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1. Understand relationship property

   ...payouts, superannuation you received, rents and other income from joint property any property gained when you were in the relationship or had the relationship in mind and intended for both of you to use non-personal debts (your personal debts are your own responsibility) gifts or inheritances that have become mixed with relationship property property you both agree is relationship property increases in the value of relationship property, income from it or the proceeds from the sale of it. You...

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2. [2025] NZLVT 42 - Dent v New Plymouth District Council (4 September 2025) [pdf, 202 KB]

   ...The documents accompanying the Objection to Valuation form include a “formal objection” by Mr Dent to the Council, dated 19 June 2025, “regarding the SUIP classification of [the] property”. The objection states: As I have not received a response to my previous correspondence dated 20 May 2023, I am putting this deadline in place. If I do not receive a response within two weeks from the date of this objection I will proceed to escalate this to the Land Valuation Tribunal. 3...

3. Convention Against Torture & Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

   ...on 18 December 2002 at the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly of the United Nations by resolution A/RES/57/199 and entered into force on 22 June 2006. New Zealand ratified the Optional Protocol on 14 March 2007. The Ministry of Justice is responsible for administering the CAT and its Protocol. Monitoring The CAT provides for: a reporting procedure an optional (opt-out) inquiry procedure (Article 28) an optional individual complaints procedure (Article 22), and an optional inter-stat...

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   4. International human rights

4. Addressing family violence and sexual violence

   ...multi-year work programme underway to improve the court experience for people affected by family violence and sexual violence. Our Family Violence Sexual Violence (FVSV) work programme is making improvements across all aspects of the Ministry of Justice response to people involved in FVSV court proceedings. The work programme spans six areas: Training our workforce, both staff and those we contract with, to respond to participants affected by FVSV Ensuring policies and processes are based on b...

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5. Consistency with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990: Fast-track Approvals Amendment Bill [pdf, 256 KB]

   ...https://www.justice.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Publications/20240313-Fast-track-Approvals-Bill.pdf 7. The approval process for eligible projects prima facie limits the right to justice as it involves targeted rather than public consultation, and expedited timeframes. This includes: a. Current section 14 requires the responsible agency to decide whether a referral application is complete and within scope. Section 14 amended proposes that the Secretary for the Environment may request...

6. AMLCFT Statutory Review Consultation Document [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...to address the harms of money laundering and terrorism financing while ensuring that businesses can operate efficiently and innovatively. Addressing emerging areas of risk and supporting other government priorities The AML/CFT system needs to be responsive to new and emerging risks or concerns. Some issues have been identified because we know they are likely being used for money laundering and terrorism financing, while other we have identified other issues because they are vulnerable...

7. Proactive release - Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 and issues related to the COVID-19 response

8. Process evaluation of the Domestic Violence Act 1995 [pdf, 1.9 MB]

   ...period 1 July to 30 September 1998 141 Appendix 3 145 Tables of breaches and apprehensions 145 Appendix 4 156 Questionnaires 156 Domestic Violence Act 1995 - Process Evaluation 8 List of Tables Page Table 1 Number of cases selected 28 Table 2 Response to survey 29 Table 3 Characteristics of respondents, protected persons & potential applicants 31 Table 4 Advice given to potential applicants by Family Court staff 47 Table 5 Time between ‘without notice’ application and the te...

9. [2014] NZEmpC 117 Hutchison v Nelson City Council re-issued [pdf, 222 KB]

   ...stated that Ms Hutchison had “run down” Mr Louverdis, what had actually occurred was that, on a number of occasions, Mr Mullen had enquired as to the state of communications between her and Mr Louverdis, to which she gave honest and frank responses. These had been statements made in confidence, and it was now of concern they were being used against her in the disciplinary process. Rebuttal on other relatively minor performance issues was given. (iii) Inappropriate communi...

10. LA - Provider manual - Part 1 [pdf, 523 KB]

    ...approvals and a contract with the Ministry. Litigation experience levels do not apply to: − providers other than lead providers (supervised providers); − employment advocates; − duty solicitors; or − PDLA providers. Application It is the responsibility of the lead provider (lawyer) to apply for an increase in litigation experience level. To do this, the provider must submit to the Ministry: − a completed Litigation Experience Level form (which can be found here); and − p...