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1. Interim Regulatory Impact Statement: Consultation options for adoption law reform [pdf, 857 KB]

   ...Commission’s 2001 report, Adoption and its Alternatives. Private individuals and groups have taken legal action to press for the urgency of adoption law reform. In 2016, advocacy group Adoption Action Inc successfully brought a case to the Human Rights Review Tribunal. 5 Māori individuals and groups have also brought two cases to the Waitangi Tribunal alleging that the Adoption Act constitutes unjustifiable discrimination against Māori. 6 These cases have not been heard, as...

2. Notice of intention to speak Māori [pdf, 192 KB]

   ...Appeal High Court Criminal District Court Criminal Family Youth Disputes Tribunal Tenancy Tribunal Māori Land Court Māori Appellate Court Environment Court Waitangi Tribunal Employment Relations Authority Human Rights Review Tribunal Coroners Court Other (please specify) …………………………………. Any additional information you think might assist the court: ………………………………………………………�...

3. Notice of intention to speak Māori [pdf, 233 KB]

   ...Court of Appeal High Court Criminal District Court Criminal Family Youth Disputes Tribunal Tenancy Tribunal Māori Land Court Māori Appellate Court Environment Court Waitangi Tribunal Employment Court Human Rights Review Tribunal Coroners Court Other (please specify) …………………………………. Any additional information you think might assist the court: …………………………………………………………�...

4. OIA-Copy of the Crimes Amendment Bill - incitement of hatred [pdf, 192 KB]

   ...to make a complaint to the Ombudsman under section 28(3) of the Act. The Office of the Ombudsman may be contacted by email to info@ombudsman.parliament.nz or by phone on 0800 802 602. Nāku noa, nā Carl Blackmun Acting Policy Manager, Human Rights S9(2)(a) S9(2)(a) S9(2)(a)

5. Extension & evaluation ideas

   ...stories Select several media stories about the justice system or have the students source their own.  In groups students consider these stories and report back on how the story reflects some of the concepts that are part of this study (social justice, human rights, responsibilities etc).  3. Visit a court Visiting a court can be a valuable educational experience.  If you are planning a court visit with your students, it is important to contact the court in advance. It may be poss...

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6. David Bain report of Hon Ian Binnie QC on compensation claim [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...Some of his fingerprints were impressed on the forestock in blood.  He says  animal blood.  The prosecution’s own expert, who performed tests of the  “fingerprint blood” after the 1995 conviction, acknowledged that no “human  DNA” was detected.  It is true that David told the Police that only he knew the  location of the key to the trigger lock.  However, after the murders the Police  found both live ammunitio...

7. [2018] NZEnvC 057 Far North Holdings Limited v Northland Regional Council [pdf, 5.5 MB]

   ...organisms that are present in New Zealand by providing for: (a) the development of effective and efficient instruments and measures that prevent, reduce or eliminate the adverse effects of harmful organisms on the economic wellbeing, the environment, human health, enjoyment of the natural environment, and the relationship between Maori, their culture, and their traditions and their ancestral lands, water sites, waahi tapu and taonga, and (b) the appropriate distribution of costs associa...

8. Proactive release - Restoration and modernisation of Ministry of Justice properties [pdf, 18 MB]

   ...Infrastructure Commission and the Treasury. 59. The judiciary has been informed of the paper and the Plan. Legislative Implications and Regulatory Impact Analysis 60. There are no immediate regulatory or legislative implications arising from this paper. Human Rights 61. The proposals are at an institutional level, and as such have no direct human rights implications within the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 or the Human Rights Act 1993. Gender Implications 62. There are no direct...

9. Provision of Public Information for the 2020 Referendums [pdf, 857 KB]

   ...the actual legislation being proposed. This kind of (mis)information could come from New Zealand or overseas, and it could be deliberately misleading or be based on (perhaps wilful) ignorance of the facts. 32. Freedom of expression is a fundamental human right, and this includes the freedom to express views that do not stand up to rational scrutiny. This applies in the leadup to a referendum just as much as in any other matter of public interest. In general, the best way to combat mistruths i...

10. Director of Proceedings v Summerset Group Holdings Ltd [2022] NZHRRT 1 [pdf, 443 KB]

    ...the papers DATE OF DECISION: 25 January 2022 (REDACTED) DECISION OF TRIBUNAL1 1 [This decision is to be cited as Director of Proceedings v Summerset Group Holdings Ltd [2022] NZHRRT 1. Note publication restrictions.] IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2022] NZHRRT 1 I TE TARAIPIUNARA MANA TANGATA 2 [1] These proceedings under the Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994 were filed on 17 December 2021. [2] Prior to the filing of the proceedings the...