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1. Common Bundle Volume 1 [pdf, 3.9 MB]

   .................................................................................. 4-5 4.12 Identifying Kai Tahu cultural and spiritual beliefs, values and uses ......... 4-5 4.13 Issues of concern to Kai Tahu .................................................................... 4-5 5. Natural and Human Use Values of Lakes and Rivers ............................................. 5-1 5.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................

2. Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination – concluding observations 18th-20th reports addendum [pdf, 257 KB]

   ...Discrimination adopted concluding observations on New Zealand’s eighteenth to twentieth periodic reports (CERD/C/NZL/18-20). The Committee requested relevant information, within a year, on four of its recommendations related to the national action plan on human rights (paragraph 8 of the concluding observations), incitement of racial hatred on the internet (paragraph 9), the Waitangi Tribunal’s 2011 Wai 262 decision (paragraph 14), and the preservation of Māori and Pasifika lan...

3. Baker v High Court (Strike-Out Application) [2021] NZHRRT 56 [pdf, 543 KB]

   (1) ORDER PROHIBITING PUBLICATION OF PLAINTIFF’S NAME (2) ORDER PREVENTING SEARCH OF THE TRIBUNAL FILE WITHOUT LEAVE OF THE TRIBUNAL OR OF THE CHAIRPERSON Reference No. HRRT 045/2021 UNDER THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1993 BETWEEN SUSAN BAKER Plaintiff AND HIGH COURT OF AUCKLAND First Defendant AND NEW ZEALAND COURT OF APPEAL Second Defendant AND COMMISSIONER OF INLAND REVENUE Third Defendant AND ATTORNEY-GENERAL Fourth Defendant AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: Mr RPG...

4. BORA Electoral (Administration) Amendment Bill [pdf, 287 KB]

   ...House of Representatives.” “Everyone has the right to freedom of expression, including the freedom to seek, receive, and impart information and opinions of any kind in any form.” Whether provisions limit s 12(b) right 6. The United Nations Human Rights Committee has considered restrictions of this kind as limitation on the parallel right under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.[1] However, the Ontario Court of Appeal has suggested that a requirement to re...

5. HART Act - Section 65 application form [pdf, 119 KB]

   How the Family Court can help donor conceived people Making an application to the Family Court under section 65 of the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004 Your details Full name (include also known by): Date of birth: Email and phone: Address: Your application (Please tick a box) I am applying to the Family Court for an order under section 65 of the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act (HART) 2004. I have attached proof that I am on the HART register....

6. Human Rights Act amendment to strengthen incitement laws

   The Government is amending the Human Rights Act 1993 to include religious communities in the existing protections against incitement that have been in place since the 1970s.It is already illegal to publish or distribute threatening, abusive, or insulting words likely to ‘excite hostility against’ or ‘bring into contempt’ any group on the grounds of colour, race, ethnic or national origins. Those grounds will be extended, in both the civil (section 61) and criminal (section 131) provision...

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7. BORA Maori Fisheries Bill [pdf, 114 KB]

   ...of the provisions of the Bill that could be argued to give rise to prima facie issues of consistency with section 19(1) of the Bill of Rights Act - i.e. everyone has the right to freedom from discrimination on the grounds of discrimination in the Human Rights Act 1993. Section 19 Freedom from Discrimination 5. Section 19(1) of the Bill of Rights Act provides the right to freedom from discrimination on the grounds set out in section 21 of the Human Rights Act 1993. These grounds inclu...

8. Proactive release - Commencement of Courts and Tribunals Legislation [pdf, 925 KB]

   ...instrument 23 September 2019 This document is publicly available at www.legislation.govt.nz 4 Disputes Tribunal Amendment Rules 2019 Legislative instrument 23 September 2019 This document is publicly available at www.legislation.govt.nz 5 Human Rights Review Tribunal Amendment Regulations 2019 Legislative instrument 23 September 2019 This document is publicly available at www.legislation.govt.nz 6 Immigration and Protection Tribunal Amendment Regulations 2019 Legi...

9. Taylor v Corrections (Admissibility of Evidence) [2016] NZHRRT 10 [pdf, 72 KB]

   1 IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2016] NZHRRT 10 Reference No. HRRT 025/2015 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 1993 BETWEEN ARTHUR WILLIAM TAYLOR PLAINTIFF AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS DEFENDANT AT AUCKLAND BEFORE: Mr RPG Haines QC, Chairperson Mr RK Musuku, Member Mr BK Neeson JP, Member REPRESENTATION: Mr AW Taylor in person Ms V Casey for defendant DATE OF ADMISSIBILITY HEARING: 9 March 2016 DATE...

10. Dean v Ministry of Social Development (Strike-Out) [2024] NZHRRT 15 [pdf, 218 KB]

    1 DECISION OF TRIBUNAL STRIKING-OUT CLAIM1 [1] Mr Dean has brought a claim to the Tribunal, alleging discrimination by the Ministry of Social Development (Ministry) in breach of Part 1A of the Human Rights Act 1993 (HRA). [2] The defendants have made application under section 115A of the HRA to strike out Mr Dean’s proceeding on the grounds that it discloses no reasonable cause of action, is 1 This decision is to be cited as Dean v Ministry of Social Development (Strike...