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1. Make a claim

   ...(section 104) appealing against an access direction (section 105) replying to an appeal against an access direction (section 105) appealing against a compliance notice (section 131) applying to enforce a compliance notice (section 130) Health & Disability Commissioner Act 1994 If you’re making a claim under the Health & Disability Commissioner Act 1994: you must first have your complaint investigated by the Health and Disability Commissioner and a breach of the Health and Disabilit...

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2. 2017 NZSSAA 074 (19 December 2017) [pdf, 120 KB]

   ...the costs and frequency of general 2 practitioner visits and the costs of laundry services. The Ministry also raised the costs of a mobile telephone. [3] The context for the various issues is the extent of funding allowed under a disability allowance. The hearing [4] The appellant attended the hearing. He was in an agitated state. He travelled to Wellington for the hearing which required travel over some hours by road transport. It is usual for the Ministry to fund...

3. The Human Rights Act

   ...opportunities and preventing unfair treatment on the basis of irrelevant personal characteristics. The Human Rights Act covers discrimination on the grounds of: sex marital status religious belief ethical belief colour race ethnic or national origins disability age political opinion employment status family status sexual orientation. It's unlawful to discriminate someone on these grounds in the following areas of public life: employment education access to public places provision of goods an...

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4. BORA New Zealand Sign Language Bill [pdf, 95 KB]

   ...the Bill of Rights Act. Section 19(1) of the Bill of Rights Act provides the right to freedom from discrimination on the grounds set out in section 21 of the Human Rights Act 1993. These grounds include, inter alia, ethnic or national origin, and disability. 7. In our view, taking into account the various domestic and overseas judicial pronouncements as to the meaning of discrimination, the key questions in assessing whether discrimination under section 19 exists are: i. Does the leg...

5. OIA-104830.pdf [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...Police (the Police) requesting information regarding drink spiking in New Zealand. On 25 May 2023, the following part of your request was transferred to the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry). Specifically, you requested: How many drink spiking / disabling convictions there have been over the last year? How many drink spiking / disabling convictions there have been over the last 10 years? The data broken down by location And broken down by gender of offender and victim. Your re...

6. NZCVS-Cycle-4-Core-Report-Section-4-Who-experiences-crime-fin.pdf [pdf, 944 KB]

   ...derivation are accounted for. This finding supports the view that the different age structure and the different level of deprivation between Māori and the New Zealand average are key contributors to the higher likelihood of victimisation for Māori. Disability status • Disabled adults were significantly more likely to experience crime across personal offences and household offences when differences in average age are accounted for. This also includes burglary, interpersonal violenc...

7. NZCVS-Cycle-4-Core-Report-Section-4-Who-experiences-crime-fin2.pdf [pdf, 944 KB]

   ...derivation are accounted for. This finding supports the view that the different age structure and the different level of deprivation between Māori and the New Zealand average are key contributors to the higher likelihood of victimisation for Māori. Disability status • Disabled adults were significantly more likely to experience crime across personal offences and household offences when differences in average age are accounted for. This also includes burglary, interpersonal violenc...

8. BORA Juries (Jury Service and Protection of Particulars of Jury List Information) Amendment Bill [pdf, 368 KB]

   ...about jury members, defined as “protected particulars”, to be withheld from the accused. Permanent excusal from jury service 3. The Bill provides for a person to be granted permanent excusal from jury service when because of the person’s disability or state of health he or she is unable to satisfactorily perform a juror’s duties or when he or she is 65 years or over (clause 10). [1] 4. A prima facie limit on s 19 of the Bill of Rights Act arises if there is differential treat...

9. Terms of Reference for the Independent Panel [pdf, 70 KB]

   ...extent to which the family justice system: a) is child-centred and provides the services necessary to ensure the child’s welfare and best interests are paramount; b) is accessible, with consideration of barriers to access including financial, disability, cultural, linguistic, geographic, and institutional (such as the lack of information about how the system works and its purpose); c) is coherent, with clear purposes, roles and functions (including the role of professionals) for...

10. Directory of Official Information 2019 V-Z [pdf, 775 KB]

    ...www.nzvif.co.nz Contact person: Richard Dellabarca, Chief Executive Officer 9 Waikato District Health Board Governing statutes The Waikato District Health Board (Waikato DHB) was established pursuant to the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000. Waikato DHB employs the Medical Officer of Health for the Waikato health district. The Medical Officer of Health is a statutory officer. Functions and responsibilities Waikato DHB is a Crown agent that funds, pr...