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1. Enabling-a-four-year-term-of-Parliament_Updated_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 3 MB]

   ...referendum public information campaign could include specific information to best ensure full participation by Māori in the subject-matter and consider potential impacts for them, in order to make a fully informed decision on the referendum question. Human Rights 56 There are no inconsistencies with human rights in this paper. Use of external Resources 57 No external resources were used in the development of this advice. Consultation 58 The following departments and Offices ha...

2. Ngati Pahauwera Affidavits 2 of 4 [pdf, 11 MB]

   6 Vilma Hape photo 23: Raupunga School Beach trip to Mohaka 1999 - driftwood teepee and parent Vilma Hape photo 24: Raupunga School Beach trip to Mohaka 1999 - fire with children and parent, note fire is contained with rocks for safety 6 Vilma Hape photo 23: Raupunga School Beach trip to Mohaka 1999 - driftwood teepee and parent Vilma Hape photo 24: Raupunga School Beach trip to Mohaka 1999 - fire with children and parent, note fire is contained with rocks for safety Page 158

3. Proposals against incitement of hatred and discrimination - discussion document - Bengali [pdf, 472 KB]

   ......................................................................................................11 মত �কােশর �াধীনতার অিধকার সংরি�ত তেব যু��স�ত সীমা সােপ� ..............................12 মানবািধকার আইন (Human Rights Act) 1993-এ শ�তা �েরাচনা িনিষ� করার দু�ট িবধান রেয়েছ ..................................

4. ENVC Matiatia expert witness archaeology 2014 [pdf, 734 KB]

   ...can be investigated, particularly with regard to the use of phenomenology. This methodological approach is outlined in HB's evidence paragraph 21. b. The experts agree that this particular landscape has already been substantially altered by human activities. c. HB considers the interface between seascape and landscape as especially important and the marina does impact onto this interface. This is further explained in HB's evidence. d. In terms of visual effects, MP and DP...

5. BORA Overseas Investment (Owning Our Own Rural Land) Amendment Bill [pdf, 274 KB]

   ...Consistency of the Bill with the Bill of Rights Act Section 19 – Freedom from discrimination 6.Section 19(1) of the Bill of Rights Act provides that everyone has the right to freedom from discrimination on the prohibited grounds of discrimination in the Human Rights Act 1993. The prohibited grounds of discrimination include ethnic or national origin, which includes nationality or citizenship. 7.The Bill increases the restrictions on “overseas persons” investing in 5 hectares or...

6. BORA Ngāruahine Claims Settlement Bill [pdf, 274 KB]

   ...negotiated settlement of claims. 6. To the extent the exclusion of subsequent challenge could be said to limit a claimant’s minority rights under s 20 of the Bill of Rights Act, this would be justified on the same basis. 7. The United Nations Human Rights Committee upheld a similar exclusion under the 1992 Fisheries Settlement. The Committee found the exclusion was consistent with articles 14 and 27 of the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights, which are comparable to...

7. BORA Hineuru Claims Settlement Bill [pdf, 288 KB]

   ...negotiated settlement of claims. 6. To the extent the exclusion of subsequent challenge could be said to limit a claimant’s minority rights under s 20 of the Bill of Rights Act, this would be justified on the same basis. 7. The United Nations Human Rights Committee upheld a similar exclusion under the 1992 Fisheries Settlement. The Committee found the exclusion was consistent with articles 14 and 27 of the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights, which are comparable to s...

8. BORA Land Transfer (Tax Information) Bill [pdf, 287 KB]

   ...people. Consistency of the Bill with the Bill of Rights Act Section 14 – Freedom of expression 8. Section 14 of the Bill of Rights Act affirms that everyone has the right to freedom of expression. The freedom of expression is “as wide as human thought and imagination” [1] and includes any activity which conveys or attempts to convey a meaning. [2] 9. The freedom of expression also includes the right to say nothing or the right not to say certain things. [3] Clause 4 insert...

9. BORA Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Ranginui Claims Settlement Bill [pdf, 282 KB]

   ...challenges is a legitimate incident of the negotiated settlement of claims. To the extent exclusion of subsequent challenges could be said to limit a claimant’s minority rights under s 20, this would be justified on the same basis. 6. The United Nations Human Rights Committee upheld a similar exclusion under the 1992 Fisheries Settlement. The Committee found the exclusion was consistent with arts 14 and 27 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which are comparable...

10. BORA Affiliate Te Arawa Iwi and Hapu Claims Settlement Bill [pdf, 201 KB]

    ...into such an agreement. (See explanatory note pages 3-4.) This assessment is also consistent with the decision of the Court of Appeal in New Zealand Maori Council v Attorney-General [2008] 1 NZLR 318. 8.2 I also note the view of the United Nations Human Rights Committee that the exclusion of judicial review under the Fisheries Settlement, in the context of a negotiated settlement, was consistent with the right of access to the courts under art 14(1) of the International Covenant on Civil...