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1. 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...

2. 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...

3. 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...

4. Director of Human Rights Proceedings v Sensible Sentencing Group Trust (Change of Venue) [2014] NZHRRT 25 [pdf, 49 KB]

   ...PARTICULARS OF THE VICTIMS (3) ORDER PREVENTING SEARCH OF THE TRIBUNAL FILE WITHOUT LEAVE OF THE CHAIRPERSON IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2014] NZHRRT 25 Reference No. HRRT 006/2013 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 1993 BETWEEN DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RIGHTS PROCEEDINGS PLAINTIFF AND THE SENSIBLE SENTENCING GROUP TRUST FIRST DEFENDANT AND THE SENSIBLE SENTENCING TRUST SECOND DEFENDANT AT AUCKLAND BEFORE: Mr RPG Haines QC, Chai...

5. [2017] NZEmpC 88 Application for access to court documents [pdf, 88 KB]

   ...Rules against public disclosure of documents related to the proceedings ceases to apply, and the presumption changes to one of open justice. [12] As Judge Smith stated in Eden Group Ltd, a balancing exercising is necessary by weighing up the privacy interests of the parties concerned in the litigation and the public interest in open justice. 4 [13] The scheme prescribed under Part 3 Subpart 2 of the High Court Rules, so far as persons who are not party to the proceedings are conc...

6. Tai Rakena v Corrections (AVL) [2017] NZHRRT 23 [pdf, 128 KB]

   1 IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2017] NZHRRT 23 Reference No. HRRT 058/2016 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 1993 BETWEEN MICHAEL TAI RAKENA PLAINTIFF AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS DEFENDANT AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: Mr RPG Haines QC, Chairperson REPRESENTATION: Mr M Tai Rakena in person Ms V McCall and Ms G Taylor for defendant DATE OF HEARING: Heard on the papers DATE OF DECISION: 19 June 2017 MINUTE OF CH...

7. Ron-Mansfield-submisisons-for-Mr-Tarrant.pdf [pdf, 322 KB]

   ...for Mr Tarrant to inform the Coroner as to his: 1) continuing inability to access essential documents he requires to participate in this inquiry; 2) view as to the proper scope of this inquiry and the impact of the inquiry on Mr Tarrant’s privacy interests; and 3) response to the “memorandum of counsel on behalf of police” dated 4 February 2022. 1.2 In summary, Mr Tarrant is still unable to meaningfully participate in this inquiry because of the approach taken by the De...

8. OJ & RJ v BX & KX [2023] NZDT 527 (29 October 2023) [pdf, 120 KB]

   ...wooden gates of a farm style. 2. The section of the boundary at the rear between BX and KX’s property and the driveway owned by OJ and RJ was unfenced and BX and KX desired a fence to be erected of a close boarded post and rail style to provide privacy to the rear yard which was used by them and B&B guests. BX and KX had been discussing the erection of a fence along part of the boundary between the properties with OJ’s partner. While BX and KX thought that negotiations were ami...

9. 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...

10. 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...