Principles-Bill.pdf [pdf, 291 KB]

   ...intention2 but in the absence of any contrary indication it may have to conclude that Parliament must have intended an inconsistency. 13. This Bill expressly upholds the guarantee of equality before the law and “the equal enjoyment of the same fundamental human rights.” Those fundamental human rights must include the rights guaranteed by the NZBORA and that includes ss 19 and 20. 14. Due to the shortened time for consideration, we have not attempted to examine every existing statutory pro...

4. Working group

   ...a number of areas of law including civil litigation before moving into academia. I studied for a Masters of Law at Harvard Law School and my PhD at the University of Otago. My academic work has combined my early legal interest and work experience in human rights law with my later work in civil litigation. My research is focused on developing systems and supports for everyone to be able to access our civil justice system. There are many people and organisations working hard to improve access to...

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5. Jones v Accident Compensation Corporation [2025] NZHRRT 25 [pdf, 304 KB]

   ...receives weekly payments from the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) in compensation for a workplace injury he suffered in the early 1990s. 1 This decision is to be cited as Jones v Accident Compensation Corporation [2025] NZHRRT 25. IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2025] NZHRRT 25 I TE TARAIPIUNARA MANA TANGATA REFERENCE NO. HRRT 052/2023 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 2020 BETWEEN CRAIG RICHARD JONES PLAINTIFF AND ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION DEFENDANT...

6. Common Bundle Volume 2 [pdf, 3.4 MB]

   20 Schedules CB305 S C H E D U L E S 20-2 Regional Plan: Water for Otago, updated to 1 July 2018 Table of Contents for Schedules 1 to 17 1. Schedule of natural and human use values of Otago’s surface water bodies ...........................................................................................................................4 1A Schedule of natural values .......................................................................6 1AA Schedule of Ota...

7. Vincent Carlyle Kerr - Evidence in Chief [pdf, 6.6 MB]

   ...been focussed on the fish populations, while the habitats and environments which underpin their production have been largely ignored. This situation is changing, with an increasing awareness that habitats are important and can be degraded through human activities, both marine and land-based. While the wider field of marine ecology has been researching such fish-habitat themes for a number of decades, the species worked on are often small, site-attached, and relatively short-lived; while f...

8. [2014] NZEmpC 153 Roy v BOT of Tamaki College [pdf, 131 KB]

   ...jurisdictional issues to be decided before Christopher Roy’s challenge to a determination 1 of the Employment Relations Authority can progress. [2] Until a few weeks ago the defendant contended that, having chosen to make a complaint under the Human Rights Act 1993, Mr Roy could not subsequently in law bring a personal grievance in reliance on the same conduct by his employer as formed the basis of his Human Rights Act complaint. This argument relied on s 112(4) of the Employ...

9. Proactive release – Government response to the Law Commission Report: “The Second Review of the Evidence Act 2006” [pdf, 2.5 MB]

   ...proceedings. Extension of sections 44 and 44A to civil cases 29. In civil proceedings, there is no general mechanism for controlling the admissibility of sexual experience and sexual reputation evidence, although the Employment Relations Act 2000 and the Human Rights Act 1993 contain specific provisions controlling this evidence in sexual harassment proceedings. 30. However, there may be occasions outside these employment or human rights contexts where it would be appropriate to have...

10. Proposals against incitement of hatred and discrimination - summary document - Tokelauan [pdf, 298 KB]

    ...te Āmiotonu (Ministry of Justice) (ko te Matāeke) e fia maua mai ni ō lagona ki nā fuafuaga e ono iēia ke hui te tūlāfono e uiga ki te fakaohooho ke fai he āmio kino ma te fakailoga tino. Ko te Tūlāfono o te Aiātatau o Tagata 1993 (Human Rights Act 1993) e fakahā e ia nā lāuga iēia e fakatupu (fakaoho ita ) ai te fakailoga lanu ma te fekehekeheakiga. E fakahā foki e ia te fakailoga tino e teteke ki he tino ona ko te tūlaga e iei ō lātou fakahinomaga. I na kua u...