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1. BORA Parliamentary Service Amendment Bill [pdf, 201 KB]

   ...consider that new section 9A(7)(a), which enables the Speaker’s directions to apply differently to "people of different descriptions", will be interpreted as authorising discrimination on the prohibited grounds of discrimination in the Human Rights Act 1993, and are therefore satisfied that this clause is consistent with the right to freedom of discrimination affirmed in section 19(1) of the Bill of Rights Act. Jeff Orr Chief Legal Counsel Office of Legal Counsel S...

2. [2018] NZEmpC 71 Sawyer v The Vice-Chancellor of Victoria University of Wellington [pdf, 347 KB]

   ...extent that it was hard to see how it could be rebuilt. [14] The production of this draft report led to an agreement to attend mediation. The catalyst for proposing mediation was described by Robert Miller, the university’s Deputy Director of Human Resources. He explained that mediation was thought to be suitable so that there could be a discussion about whether a continuation of an effective working relationship was tenable. Mediation [15] Arrangements to attend mediation we...

3. Hunia v New Zealand Police [2021] NZHRRT 12 [pdf, 164 KB]

   ...HEARING: 15, 16 and 17 February 2021 DATE OF DECISION: 4 March 2021 DECISION OF TRIBUNAL DISMISSING PROCEEDINGS ON A POINT OF LAW1 1 [This decision is to be cited as Hunia v New Zealand Police [2021] NZHRRT 12.] IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2021] NZHRRT 12 I TE TARAIPIUNARA MANA TANGATA 2 INTRODUCTION The issue to be determined [1] Information privacy principle 10 (IPP 10) stipulates that personal information obtained in connection with one pu...

4. ENV-2016-CHC-000047 Blueskin Energy Limited v Dunedin City Council - Evidence- John Craig [pdf, 133 KB]

   ...and Kakapo. I am also a former member of the Auckland Conservation Board. 6. I have extensive experience in the planning and development of sites with the specific aim of enhancing both biodiversity values (especially birds) and integrating human activities. I was co-originator of the successful restoration of Tiritiri Matangi Island from a disused farm into an open sanctuary which has developed international renown. I have also been involved in developing restoration plans for...

5. 2020-10-12-Key-Issues-Report-9-October-2020-Appendices.pdf [pdf, 16 MB]

   ...ensure that it can continue to meet a multiplicity of needs without becoming degraded or depleted. These include the habitat needs of our first freshwater users, the indigenous fish, fowl and invertebrates, and the more recent demands created by human activities, such as the need for clean drinking water, recreation, hydroelectricity generation, and farm irrigation. The task of managing these needs and demands is challenging. One set of challenges relates to water quality. It requir...

6. Professor Simon Francis Thrush - Evidence in Chief [pdf, 2.7 MB]

   ...a marine ecologist at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research , in Hamilton. 3 I have worked as a marine ecologist, researching, teaching and advising on coastal and estuarine seafloor communities and how th.ey are affected by human activity, since 1985. My particular area of expertise includes seafloor ecology and the impacts of fishing. I have extensive research experierce studying this and other types of natural and human-induced disturbance, as well as the ecolo...

7. Directory of Official Information S-U [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...Bureau, New Zealand Defence Force and New Zealand Police to facilitate their functions and co-operating with other agencies to respond to an imminent threat to life or safety. In exercising its functions, the NZSIS acts in accordance with the law and human rights obligations, independently and impartially, and in a manner that facilitates democratic oversight. Oversight The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) is the parliamentary oversight mechanism for the intelligence agencies...

8. Proactive release - Privacy Bill: Approval for Supplementary Order Paper and draw down of Budget 2014 tagged contingency [pdf, 925 KB]

   ...New Zealand law; 2.4 clarify agency liability and defences for a failure to notify a notifiable privacy breach; 2.5 permit the Department of Internal Affairs to enter into new information matching agreements; and 2.6 permit class actions in the Human Rights Review Tribunal (the Tribunal) by persons other than the Director of Human Rights Proceedings (the Director). 3 I also seek approval to draw down and re-phase the tagged contingency funding obtained through Budget 2014 to reflect...

9. Ministry of Justice Statement of Intent 2023 - 2027 [pdf, 1.5 MB]

   ...what the Ministry seeks to uphold and strengthen within Aotearoa New Zealand for the benefit of its people. These long-term outcomes are broadly focused on Aotearoa New Zealand’s constitutional arrangements and legitimacy of the justice system, human rights and shifting the justice system to better serve communities. New Zealand’s constitution and justice system is regarded as legitimate by all communities across Aotearoa New Zealand The people of New Zealand’s human rights are pro...

10. [2007] NZEmpC AC 58/07 A & Anor v C & Anor [pdf, 17 KB]

    ...disciplinary action against the plaintiffs arising out of D’s Report. 2. The first and second defendants will not publish D’s Report and its findings to any person or persons other than the first defendant and the enterprise’s Director of Human Resources, E, and the members of the second defendant and their respective legal advisers without the written agreement of counsel for the plaintiffs or order of the Court. 3. The first and second defendants will not publish the plead...