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1. Directory of Official Information G-I [pdf, 830 KB]

   ........................................................................................................55 New Zealand Horticulture Export Authority .....................................................................57 Ministry of Housing and Urban Development ..................................................................60 Human Rights Commission ...............................................................................................63 Hutt Valley District Health Board..........

2. Directory of Official Information G-I [pdf, 834 KB]

   ........................................................................................................55 New Zealand Horticulture Export Authority .....................................................................57 Ministry of Housing and Urban Development ..................................................................60 Human Rights Commission ...............................................................................................63 Hutt Valley District Health Board..........

3. BORA Juries (Jury Service and Protection of Particulars of Jury List Information) Amendment Bill [pdf, 368 KB]

   ...prohibited ground of disability. The clause provides for individuals to be treated differently depending on their capacity to perform a juror’s duty, not on the basis of disability. A person may have a disability in terms of the definition in the Human Rights Act 1993, and not be eligible for a permanent excusal because they are capable of performing a juror’s duty. [5] 7. No discriminatory impact arises from either the differential treatment on the basis of age or disability. Acc...

4. BORA Electoral Amendment Bill [pdf, 288 KB]

   ...orderly elections; and 7.3 The extension of financial disclosure obligations to loans appears brings such funding into line with other sources of electoral finance. 8. It is also material, noting the approach in particular of the European Court of Human Rights in Animal Defenders, above, that these amendments follow recommendations of the Electoral Commission, a non-partisan body, and of the parliamentary inquiry into the 2011 general election. On that basis, we conclude that these lim...

5. Overseas Investment (Exempt Investment from OECD Countries) Amendment Bill [pdf, 161 KB]

   ...defined in s 6 Overseas Investment Act 2005. Consistency of the Bill with the Bill of Rights Act Section 19 – Freedom from discrimination 7. 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.4 8. The key question, in assessing whether there is a limit on the right to freedom from discri...

6. Timmo v ICL NZ Limited (Strike-Out) [2023] NZHRRT 23 [pdf, 142 KB]

   ...2021 filed his claim in the Tribunal. [3] There has been no action taken by Mr Timmo for an extended period of time. Given this, the Tribunal must determine whether the claim has become an abuse of process and should be struck out under s 115A of the Human Rights Act 1993 (HRA). 1 [This decision is to be cited as Timmo v ICL NZ Limited (Strike-Out) [2023] NZHRRT 23.] IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2023] NZHRRT 23 I TE TARAIPIUNARA MANA TANGATA 2 BACKGROUND [4] The initial c...

7. [2015] NZEmpC 21 Haldemann LLC v Nelson [pdf, 118 KB]

   ...It was submitted it would be absurd to suggest that she would have invited subsequent employers to speak to Mr Katavich in those circumstances. (d) Further, there had been evidence before the Authority in the form of an email from the Human Resources Department of the ICC to the effect that Mr Katavich’s contact was unsolicited. 3 (e) There was no evidential basis for the submission made by Mr Katavich and it should be disregarded. (f) Accordingly, the Court should...

8. Meek v Ministry of Social Development [2013] NZHRRT 28 [pdf, 53 KB]

   1 IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2013] NZHRRT 28 Reference No. HRRT 022/2012 UNDER THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1993 BETWEEN STUART JAMES MEEK PLAINTIFF AND MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT DEFENDANT AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: Mr RPG Haines QC, Chairperson Ms DL Hart, Member Hon KL Shirley, Member REPRESENTATION: Mr SJ Meek in person Ms C Fleming and Ms EB Bennett for Defendant DATE OF HEARING: 19 and 20 August 2013 DATE OF DE...

9. BORA Disability (United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities) Bill [pdf, 227 KB]

   ...Parliament. 2. The stated purposes of the Bill are to: • amend legislative provisions that are inconsistent with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the 'Disabilities Convention'); and • amend the Human Rights Act 1993 (the 'HRA') to clarify the scope of its provisions enabling a person to refuse to accommodate a person's disability in certain areas of activity. 3. These amendments will enable New Zealand to ratify t...

10. BORA Waka Umanga (Māori Corporations) Bill [pdf, 328 KB]

    ...This can be justified on the same grounds of transparency and accountability. Freedom from Discrimination 17. 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 include race and age. In our view, taking into account the various domestic and overseas judicial pronouncements as to the meaning of discrimination, the key questions in assessing whether discrimination under...