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1. NE v Accident Compensation Corporation (Claims Process) [2025] NZACC 021 (4 February 2025) [pdf, 156 KB]

   ...diagnosis to be deemed accepted and covered. 2. This is an application for ACC to review claim decisions made. 3. This application is made in reliance on the recent Fairway decision of 29 April 2022, the Fairway decision on Florence Nightingale privacy breaches and ACC breaches of the Code, the conciliation agreement of 2020, the Queens counsel legal opinion of December 2020, the wellbeing reports of Katherine Stewart, Caroline Field report, parts of Caroline Bell reports that are...

2. HRRT guide to filing a reply [pdf, 68 KB]

   What is the Human Rights Review Tribunal The Human Rights Review Tribunal is a statutory body established to deal with certain cases that are brought under the following Acts: • The Human Rights Act 1993 • The Privacy Act 2020 • The Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994 The Tribunal is composed of a Chairperson, Deputy Chairpersons and a panel of members, all appointed by the Governor General on the recommendation of the Minister of Justice. When the Tribunal si...

3. Arms-Act-rewrite-submission-demographic-information-form.pdf [pdf, 183 KB]

   ...collective feedback we receive. How to use this form If you are making a submission by email, please save it as a copy and attach it to your email. If you are making a submission by post, please print it out and include it with your submission. Privacy You do not need to provide any personal information. Personal information can include details such as your name and contact information. Your submission will be considered equally, whether or not you provide this information. If you...

4. Proactive release - Political Donations package of changes for consultation [pdf, 1.8 MB]

   ...Comments 1 Package of potential changes to political donation settings prior to 2023 General Election Briefing paper Ministry of Justice 5 August 2021 Some information has been withheld in accordance with section 9(2)(a) to protect the privacy of natural persons. Proactive release relating to changes to political donation settings prior to 2023 This note provides context to the proactive release of the briefing Package of potential changes to political donation settings...

5. s74 Non publication Order Application Form [pdf, 182 KB]

   ...website at www.coronialservices.justice.govt.nz/non-publication-orders Coroner may prohibit making public of evidence given at any part of inquiry proceedings If satisfied that it is in the interests of justice, decency, public order, or personal privacy to do so, a coroner may prohibit the making public of— (a) any evidence given or submissions made at or for the purposes of any part of the proceedings of an inquiry (for example, at an inquest); and (b) the name, and any name or...

6. BORA Health and Safety (Pike River Implementation) Bill [pdf, 209 KB]

   ...relevant to health and safety. Clause 46 provides necessary powers for collecting a levy from mining operators. The levy enables the recovery of costs incurred by the Mines Rescue Trust Board in performing its statutory functions. 8.The privacy intrusion is modest given that the premises in question are all commercial premises where the reasonable expectation of privacy is less than for dwellinghouses or marae, which are specifically excluded from the search power. We note tha...

7. BORA Crimes (Intimate Covert Filming) Amendment Bill [pdf, 288 KB]

   ...Intimate visual recording is defined in cl 3. It is a recording such as a photograph, videotape or digital image, taken without the knowledge or the consent of the person who is its subject, and made in a place in which the subject would reasonably expect privacy. The recording must also show the subject as either: • naked, or having parts of his or her body exposed or partially exposed, or clad solely in undergarments; or • engaged in intimate sexual activity; or • engaged in s...

8. Summary of submissions: Strengthening New Zealand's legislative response to family violence [pdf, 584 KB]

   ...and other justice sector agencies) and the courts • the criminal and civil courts. INFORMATION SHARING BETWEEN AGENCIES About half of all submissions commented on information sharing between agencies. Many supported the idea that safety trumps privacy concerns in cases of family violence. Submissions favoured a presumption of disclosure, particularly when a child’s safety is involved. People also suggested that varying interpretations of the Privacy Act 1993 were creating more prob...

9. Family violence consultation: Summary of submissions 20160304 [pdf, 584 KB]

   ...and other justice sector agencies) and the courts • the criminal and civil courts. INFORMATION SHARING BETWEEN AGENCIES About half of all submissions commented on information sharing between agencies. Many supported the idea that safety trumps privacy concerns in cases of family violence. Submissions favoured a presumption of disclosure, particularly when a child’s safety is involved. People also suggested that varying interpretations of the Privacy Act 1993 were creating more prob...

10. Ms C v REAA & Whitehorn [2013] NZREADT 42 [pdf, 83 KB]

    ...bedsit, there was a lack of competence in the appellant not establishing the position. [3] Section 108 requires that we consider it proper to restrict publication “having regard to the interest of any person (including (without limitation) the privacy of the complainant (if any)) and to the public interest”. As it happens, this application eventually relied on seeking privacy for the licensee, rather than the complainant, for reasons relating to the licensee’s children. Backg...