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1. [2019] NZEnvC 131 Minister for Children [pdf, 5.3 MB]

   ...number of static security related questions posed by a submitter and neighbour, Ms L Li and members of the Court. [41] Ms Li asked Mr Taylor whether the CCTV system would include cameras which would face into her property thereby compromising her privacy. 17 Mr Taylor responded that the CCTV system would need to be certified by the Council and also that the Community Liaison Committee (CLC)18 would have the opportunity to request a review of the system after it had been installed...

2. Proactive release - Seventh Periodic Report under the Convention Against Torture [pdf, 2.6 MB]

   ...Ministry of Health) 35. The Committee requested information on deaths in custody and in particular on one specific death in Police custody (Mr Sentry Taitoko). 36. The report provides data on deaths in custody. Some detail is withheld due to privacy concerns. 37. The report describes the investigations of two deaths in Police custody - a person dying due to intoxication and a suicide in a court cell. Recommendations from both IPCA reports were accepted and actioned, inclu...

3. Proactive release - Seventh Periodic Report under the Convention Against Torture [pdf, 2.5 MB]

   ...Ministry of Health) 35. The Committee requested information on deaths in custody and in particular on one specific death in Police custody (Mr Sentry Taitoko). 36. The report provides data on deaths in custody. Some detail is withheld due to privacy concerns. 37. The report describes the investigations of two deaths in Police custody - a person dying due to intoxication and a suicide in a court cell. Recommendations from both IPCA reports were accepted and actioned, inclu...

4. Ram-Raid-Offending-and-Related-Measures-Amendment-Bill_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 7.4 MB]

   Hon Ginny Andersen Minister of Justice Proactive release - Ram Raid Offending and Related Measures Amendment Bill Date of issue: 6 October 2023 The following documents have been proactively released in accordance with Cabinet Office Circular CO (23) 4, subject to some redactions consistent with the grounds under the Official Information Act 1982. No. Document Comments 1 Strengthening the response to serious Some information has been withheld in accordance offending behaviour in ch

5. Regulatory Impact Statement Hague Child Protection Convention [pdf, 178 KB]

   ...of contact to which to address requests for information or assistance. This can slow down the resolution of cases, and limit options for children. 28. Cross-border information sharing practices vary and there is uncertainty as to application of privacy laws. In some cases the court asked to make a decision does not have access to information from other countries’ authorities and must make significant decisions concerning children with limited information. 29. In child protection m...

6. [2007] NZEmpC AC 45/07 Wyatt v Simpson Grierson Parternship [pdf, 97 KB]

   ...calculations based on the same ratio were used by Mr Wyatt in advancing his complaints about his salary in a lengthy and detailed memorandum to Simpson Grierson dated 15 May 2002. [50] Mr Wyatt subsequently made requests to Simpson Grierson under the Privacy Act 1993 for disclosure of all personal information the firm held about him. He said that one of the documents he received in or about February 2003 showed the salary of one of his former colleagues. He described this person a...

7. CAC 10064 v Jin [2013] NZREADT 57 [pdf, 80 KB]

   ...lawyer that there are issues between a couple. Their motivation is to sell the house. My job is to help them do that, and there is no difference in their motivation. If I have to tell their lawyer that they are fighting, I am surely breaching their privacy. 25. Anyway, their lawyer saw what was going on between them, as they had a fight at his office as well. Conclusion 26. I can understand that Ms Kim is upset at how her relationship has ended with Mr Choi. She needed proper...

8. [2015] NZEmpC 54 Goel v Director-General for Primary Industries [pdf, 266 KB]

   ...instigation is because neither MPI nor the Authority is entitled in law to discriminate against him on grounds of psychiatric illness pursuant to s 22 of the Human Rights Act; he should not be required to provide such information himself for reasons of privacy; and his discharge notes from Wellington Hospital should be sufficient to assure MPI and/or the Authority that he then returned to, and has remained in, a state of good mental health. That latter contention must be at least a...

9. Proactive release – Ombudsmen (Protection of Name) Amendment Bill [pdf, 2.5 MB]

   ...of the name, while there are only two p ivate-sector entities using it. 17. It is also instructive to consider that Parliament has not expanded the name beyond the original concept of an ombudsman as an ‘officer of Parliament’. For example, the Privacy and Health and Disability Commissioners and the Independent Police Conduct Authority, have similar functions and powers to the Parliamentary Ombudsman within their designated spheres, yet were not given the name ‘ombudsman’. 1...

10. Education and Training Bill Advice [pdf, 275 KB]

    ...63. Section 21 of the Bill of Rights Act affirms that everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable search or seizure, whether of the person, property, correspondence or otherwise. The right protects a number of values including personal privacy, dignity, and property.42 Inspection powers of Education Review Officers 64. Clause 365 of the Bill re-enacts s 327 of the 1989 Act, which provides that a review officer may enter any place occupied by an applicable organisation or ap...