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1. Race-Relations-Commissioner_June-Release_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 288 KB]

   ...Hon Dr Deborah Russell, Associate Minister of Justice Race Relations Commissioner Date 12 June 2023 File reference Action Sought Timeframe/Deadline Note the following sequence of events: (a) following receipt of the Board of the Human Rights Commission’s final report into Commissioner Foon’s conduct on 26 May 2023, you wrote to Commissioner Foon on 30 May 2023 asking that he confirm directly to you the accuracy of the Board’s report and to make any comments he sa...

2. [2024] NZEnvC 169 Friends of Nelson Haven v Marlborough District Council [pdf, 603 KB]

   ...flanking much of the Marlborough Sounds and offshore sediment dominated areas) are extensive in the coastal marine area. These ecosystems and habitats can retain moderate and, in places, higher levels of ecological value despite a long history of human use and activity particularly where they are associated with other ecological features or characteristics that otherwise meet the signifi cance criteria. The coast is affected by a wide variety of physical and biological processes in...

3. Zhang v James Cook Hotel Ltd (Strike Out) [2025] NZHRRT 2 [pdf, 247 KB]

   ...Daniels with Coke No Sugar. The bartender explained to Mr Zhang that it did not have Coke No Sugar, despite the Hotel advertising its availability 1 This decision is to be cited as Zhang v James Cook Hotel Ltd (Strike Out) [2025] NZHRRT 2. IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2025] NZHRRT 2 I TE TARAIPIUNARA MANA TANGATA Reference No. HRRT 049/2021 UNDER THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1993 BETWEEN TAIMING ZHANG PLAINTIFF AND JAMES COOK HOTEL LIMITED DEFENDANT AT WELLING...

4. MBC v Te Whatu Ora (Strike Out Application) [2025] NZHRRT 35 [pdf, 254 KB]

   ...CHAIRPERSON REDACTED DECISION OF TRIBUNAL REGARDING STRIKE OUT APPLICATION1 1 This decision is to be cited as MBC v Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand Taranaki (Strike Out Application) [2025] NZHRRT 35. Note publication restrictions. IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2025] NZHRRT 35 I TE TARAIPIUNARA MANA TANGATA Reference No. HRRT 038/2023 UNDER THE HEALTH AND DISABILITY COMMISSIONER ACT 1994 BETWEEN MBC PLAINTIFF AND TE WHATU ORA – HEALTH NEW ZEALAND TA...

5. BORA Relationships Statutory References Bill [pdf, 65 KB]

   ...Security Act 1964 in Schedules 8 and 9 of the Bill in respect of the Widows and Woman Alone Benefits appear to be inconsistent with the freedom from discrimination on the grounds of sex affirmed by s 19(1) of the Bill of Rights Act and s 21(1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1993, and do not appear to be justifiable in terms of s 5 of the Bill of Rights Act. 2. Further, the amendment to s 35(2) of the Immigration Act 1987 in Schedule 14 of the Bill, which provides that the Minister may declin...

6. BORA Taxation (Budget Measures) Bill [pdf, 89 KB]

   ...changes to WFF raise an issue of apparent age discrimination. Changes to Working for families 3. Section 19(1) of the Bill of Rights Act affirms that everyone has the right to freedom from discrimination on the grounds of discrimination in the Human Rights Act 1993. The grounds of discrimination under the Human Rights Act include age. 4. Drawing on the New Zealand case law on discrimination, we consider that the key questions in assessing whether there is a limit on the right t...

7. BORA Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Bill [pdf, 370 KB]

   ...right to seek and receive information. 6. Given these express references, it might be suggested that the right of freedom of expression extends to a right to obtain information. However, the courts in New Zealand and Canada and the European Court of Human Rights have each held that the right relates to restriction on the receipt of information, not a positive entitlement to be given information held by the state or others. 7. First, in R v Mahanga, the Court of Appeal rejected a claim u...

8. BORA Broadcasting (Games of National Significance) Amendment Bill [pdf, 197 KB]

   ...free-to-air. Consistency of the Bill with the Bill of Rights Act Section 19(1) – Freedom from discrimination 6. Section 19 of the Bill of Rights Act affirms that everyone has the right to freedom from discrimination on the grounds set out in the Human Rights Act 1993, which include the grounds of sex and disability.1 1 Human Rights Act 1993, s 21(1)((a) and (h). 7. The key questions in assessing whether a Bill places a limit on t...

9. BORA Education Amendment Bill (No 2) [pdf, 101 KB]

   ...discrimination 4. The Bill raises two issues triggering the right to freedom from discrimination. Section 19(1) of the Bill of Rights Act affirms that everyone has the right to be free from discrimination on the grounds of discrimination in the Human Rights Act 1993, which include family status and national origin. Legislation may give rise to prima facie discrimination under s 19(1) of the Bill of Rights Act if the legislation draws a distinction based on one of the prohibited grou...

10. Overseas Investment (Forestry) Amendment Bill [pdf, 228 KB]

    ...provisions to ensure their workability and clarity. Consistency of the Bill with the Bill of Rights Act Section 19 – Freedom from discrimination 9. Section 19(1) of the Bill of Rights Act affirms the right to be free from discrimination. The Human Rights Act 1993 provides that ethnic or national origins, which includes nationality or citizenship, is a prohibited ground of discrimination.1 10. The key question, in assessing whether there is a limit on the right to freedom from...