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1. Ministry-of-Justice-June-2022-BIM-to-Minister-Allan-FINAL.pdf [pdf, 5.9 MB]

   ...17. The Vote Justice appropriation includes funding for: • Justice policy advice and sector leadership • The Public Defence Service and administration of legal aid services • Justice Crown entities (Office of the Privacy Commissioner, Human Rights Commission, Independent Police Conduct Authority, Law Commission, Te Kāhui Tātari Ture - Criminal Cases Review Commission, Electoral Commission, Real Estate Authority (Crown agent delegated to Associate Justice Minister Sio), an...

2. Overseas Investment Amendment Bill (No 2) [pdf, 234 KB]

   ...limits to the freedom of expression imposed by the Bill are justified under s 5 of the Bill of Rights Act. Section 19 – Freedom from discrimination 11. Section 19(1) of the Bill of Rights Act affirms the right to be free from discrimination. The Human Rights Act provides that ethnic or national origins, which includes nationality or citizenship, is a prohibited ground of discrimination.4 12. The key question, in assessing whether there is a limit on the right to freedom from discri...

3. BORA Law Reform (Epidemic Preparedness) Bill [pdf, 219 KB]

   ...2002, and the Summary Proceedings Act 1957, and will provide separate advice on whether these provisions are consistent with the Bill of Rights Act. SUMMARY OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS ACT ISSUES 6. The Bill seeks to ensure that, should there be a human outbreak of avian influenza, or an outbreak of a similar infectious disease capable of becoming an epidemic, the Crown has powers available to it that will ensure a proper response can be made. A number of measures 2 proposed by t...

4. Notes from Crown Maori Relations hui Waikato 28 April 2018 [pdf, 439 KB]

   ...(which can be found at https://www.justice.govt.nz/Māori-land-treaty/crown-Māori-relations/initial-proposals-from- government/). Main issues and opportunities raised • Transformation – A couple of speakers noted the current trajectory of humanity over the last 700 years of imperial nation building is a broken model and requires transformation. Only indigenous changes can change this – the same colonist rule cannot. New Zealand has been given permission by the global in...

5. Apostolakis v Gilbert (Decision) [2018] NZHRRT 22 [pdf, 290 KB]

   1 IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2018] NZHRRT 22 Reference No. HRRT 008/2016 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 1993 BETWEEN KATHY APOSTOLAKIS PLAINTIFF AND PETER GILBERT DEFENDANT AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: Mr RPG Haines QC, Chairperson Ms WV Gilchrist, Member Hon KL Shirley, Member REPRESENTATION: Mrs K Apostolakis in person Mr PC Gilbert in person DATE OF HEARING: 29 and 30 November 2017; 14 May 2018 DATE OF DECIS...

6. [2013] NZEmpC 179 George v Auckland Council [pdf, 267 KB]

   ...the Council submits, reflects the fact that Ms George sat on the advice she received and did nothing about it. She refutes any such inference. Ms George is sure that she told Mr Monk about the draft report and that he asked her to send it to Human Resources, which she believes she would have done. She gave evidence that such an approach would be consistent with her usual practice of forwarding documents of interest, either via email or by way of hard copy distribution. She would...

7. Family Court rewrite submission: Blind Citizens NZ [pdf, 132 KB]

   ...Introduction Blind Citizens NZ is a disabled people’s organisation (DPO). We exist to give voice to the aspirations and lived experiences of blind, deafblind and vision-impaired New Zealanders. The New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 and the Human Rights Act 1993 both seek to protect disabled people’s rights to freedom from discrimination. Despite this, there is little evidence of this legislation being used to enforce compliance. Therefore, unlawful discrimination remains v...

8. BORA Business Law Reform Bill [pdf, 392 KB]

   ...penalty for failing to provide copies of the annual report. SECTION 19(1): RIGHT TO BE FREE FROM DISCRIMINATION 15. 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. The prohibited grounds for discrimination include: • ethnic and national origin (which includes nationality or citizenship); and • age (which means any age of 16 years old and over). 16. In our view, taking i...

9. BORA Rugby World Cup 2011 (Empowering) Bill [pdf, 319 KB]

   ...expresses an idea or meaning, for example, promoting the benefits of sport participation in reducing youth delinquency. It is also conceivable that a person may wish to use the activity to highlight an issue of public concern – for example, the human rights abuses being committed in a country participating in the Rugby World Cup 2011 – that may have an adverse effect on the event (for instance, by reducing attendance at matches involving that country). 8. When exercising its decisi...

10. Mateeva v Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (Extension of Time to Commence Proceedings) [2024] NZHRRT 39 [pdf, 204 KB]

    ...six-month time period within which such proceedings must usually be commenced. 1 This decision is to be cited as Mateeva v Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (Extension of Time to Commence Proceedings) [2024] NZHRRT 39. IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2024] NZHRRT 39 I TE TARAIPIUNARA MANA TANGATA REFERENCE NO. HRRT 013/2024 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 2020 BETWEEN VANYA DIMITROVA MATEEVA PLAINTIFF AND MINISTRY OF BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND EMPLOYMENT...