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1. Butcher v NZ Transport Agency [2022] NZHRRT 21 [pdf, 586 KB]

   Reference No. HRRT 019/2017 UNDER THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1993 BETWEEN STEPHEN GILBERT BUTCHER PLAINTIFF AND NEW ZEALAND TRANSPORT AGENCY FIRST DEFENDANT AND ATTORNEY-GENERAL IN RESPECT OF THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT SECOND DEFENDANT AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: Mr RPG Haines ONZM QC, Chairperson Ms MG Coleman, Deputy Chairperson Dr NR Swain, Member Sir RK Workman KNZM QSO, Member REPRESENTATION: Mr SG Butcher in person Mr P Rishworth QC and Mr M McKi

2. Recommendations recap - issue 9 [pdf, 865 KB]

   1 January 2015 and 30 June 2015 9 2 Coroners have a duty to identify any lessons learned from the deaths referred to them that might help prevent such deaths happening in the future. In order to publicise these lessons, the findings and recommendations of most cases are open to the public. Recommendations Recap identifies and summarises all coronial recommendations that have been made over the relevant period

3. Disability-and-victimisation-final-report.pdf [pdf, 880 KB]

   ...crisis period only.1 For these participants, informal support involved sharing details of the offending with someone and gaining what one participant referred to as “a listening ear”. For most participants, their support person or network “checked in” sporadically to make sure they were okay. Three participants received informal support for a prolonged period of time, generally exceeding six months. In each situation, informal support included some form of material suppor...

4. David Bain appendices tabs A to E [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   Ta A Privy Council Appeal No 9 0/2006 David Cullen Bain The Queen v. FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL OF NEW ZEALAND JUDGMENT OF THE LORDS OF THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL Delivered the 10th May 2007 Present at the hearing:- Lord Bingham of Cornhill Lord Rodger of Earlsferry Baroness Hale of Richmond Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood Sir Paul Kennedy [Delivered by Lord Bingham of Comhill] Appellant Respondent 1 . On 29 May 1995, following a trial before

5. [2023] NZREADT 32 UM v REAA (3 November 2023) [pdf, 298 KB]

   ...Authority [34] In his submissions (6 September 2023), Mr Mortimer-Wang on behalf of the Authority notes that Mr Gow’s misrepresentation concerning the rent was a matter of importance to the appellant. It is therefore something that should have been checked by him before he made the representation. However, it could not be said that the incorrect statement was made without any foundation, as Mr Gow did check the lease. As the Tribunal found, he should have gone further. [35]...

6. Public perceptions of crime & the criminal justice system survey 2013 [pdf, 800 KB]

   ...Reasons why most of those currently serving prison sentences are in prison ................................................. 38  Trust and confidence questions .................................................................................................................. 39  NZ Police ........................................................................................................................................................... 39  Criminal courts ........

7. Revill v Registrar of REAA [2011] NZREADT 41 [pdf, 125 KB]

   ...point, something seemed to be made of the fact that when the appellant applied to the Authority he did not disclose his previous convictions. However, he signed a document consenting to that information being made available to the Authority from the Police and he states that he assumed he would be fully checked 7 out by that process. He now realises that he ought to have been more up front with the Registrar but we believe that he always expected to have the Registrar fully ad...

8. Restorative Justice: Best practice in New Zealand 2004 - 2017 [pdf, 428 KB]

   ...offender, will usually be required. This should be appropriate to the needs of the individuals concerned (and may therefore be minimal in some cases). Purposes of follow-up include: • to gain feedback on the effectiveness of the process • to check that conference plans are being carried out and to keep the victim or offender informed, and / or • to ensure that both the victim and offender are “okay” following the conference and determine whether either party requires support...

9. Mihaka v Housing New Zealand Corporation (Dismissal) [2017] NZHRRT 29 [pdf, 278 KB]

   ...hearing on 15 and 16 November 2016 was unexpectedly cancelled as a consequence of the 7.8 magnitude Kaikoura earthquake which struck at 12:02am on Monday 14 November 2016. All Ministry of Justice sites in Wellington were closed while buildings were checked by engineers. The Tribunal’s Unit did not reopen until Wednesday 16 November 2016. [37] When on Monday 14 November 2016 the Secretary gave notice to the parties the hearing had, of necessity, been cancelled they were asked to adv...

10. Coronial Services Annual Report 2016-2017 [pdf, 1.8 MB]

    ...usually sudden and unexpected. A planned response with procedural steps to follow can do much to lessen the impact and accelerate recovery. When finalising your procedures for off-site EOTC events, the Person In Charge of the EOTC activity should check with the EOTC provider what their emergency processes are, ask if staff are trained in first aid and inquire if there will be an AED readily available. When school staff, volunteers and students arrive onsite they should be given a hea...