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1. Director of Proceedings v Bay of Plenty District Health Board [2022] NZHRRT 5 [pdf, 326 KB]

   ...PROHIBITING PUBLICATION OF NAME OR IDENTIFYING PARTICULARS OF AGGRIEVED PERSON (2) ORDER PREVENTING SEARCH OF THE TRIBUNAL FILE WITHOUT LEAVE OF THE CHAIRPERSON OR OF THE TRIBUNAL Reference No. HRRT 065/2021 UNDER SECTION 50 OF THE HEALTH AND DISABILITY COMMISSIONER ACT 1994 BETWEEN DIRECTOR OF PROCEEDINGS PLAINTIFF AND BAY OF PLENTY DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD DEFENDANT AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: Ms Jane Foster, Deputy Chairperson Dr SJ Hickey MNZM, Member Ms S Ste...

2. Kaupapa inquiry programme Appendix B Jan 2021 [pdf, 115 KB]

   ...rehabilitation, land alienation, farm resettlement and economic opportunity, welfare and entitlements, cultural practices 2 Health services and outcomes (Wai 2575): - Stage 1: Primary healthcare system - Stage 2: Priority issues – mental health; disabilities; alcohol, tobacco and substance abuse Health system, hospitals, primary healthcare, funding equity, access to healthcare Rongoā, Māori healthcare design and provision Provision for the disabled, rehabilitation, elder care a...

3. Director of Proceedings v Xu [2023] NZHRRT 30 [pdf, 554 KB]

   (1) ORDER PROHIBITING PUBLICATION OF NAME OR IDENTIFYING PARTICULARS OF THE AGGRIEVED PERSON (2) ORDER PREVENTING SEARCH OF THE TRIBUNAL FILE WITHOUT LEAVE OF THE CHAIRPERSON OR OF THE TRIBUNAL Reference No. HRRT 023/2023 UNDER THE HEALTH AND DISABILITY COMMISSIONER ACT 1994 BETWEEN DIRECTOR OF PROCEEDINGS PLAINTIFF AND SHENGMING (STEVEN) XU DEFENDANT AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: Ms SJ Eyre, Chairperson Dr SJ Hickey MNZM, Member Ms SP Stewart, Member REPRESENTATION: Ms C...

4. Director of Proceedings v Southern District Health Board [2020] NZHRRT 5 [pdf, 494 KB]

   ...UNDER BETWEEN AND AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: Ms J Foster, Deputy Chairperson Dr SJ Hickey MNZM, Member Dr JAG Fountain, Member REPRESENTATION: Ms K Eckersley, Director of Proceedings Reference No. HRRT 045/2019 SECTION 50 OF THE HEAL TH AND DISABILITY COMMISSIONER ACT 1994 DIRECTOR OF PROCEEDINGS PLAINTIFF SOUTHERN DISTRICT HEAL TH BOARD DEFENDANT Ms G Galloway and Ms M Nicol for defendant DATE OF DECISION: 11 February 2020 (REDACTED) DECISION OF TRIBUNAL 1 [1] The...

5. Director of Proceedings v Health New Zealand [2025] NZHRRT 1 [pdf, 495 KB]

   (1) ORDER PROHIBITING PUBLICATION OF NAME OR IDENTIFYING DETAILS OF THE AGGRIEVED PERSON (2) ORDER PREVENTING SEARCH OF THE TRIBUNAL FILE WITHOUT LEAVE OF THE CHAIRPERSON OR THE TRIBUNAL Reference No. HRRT 040/2024 UNDER THE HEALTH AND DISABILITY COMMISSIONER ACT 1994 BETWEEN DIRECTOR OF PROCEEDINGS PLAINTIFF AND HEALTH NEW ZEALAND TE WHATU ORA DEFENDANT AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: Mr JS Hancock, Deputy Chairperson Mr IR Nemani, Member Ms DL Hart, Member...

6. Director of Proceedings v Health New Zealand [2025] NZHRRT 10 [pdf, 566 KB]

   ...ORDER PROHIBITING PUBLICATION OF NAME OR IDENTIFYING DETAILS OF THE AGGRIEVED PERSON AND OTHERS (2) ORDER PREVENTING SEARCH OF THE TRIBUNAL FILE WITHOUT LEAVE OF THE CHAIRPERSON OR OF THE TRIBUNAL Reference No. HRRT 049/2024 UNDER THE HEALTH AND DISABILITY COMMISSIONER ACT 1994 BETWEEN DIRECTOR OF PROCEEDINGS PLAINTIFF AND HEALTH NEW ZEALAND TE WHATU ORA (CAPITAL, COAST AND HUTT VALLEY) DEFENDANT AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: JS Hancock, Deputy Chairperson BL Klippel, Member...

7. MFAT report Human Rights in NZ 2010 [pdf, 4.7 MB]

   ...Whai Whare Rawaka 15. Right to Social Security 220 Tika ki te Hapori Haumaru SECTION FOUR – RIGHTS OF SPECIFIC GROUPS WäHANGA TUAWHä – TIkANGA UEPü 16. Rights of Children and Young People 238 Tikanga Tamariki me te Taiohi 17. Rights of Disabled People 258 Tikanga o te hunga hauä 18. Rights of Women 280 Tikanga o te Ira Wahine 19. Rights of Sexual and Gender Minorities 304 Tikanga Taera me te Tangata Taitini 20. Rights of Migrants 324 Tikanga o ngä Tängata Kaiheke 2...

8. CBA v LKJ Ltd [2014] NZHRRT 13 [pdf, 205 KB]

   ...account the plaintiff’s mental health. [2] In these proceedings the plaintiff alleges that the defendant company discriminated against her by reason of her marital status (being a single woman), her age and her past history and ability to cope (her disability). The first two grounds were not pursued at the hearing and the plaintiff’s case was in the final event advanced as a case based on disability. The defence to this claim is that the decision not to offer treatment was a clini...

9. [2015] NZSSAA 029, 22 April [pdf, 40 KB]

   ...On this evidence there is plainly justification for the various additional allowances XXXX has been receiving. XXXX has in the past, and will no doubt in the future, have the opportunity of applying for increases in her own and the children’s Disability Allowances if she presents evidence in support of expenditure incurred in meeting any special needs arising from the state of health of the family. (e) The ability of the applicant to improve his or her financial situation. [11] X...

10. Zhang v Victoria University of Wellington [2023] NZHRRT 36 [pdf, 124 KB]

    ...grounds of age in breach of s 53 of the Human Rights Act 1993 (HRA). [8] Mr Zhang has arthritis in his big toe, which makes walking painful. For this reason, he also claimed that the policy indirectly discriminated against him on the grounds of disability in breach of s 53(1)(d) and s 65 of the HRA. This was because most of the (age restricted) catered halls were located in areas of central Wellington where there was reasonably flat access to public transport to the University. In c...