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1. The Joint Venture e-Newsletter - August 2020 [pdf, 750 KB]

   ...Strategy was put on hold and to enable the Joint Venture Business Unit and FVSV sector to focus on the FVSV COVID-19 response. This month we also witnessed a historic moment when Parliament passed the Public Service Act 2020. It’s a key piece of legislation that establishes and governs the public service. I spoke in Parliament in support of the Act and used the Joint Venture as evidence of what can be achieved when government comes together around a shared issue. We are already w...

2. Joint Venture FVSV e-Update August 2020 [pdf, 729 KB]

   ...Strategy was put on hold and to enable the Joint Venture Business Unit and FVSV sector to focus on the FVSV COVID-19 response. This month we also witnessed a historic moment when Parliament passed the Public Service Act 2020. It’s a key piece of legislation that establishes and governs the public service. I spoke in Parliament in support of the Act and used the Joint Venture as evidence of what can be achieved when government comes together around a shared issue. We are already w...

3. OIA-Adoption Law Reform [pdf, 1019 KB]

   ...Associate Minister of Justice include responsibility for adoption policy. This briefing provides you with contextual information on the adoption system and recent work on adoption reform. 3. The Adoption Act 1955 is the principal piece of adoption legislation in New Zealand. The Act has not been substantially updated since it was passed and is no longer fit for purpose, including not reflecting trends in intercountry adoption, or modern adoption practices. The Act also does not comp...

4. Proactive-release-Electoral-Amendent-Bill-Political-Donations-FINAL2.pdf [pdf, 2.4 MB]

   ...will also be responsible for managing compliance with the new rules. Financial Implications 59 The cost of implementing and administering the changes to the donations and loans framework can be met from the Commission’s existing funding. Legislative Implications Electoral Amendment Bill 60 In order to allow the Commission sufficient time to implement changes for the 2023 General Election, the Bill should be: • introduced in June 2022; • reported back from the Justi...

5. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - summary record 5th report [pdf, 88 KB]

   ...civil society, something of which the country was justly proud. 5. New Zealand had taken a number of measures during the current reporting period to further strengthen its implementation of the Covenant and there had been substantial reviews of legislation in several areas relating to human rights protections. It had also ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Tr...

6. AML_CFT Reform Workstream 2-3 tranche 2.pdf [pdf, 5.9 MB]

   ...Briefing Office of the Associate Minister of Justice Some information has been withheld in accordance with section 9(2)(a) to protect the privacy of natural persons, including that of deceased natural persons 7. AML/CFT: Progress towards AML/CFT Legislative Reform work programme goals Briefing Office of the Associate Minister of Justice Some information has been withheld in accordance with the following sections of the OIA: • Section 9(2)(a) to protect the privacy of natural...

7. Firearms reform

   ...will help prevent high-risk people from legally accessing or using firearms or associating with people who have firearms. The additional powers were enabled through amendments to the Firearms Prohibition Orders system. The Firearms Prohibition Orders Legislation Amendment Act 2024 was passed in September 2024 and the law will came into effect in March 2025. Phase 2: Regulating shooting clubs and shooting ranges This addresses concerns about Part 6 of the Arms Act relating to the controls placed...

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8. RIS: Strengthening the Family Court [pdf, 4.8 MB]

   ...first phase in a long-term programme of change in the family justice system that addresses the 2014 reforms and the broader underlying systemic barriers to access to justice. The initiatives should, therefore, be seen in that context. The proposed legislative responses are: • reinstatement of legal representation in the early stages of CoCA proceedings and legal aid for eligible parties; • s9(2)(f)(iv) • establishment of a children’s participation principle; • expectation...

9. Mokena v Riwai Morgan Whānau Trust - Estate of Tamati Mokena [2014] Chief Judge's MB 314 (2014 CJ 314) [pdf, 183 KB]

   ...concedes that the order was contrary to the law as it stood in 1950 but submits that it is not in the interests of justice to amend the 1950 order as it reflected the Morgan family’s wishes and Māori custom, and is consistent with the present legislative policy relating to whāngai children. Procedural Background [8] This application was received by the Māori Land Court on 23 August 2010. [9] On 20 December 2012 a Preliminary Report and Recommendation for the application was i...

10. Discussion paper - Re-evaluation of Human Rights protections [pdf, 534 KB]

    ...at which to take stock of our law and institutions relating to human rights. The Law: 5. In considering how best to promote and protect human rights, the Terms of Reference query whether human rights law should enjoy primacy or otherwise over other legislation. New Zealand’s human rights law is delivered through a number of Acts –particularly the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 and the Human Rights Act 1993. The relationship between these two major pieces of human rights law has not...