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1. Draft 23rd-24th Reports under the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination [pdf, 483 KB]

   ...2020/21. Approvals for residency4 9. Between 1 January 2017 and 30 December 2020, 147,699 people were approved for residency, 56% were through the Skilled/Business stream, 34% through the family sponsored stream and 10% through the International/Humanitarian stream. India was the largest source country over this period (15%) followed by China (14%) and the United Kingdom and South Africa (10% each). Student visa approvals5 10. Between 1 January 2017 and 30 December 2019, th...

2. BORA Lawyers and Conveyancers Amendment Bill [pdf, 322 KB]

   ...the office of QC. The scope of s 17 11. The scope of the protected right in s 17 is not well-settled. There is a difference in approach between the Canadian jurisprudence and the European and United Nation cases under the European Convention on Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The difference is approach is not clearly acknowledged or considered, and is further complicated by a possible third approach indicated by a recent decision of the Hou...

3. Dotcom v Crown Law Office (AVL) [2017] NZHRRT 13 [pdf, 229 KB]

   1 (1) ORDER PROHIBITING PUBLICATION OF ALL INFORMATION RELATING TO PLAINTIFF’S MEDICAL CIRCUMSTANCES (2) ORDER PREVENTING SEARCH OF THE TRIBUNAL FILE WITHOUT LEAVE OF THE TRIBUNAL OR OF THE CHAIRPERSON IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2017] NZHRRT 13 Reference No. HRRT 047/2016 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 1993 BETWEEN KIM DOTCOM Plaintiff AND CROWN LAW OFFICE First Defendant CONT. AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: Mr RPG...

4. The Intersecting Lines - Business interests and personal autonomy [pdf, 335 KB]

   ...Law Class University of Waikato, 12 September 2018 by Chief Judge Christina Inglis1 “Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life, his home and his correspondence.” Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights2 Article 8, and how it is to be applied in practice, has excited a considerable amount of attention overseas. As a Europe-only convention, it does not apply in New Zealand and we have no legislative equivalent. That is not to...

5. Compensation Guidelines for Wrongful Conviction and Detention [pdf, 97 KB]

   ...intended application of the Compensation Guidelines, and b amend the Guidelines to clarify their application. You can find explanatory material about the Guidelines here: https://www.justice.govt.nz/justice-sector- policy/constitutional-issues-and-human-rights/miscarriages-of-justice/compensation-for-wrongful-conviction-and- detention Compensation Guidelines for Wrongful Conviction and Detention 28 February 2023 https://www.justice.govt.nz/justice-sector-policy/constitutional...

6. Proactive release - Real Estate Authority (Licensing) Amendment Regulations 2021 [pdf, 1.8 MB]

   ...between publication and the Regulations coming into force. Compliance 10 These regulatory changes comply with: 10.1 the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi; 10.2 the rights and freedoms contained in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 and the Human Rights Act 1993; 10.3 the principles and guidelines set out in the Privacy Act 2020; I N C O N F I D E N C E 2 4590ig8zer 2022-03-04 10:30:15 RE LE AS ED B Y TH E AS SO CI AT E MIN IS TE R OF JU ST IC E I N C...

7. Zhang v Victoria University of Wellington [2023] NZHRRT 36 [pdf, 124 KB]

   Reference No. HRRT 048/2021 UNDER THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1993 BETWEEN TAIMING ZHANG PLAINTIFF AND VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON DEFENDANT AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: Ms MG Coleman, Deputy Chairperson Dr PJ Davies, Member Ms WV Gilchrist, Member REPRESENTATION: Mr T Zhang in person Ms LS Castle and Ms M Smol for defendant DATE OF HEARING: 26-27 April 2023 DATE OF LAST SUBMISSIONS: 15 May 2023 DATE OF DECISION: 14 November 2023...

8. [2015] NZEmpC 138 NZ Meat Workers Union Inc v South Pacific Meats Ltd and Talley [pdf, 415 KB]

   ...invoked against it. In the end the divined statutory intent must prevail. [16] The New Zealand Apple and Pear Marketing Board case is also authority for the proposition that the rule of privilege applies to corporations as well as to individual human persons, 11 a question raised, albeit obliquely, in this case in respect of the first defendant. [17] In that regard, also, the defendants rely on s 29 of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (NZBORA) which says that, except whe...

9. Director of Human Rights Proceedings v Attorney-General [2020] NZHRRT 45 [pdf, 626 KB]

   ...IDENTIFYING PARTICULARS OF AGGRIEVED PERSON OR HIS STEP-DAUGHTER (2) ORDER PREVENTING SEARCH OF THE TRIBUNAL FILE WITHOUT LEAVE OF THE TRIBUNAL OR OF THE CHAIRPERSON Reference No. HRRT 091/2016 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 1993 BETWEEN DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RIGHTS PROCEEDINGS PLAINTIFF AND ATTORNEY-GENERAL DEFENDANT AT AUCKLAND BEFORE: Ms GJ Goodwin, Deputy Chairperson Ms DL Hart, Member Ms ST Scott QSM, Member REPRESENTATION: Mr M Timmins, Director of Human Rights Proc...

10. Pratt v General Distributors Limited [2025] NZHRRT 5 [pdf, 337 KB]

    ...slurred. Much to Mr Pratt’s frustration, others sometimes wrongly conclude that his unsteadiness on his feet and his slurred words indicate he is 1 This decision is to be cited as Pratt v General Distributors Limited [2025] NZHRRT 5. IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2025] NZHRRT 5 I TE TARAIPIUNARA MANA TANGATA REFERENCE NO. HRRT 006/2020 & 008/2020 UNDER THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1993 BETWEEN GRANT PRATT PLAINTIFF AND GENERAL DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED DEFENDANT...