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1. [2021] NZEnvC 001 Minister of Conservation v Northland Regional Council [pdf, 3.8 MB]

   ...in Northland. [65] Overall, we conclude that the most significant risk to aquatic flora and fauna is low flow periods, particularly during the drought periods experienced on a relatively frequent basis. This is also the time of peak demand for human use of water including for household, stock and rootstock. [66] In relation to Water Harvesting the high variability in flow gives more confidence that, provided appropriate flow variability is maintained, the other objectives of the Pla...

2. Proactive release - New Compensation Guidelines for Wrongful Conviction and Imprisonment [pdf, 756 KB]

   ...compensation for wrongly convicted individuals. This process has worked in the past and I propose that it continues. Legislative Implications 72. There are no legislative implications. Impact Analysis 73. The impact analysis requirements do not apply. Human Rights 74. The proposals appear to be consistent with the rights and freedoms contained in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 and the Human Rights Act 1993. Implications for Māori 75. I recognise that Māori experience d...

3. Director of Proceedings v Taranaki District Health Board [2021] NZHRRT 49 [pdf, 613 KB]

   ...papers DATE OF DECISION: 1 November 2021 (REDACTED) DECISION OF TRIBUNAL1 1 [This decision is to be cited as Director of Proceedings v Taranaki District Health Board [2021] NZHRRT 49. Note publication restrictions.] IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2021] NZHRRT 49 I TE TARAIPIUNARA MANA TANGATA 2 [1] These proceedings under the Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994 were filed on 31 March 2021. [2] Prior to the filing of the proceedings the parties...

4. Directory of Official Information 2019 M-O [pdf, 513 KB]

   ...Vice-Chancellor. The Senior Leadership Team comprises the Vice Chancellor (chair)l; the Pro Vice- Chancellor’s (who provide academic and administrative leadership of each of the University’s five academic colleges – Business, Creative Arts, Health, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Sciences); and Deputy Vice-Chancellor’s, whose portfolios provide core corporate functions to all operating units across the University 17 The Academic Board has established a sub-committee...

5. [2021] NZEmpC 35 Radford v Chief of New Zealand Defence Force [pdf, 415 KB]

   ...apply to an employment agreement between the Chief of Defence Force and a person in Ms Radford’s situation. [6] In evaluating whether the matter should be removed to the Court, the Authority received evidence from the Divisional Manager for Human Resources for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT), as well as from the parties. 1 Chief of New Zealand Defence Force v Radford [2018] NZERA Wellington 106 (Member Campbell) at [20]. [7] Subsequently, MFAT appli...

6. Proactive-release-Better-Outcomes-for-Victims-Work-Programme_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 1.7 MB]

   ...inequities in current victims’ services and systems for Māori. As a first step, work is underway to identify the best ways of achieving this through the governance arrangements for the victims work programme and the supporting working groups. Human Rights 94 Providing better outcomes for victims will enhance human rights and is consistent with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 and the Human Rights Act 1993. 95 The proposed legislative change to enable the Court to restrain a...

7. Sale-and-Supply-of-Alcohol-Community-Participation-Amendment-Bill.FINAL.pdf [pdf, 3.3 MB]

   ...breastfeeding people (and their children); and rangatahi. Further information about the alcohol harms experienced by these groups is set out in the paper Reforms to the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 considered by Cabinet on 19 October 2022. Human Rights 51 The proposals in this paper preserve the right for parties to be heard and for DLCs to ask questions of parties during hearings. As such, we consider that the proposals do not limit any rights of freedoms provided in the Ne...

8. Evaluation of programmes for Māori adult protected tersons under the Domestic Violence Act 1995 [pdf, 4.3 MB]

   ...Strait Islander Women’s Task Force on Violence Report, 1999, Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy and Development, Queensland, Australia. 24 ibid. 25 ibid. 26 Henare, M. (1995). Te Tiriti, te tangata, te whänau: the Treaty, the human person, the family. In Rights and responsibilities. Papers from the International Year of the Family Symposium on Rights and Responsibilities of the Family held in Wellington, 14 to 16 October 1994. Wellington: International Year of the Fam...

9. [2008] NZEmpC AC 35/08 Webb v New Zealand Tramways and Public Passengers Transport Union Inc [pdf, 30 KB]

   ...submitted that a headnote summary of the determinations prepared by the Authority for publication on the Department of Labour’s website would be a better way of informing interested union members. Such summaries are, however, prepared for legal and human resources practitioners and tend to emphasise the legal outcomes and the Authority’s reasoning. There are other parts of the Authority’s determinations that should be available to members so that, put succinctly, mor...

10. [2009] NZEmpC CC 18/09 Grey v Director-General of Conservation [pdf, 34 KB]

    ...departmental solicitor and as solicitor on the record in proceedings against the Attorney-General. [4] The first documents that Ms Grey asks to be disclosed are “All advice, file notes etc recording communications between the Director-General, and his human resources team…”. Counsel for the defendant assures the Court that there are no such documents other than those which have already been disclosed to the plaintiff. Such an assurance from counsel is usually determinative o...