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1. 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...

2. 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...

3. BORA Public Lending Right for New Zealand Authors Bill [pdf, 187 KB]

   ...the advisory group where that person is a special patient within the meaning of the Mental Health (compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992, will be interpreted as authorising discrimination on the prohibited grounds of discrimination in the Human Rights Act 1993. We are therefore satisfied that this clause is consistent with the right to freedom from discrimination as affirmed in section 19(1) of the Bill of Rights Act. Michael Petherick Manager, Ministerial Advice Office of Leg...

4. Marshall v IDEA Services Ltd (Extension of Time) [2018] NZHRRT 39 [pdf, 17 KB]

   1 IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2018] NZHRRT 39 Reference No. HRRT 029/2018 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 1993 BETWEEN EAMON HENNING MARSHALL First Plaintiff AND GLENN WALTER MARSHALL Second Plaintiff AND FRANZISKA JANE MARSHALL Third Plaintiff AND IDEA SERVICES LIMITED Defendant AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: Mr RPG Haines ONZM QC, Chairperson Dr SJ Hickey MNZM, Member Mr RK Musuku, Member REPRESENTATION: Mr GW Mar...

5. [2020] NZEmpC 36 Carrigan v Attorney-General [pdf, 115 KB]

   ...defendants Judgment: 25 March 2020 INTERLOCUTORY JUDGMENT (NO 2) OF CHIEF JUDGE CHRISTINA INGLIS (Application for leave to appear and be heard as intervenor) [1] In my judgment of 17 March 2020, I granted leave to the Human Rights Commission (the Commission) to apply to intervene and be heard in the proceedings.1 [2] The Attorney-General is content to abide the decision of the Court on the Commission’s application; the plaintiffs consent to it. [3]...

6. EoI-DHRP [pdf, 292 KB]

   DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RIGHTS PROCEEDINGS Expression of Interest in Appointment  Please personally complete this form and the statutory declaration.  Please provide a full curriculum vitae with your application.  Your application will be acknowledged by letter or email. Surname/Family Name _____________________________________________________________ First Name(s) _______________________________________________________________________ Full Postal Address (the address to which mail s...

7. EoI-DHRP-v2 [pdf, 299 KB]

   DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RIGHTS PROCEEDINGS Expression of Interest in Appointment  Please personally complete this form and the statutory declaration.  Please provide a full curriculum vitae with your application.  Your application will be acknowledged by letter or email. Surname/Family Name _____________________________________________________________ First Name(s) _______________________________________________________________________ Full Postal Address (the address to which mail s...

8. The basis for all law

   ...can be found in a number of documents. Together with New Zealand's constitutional conventions (generally legally accepted ways of doing things), the following documents form our constitution: The Constitution Act 1986 The Electoral Act 1993  The Human Rights Act 1993    The New Zealand Bill Of Rights Act 1990 The Standing Orders of the House of Representatives The Treaty of Waitangi Other aspects of the constitution are also found in legislation in the United Kingdom and other...

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9. BORA Visiting Forces Bill [pdf, 214 KB]

   ...official investigations of the cause of death of such individuals who have been killed as a result of the use of force by the service authorities of the visiting force. Section 8 – which states the “fundamental principle of the sanctity of human life”2 – provides: “No one shall be deprived of life except on such grounds as are established by law and are consistent with the principles of fundamental justice.” 29. The European Court of Human Rights – when considerin...

10. Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Bill [pdf, 277 KB]

    ...reducing nicotine levels). 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 freedom from discrimination on the grounds set out in the Human Rights Act 1993 (the Human Rights Act). 8. The key questions in assessing whether there is a limit on the right to freedom from discrimination are: a. does the legislation draw a distinction on one of the prohibited grounds of...