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1. Te Ture Whenua Maori Succession Dispute Resolution and Related Matters [pdf, 133 KB]

   ...iwi or hapū in determining whether a whāngai child is eligible to succeed to interests in Māori freehold land. Whāngai – limitation to s 19 11. Section 19 of the Bill of Rights Act prohibits discrimination on the grounds contained in the Human Rights Act 1993. One of those grounds is family status, which includes “being a relative of a particular person”.5 The definition of relative includes someone who is related by “blood, marriage, civil union, de facto relationship,...

2. Guo v PwC (Non-Party Discovery - Oral Hearing) [2020] NZHRRT 51 [pdf, 208 KB]

   1 IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2020] NZHRRT 51 I TE TARAIPIUNARA MANA TANGATA Reference No. HRRT 024/2016 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 1993 BETWEEN YAN GUO PLAINTIFF AND PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS DEFENDANT TRIBUNAL: Rodger Haines ONZM QC, Chairperson REPRESENTATION: Ms Y Guo in person assisted by Ms Li Yan (her mother) as McKenzie friend Mr TL Clarke for defendant Ms HC Stuart for CityMed Medical Centre Ltd (non-party)...

3. The Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill [pdf, 179 KB]

   ...amounts to an unreasonable search in terms of s 21 of the Bill of Rights Act. Section 19 – Freedom from discrimination 20. Section 19(1) of the Bill of Rights Act affirms the right to freedom from discrimination on the grounds set out in the Human Rights Act 1993 (the Human Rights Act). The key questions in assessing whether there is a limit on this right are:4 2 See Hansen v R [2007] NZSC 7, [2007] 3 NZLR 1 (SC). 3 We discuss these offences further below at para 30 to 37 in...

4. [2022] NZEnvC 190 Marine Farming Association v Marlborough District Council [pdf, 610 KB]

   ...change, the rise in global temperatures must be kept to less than 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. There is now strong evidence that most of the warming observed is attributable to increased concentrations of greenhouse gases produced by human activities. As more gases accumulate in the atmosphere, the Earth gets warmer, resulting in rising sea temperatures and levels, the melting of glaciers and ice caps and greater extremes in weather patterns, such as more storms of greate...

5. [2023] NZEnvC 164 Waikato Regional Council v Rawhiti Environmental Park Limited [pdf, 258 KB]

   ...necessary to: (a) ensure that REPL complies with the RMA and other applicable regulations and standards (including Rule 3.5.5.3 of the Waikato Regional Plan); and (b) address the immediate threat to the environment and the identified risks to human health. 11 In light of his dealings with REPL over the past twelve months, Mr Lynch was of the opinion that REPL will not willingly meet its legal obligations to comply with the RMA and that REPL must be compelled to do so. Mak...

6. Mitchell v Corrections [2024] NZHRRT 13 [pdf, 176 KB]

   ...However, the transitional provisions in the Privacy Act 2020 sch 1 cl 9(1) provide that these proceedings must be continued and completed under the 2020 Act, but that does not alter the relevant legal rights and obligations in force at the time IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2024] NZHRRT 13 I TE TARAIPIUNARA MANA TANGATA 2 of the Department of Corrections (‘Corrections’) regarding matters relating to her treatment while in the custody of Corrections. [2] In respon...

7. Bevan-Smith v One New Zealand Group Ltd (Strike Out) [2024] NZHRRT 48 [pdf, 583 KB]

   ...communications about me with the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) and/or the Government Communications Security Bureau 1 This decision is to be cited as Bevan-Smith v One New Zealand Group Ltd (Strike Out) [2024] NZHRRT 48. IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2024] NZHRRT 48 I TE TARAIPIUNARA MANA TANGATA Reference No. HRRT 043/2022 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 2020 BETWEEN JOHN BEVAN-SMITH PLAINTIFF AND ONE NEW ZEALAND GROUP LIMITED (formerly VODAFONE NEW ZEALAND LI...

8. 20241211 Gene Technology Bill [pdf, 249 KB]

   ...decision- maker; b. establish a Technical Advisory Committee and a Māori Advisory Committee to provide the Regulator with expert advice; c. create an authorisation framework to regulate gene technologies and GMOs and manage any risks they pose to human health and safety and the environment by imposing risk-proportionate conditions; d. update definitions to account for current and future changes to gene technologies; e. establish new offences and penalties for breaches of the reg...

9. Wild v Ministry for Primary Industries (Strike Out) [2024] NZHRRT 12 [pdf, 239 KB]

   ...that MPI breached IPP 6 by withholding certain information when responding to her information privacy request dated 22 March 2020. 1 This decision is to be cited as Wild v Ministry for Primary Industries (Strike Out) [2024] NZHRRT 12. IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2024] NZHRRT 12 I TE TARAIPIUNARA MANA TANGATA 2 [2] The Certificate of Investigation Ms Wild provided with her claim records that the Privacy Commissioner commenced an investigation into whether MPI’s...

10. RIS - Control Orders [pdf, 918 KB]

    ...Department to obtain policy perspectives on the functioning of the Canadian regime and any lessons learnt. Our consideration of international regimes included: • first principles and intent of control order regimes • the balancing of security and human rights considerations • the application criteria and process for control orders • design of conditions, monitoring and regulation • review, appeal and evaluation process for orders • the process for bringing an indivi...