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1. Waikato Bay of Plenty Standards Committee 1 v H [2013] NZLCDT 7 [pdf, 222 KB]

   ...(3) and section 240, every hearing of the Disciplinary Tribunal must be held in public. (2) If the Disciplinary Tribunal is of the opinion that it is proper to do so, having regard to the interest of any person (including (without limitation) the privacy of the complainant (if any)) and to the public interest, it may hold a hearing or part of a hearing in private. (3) The Disciplinary Tribunal may, in any case, deliberate in private as to its decision or as to any question arising in t...

2. OIA-110144.pdf [pdf, 5.5 MB]

   ...would be sent to you no later than 9 April 2024. We have excluded all purely administrative correspondence from the scope of your request. Some information has been withheld under the following provisions of the Act: • section 9(2)(a) to protect privacy of natural persons. • section 9(2)(f)(iv) to maintain the constitutional conventions that protect confidentiality of advice tendered by Ministers and officials. • section 9(2)(g)(i) to maintain the effective conduct of public affair...

3. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - summary record 3rd report [pdf, 35 KB]

   ...The review period had witnessed the adoption of the Abolition of the Death Penalty Act 1989, which implemented the second Optional Protocol of the Covenant; the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, which made protection of human rights statutory; the Privacy Act 1993; the Human Rights Act 1993, which consolidated the Race Relations Act 1971 and the Human Rights Commission Act 1977; and the Employment Contracts Act 1991, which enabled employees to choose their representatives and to opt for eith...

4. Family Legal Advice Service Operational Policy v1.8 June 2018 [pdf, 1 MB]

   ...10 Income 11 Client Eligibility Testing 11 Funding assessment 11 Funding Declaration Form 11 Evidence of identity 12 Evidence of eligibility 12 Audit and compliance requirements 12 Service entitlements 13 Online Recording System 14 Privacy guidelines and requirements 14 Using RMS 15 Users of RMS 15 Support in use of RMS Error! Bookmark not defined. Timeframes for recording 15 3 Payment 16 Fee schedule 16 Change of lawyers 16 Disbursements 16 Travel...

5. BORA New Zealand Intelligence and Security Bill [pdf, 292 KB]

   ...potentially significant limitations, particularly with s 21 (unreasonable search and seizure) of the Bill of Rights Act. We also consider limits on s 14, s 18, s 25(c) and s 27. These rights are fundamentally concerned with fairness, individual autonomy, privacy and dignity. Any limitation on these rights requires careful scrutiny and justification. 6. We have also taken into account the unique environment that the intelligence and security agencies operate in. We recognise that safeguar...

6. [2018] NZEmpC 76 Marx v Southern Cross Campus Board of Trustees [pdf, 382 KB]

   ...Actions by Mrs Marx following dismissal [26] Following the dismissal, Mrs Marx took several actions which are relevant to the claim she now appears to be making for reinstatement. In April 2014, the BoT became aware that Mrs Marx had laid a privacy complaint against it with the Privacy Commissioner. This appears to relate to an allegation of failure to provide BoT generated documentation. Following what appears to be an exhaustive investigation by the Privacy Commission...

7. LCRO 186/2017 and 84/2018 WE v VF (28 May 2019) [pdf, 190 KB]

   ...deal with the issues of client file retention and destruction. In a brief article in Law Talk, the New Zealand Law Society recommended that lawyers might consider a 10-year period as a good starting point for retaining client files.12 [122] The Privacy Act 1993 provides that agencies (which includes a lawyer) which hold personal information about a person “may not keep information for longer than is required for the purposes for which the information may lawfully be used”.13 [1...

8. [2022] NZEnvC 029 Waimea Plains Landscape Preservation Society Inc v Gore District Council [pdf, 438 KB]

   ...is ‘more than minor’ at worst, to use the usual RMA terminology. We are unable to find that the statutory requirement to consider alternatives was not triggered, particularly in the face of the finding of the commissioners that it was. Privacy [105] For the appellant, Mr Gray expressed concerns about the potential loss of privacy associated with the proposed bridge and location. [106] However, Ms Pflüger’s expert opinion was that significant privacy issues would not ar...

9. [2017] NZEmpC 125 Moss Application for access to Court documents [pdf, 109 KB]

   ...reg 3(1)(a). 5 Employment Court Regulations 2000, reg 6(2)(b). [6] As Mr Cranney and Mr Oldfield have stated in their submissions, determination of an application such as this involves a balancing exercise. The protection of parties’ privacy and confidentiality is an important factor that needs to be considered, and the protection of such privacy and confidentiality may also extend to witnesses who may have given evidence in the matter. The principle of open justice is...

10. BORA Education (Social Investment Funding and Abolition of Decile System) Amendment Bill [pdf, 272 KB]

    ...school’s students’ “need indicators” (to be prescribed by regulations), which would indicate students who are at risk of not achieving NCEA Level 2. The Bill also provides for review of the funding distribution based on the needs index, and for privacy matters and regulations. 5. The Bill also exempts information concerning the needs index, and the amount of grants or supplementary grants made under it, from the scheme of the Official Information Act. Consistency of the Bill wi...