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1. Electoral-Matters-Bill_Communications-Tranche-49.pdf [pdf, 22 MB]

   ...Prisoners-Amendment-Bill-v2.pclf IN CONFIDENCE 6 Sarah Collins Cross-Out Sarah Collins Cross-Out IN CONFIDENCE - DRAFT FOR MINISTER I AL CONSULTATION ban may also be inconsistent with section 23(5) of NZBORA (everyone deprived of liberty shall be treated with humanity and respect for the inherent dignity of the person); 36 .2 the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi. The Waitangi Tribunal previously found that a prisoner voting ban does not comply with the duty to actively prot...

2. McKeogh v Attorney-General [2020] NZHRRT 39 [pdf, 368 KB]

   Reference No. HRRT 041/2016 UNDER THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1993 BETWEEN JANETTE KATHERINE MCKEOGH First Plaintiff AND DONNA ANNE LA FAUCI Second Plaintiff AND MALCOLM LEON LARSEN Third Plaintiff AND ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF NEW ZEALAND IN RESPECT OF THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT Defendant AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: Mr RPG Haines ONZM QC, Chairperson Ms GJ Goodwin, Member Ms ST Scott QSM, Member REPRESENTATION: Mr R Kee, Director of Human Rights Proce...

3. Proactive-release-firearms-reform-programme_FINAL-v2.pdf [pdf, 1.9 MB]

   ...within the process. We propose undertaking the work in four phases 23. We propose progressing this work programme in four, overlapping phases. Each phase includes several workstreams of policy, legislative, implementation, and related finance and human resources work. The phases are: 23.1. Phase 1: enabling enforcement – supporting Police through improvements to FPOs 23.2. Phase 2: immediate relief for clubs and ranges (Part 6), and other time sensitive matters In Confidence...

4. Director of Proceedings v Emms [2013] NZHRRT 5 [pdf, 165 KB]

   1 (1) ORDER PROHIBITING PUBLICATION OF NAME, ADDRESS OR IDENTIFYING PARTICULARS OF THE AGGRIEVED PERSON (2) ORDER PREVENTING SEARCH OF THE TRIBUNAL FILE WITHOUT LEAVE OF THE TRIBUNAL IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2013] NZHRRT 5 Reference No. HRRT 017/2011 UNDER SECTION 50 OF THE HEALTH AND DISABILITY COMMISSIONER ACT 1994 BETWEEN DIRECTOR OF PROCEEDINGS PLAINTIFF AND ROBERT EMMS DEFENDANT AT NELSON BEFORE: Mr RPG Haine...

5. Final Submissions Summary Report [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...Strategy (NZ Police) was a strong example of an agency implementing a partnership approach based programme which required reform within Government. Although focused on Māori, the strategy was also successful in reducing incarceration amongst Pākehā. Human Rights Commission A better and stronger active relationship between Māori and Crown is imperative to trying to sort out some of the deep seated racial antagonism between the two. Individual submission All New Zealanders need to...

6. Human-Rights-Commission-Wallace-v-AG.pdf [pdf, 108 KB]

   RAEWYN WALLACE v ATTORNEY-GENERAL [2021] NZCA 506 [4 October 2021] IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF NEW ZEALAND I TE KŌTI PĪRA O AOTEAROA CA534/2021 [2021] NZCA 506 BETWEEN RAEWYN WALLACE Applicant AND ATTORNEY-GENERAL Respondent Counsel: G E Minchin for Applicant Judgment: (On the papers) 4 October 2021 at 10.00 am JUDGMENT OF MILLER J (Review of Registrar’s Decision) The application for review of th

7. Review of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012

   ...Government. By seeking a broad range of community views and experiences, the Government will be better placed to determine how to keep our search and surveillance law effective, appropriate, coherent, transparent, and cost effective while reflecting human rights within the unique Aotearoa New Zealand context. Targeted engagement for the review is being carried out during the first part of 2022 and will be followed by wider public engagement later in the year. Go here for more information....

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8. Independent Electoral Review Final Report [pdf, 11 MB]

   ................................................................................................................................. 48 Foundations ............................................................................................................................................... 51 1. The Constitutional and Human Rights Context of Electoral Law ...................................... 53 2. The Overall Design of Our Electoral Laws .........................................................

9. [2015] NZEmpC 35 Coy v Commissioner of Police [pdf, 592 KB]

   ...complaint is about historical alleged ongoing incidents of maltreatment in employment. That is so, in particular, where those allegations relate to the acts or omissions of an immediate supervisor who is substantially removed from the employer’s human resources personnel or other senior management in the organisation’s hierarchy. [11] If one accepts (solely for the purpose of these general comments) the validity to her of the plaintiff’s numerous historic complaints against h...

10. [2019] NZEnvC 160 Hawthenden Limited v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 21 MB]

    ...the significant element of judgment required to select features and landscapes as "sufficiently natural" to warrant identification as ONFs or ONLs. In particular, that selection includes choices as to the significance or otherwise of human modifications to a feature or landscape. Associated with those choices are judgments as to the resilience, or otherwise, of the feature or landscape to further human modification. Transparency in the ODP about those choices is highly desir...