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1. Waitangi Tribunal Strategic Direction 2014-2025 [pdf, 16 MB]

   ...for inquiry. The Tribunal needs to be responsive to the wishes of the claimants and the Crown, for instance to deal first with historical claims or to expedite inquiry proceedings to assist settlement negotiations. It must also deploy its limited human resources of judges and members carefully, for instance by group- ing claims for joint inquiry. Large multi-year inquiries demand sus- tained effort from the claimants, the Crown, and the Tribunal alike, and long-term planning of the Tri...

2. From Bystander to Participant: Recognising and protecting victims by providing legal advice and legal representation [pdf, 664 KB]

   ...of age. This pilot was driven by concern about the excessive access to and disclosure of complainants’ personal data, including digital downloads and third-party materials. The support primarily related to complainants’ European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) Article 86 rights to privacy, although there was also scope for general information to be provided about the legal process and attendance at Achieve Best Evidence (ABE) interview. This scheme operated from September 2018 u...

3. Privacy-European-Union-Adequacy-Status [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   ...implications, when developing the detailed proposals for amending the Privacy Act. Population implications 38. My officials will consider the impacts on specific population groups when developing the detailed proposals for amending the Privacy Act. Human Rights 39. A formal human rights assessment will be part of the next stage of work. I anticipate that any changes proposed will enhance individuals’ privacy rights, and so support the advance of their human rights protections....

4. C v Accident Compensation Corporation [2020] NZHRRT 3 [pdf, 193 KB]

   ...information was collected. It is necessary for the Tribunal to determine whether ACC’s actions breached the Health Information Privacy Code 1994. 1 [This decision is to be cited as C v Accident Compensation Corporation [2020] NZHRRT 3.] IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2020] NZHRRT 3 2 Background [2] In 1994 Mr C was in a severe car accident which resulted in serious injuries including a head injury and multiple fractures, including an L1 vertebral compression fracture...

5. Affirmation of Mr Nicholas Head dated 9 December 2016 [pdf, 32 MB]

   ...in New Zealand, including New Zealand land environments, threatened land environments and the national priorities for the protection of indigenous biodiversity on private land; (c) Provide an ecological overview of the Mackenzie Basin from pre-human to present day; (d) Discuss known sites of ecological value in the Mackenzie Basin; including significant botanical values identified by tenure review, naturally rare ecosystems, threatened ecosystems and threatened plants; (e) Out...

6. Justice Matters - issue 13 - December 2018 [pdf, 2.2 MB]

   ...Tribunals Bills will have a broad impact for our people across Operations and Service Delivery as well as Court Security. Most amendments came into effect upon receiving Royal Assent. These include: • the ability to appoint deputy chairpersons to the Human Rights Review Tribunal • new standard powers and procedures for 21 tribunals. For example, the Legal Complaints Review Officer will be able to dismiss claims without merit, and to decide more matters on the papers • reversing...

7. [2015] NZEmpC 126 Nisha v LSG Sky Chefs New Zealand Ltd [pdf, 127 KB]

   ...contents of what was then this draft affidavit not only did not allay its concerns but exacerbated them. In particular, she says that at para 4(a) of Ms Park’s draft affidavit the intended deponent indicated that she had searched LSG’s hard copy human resources files and provided documents to its counsel for inclusion in the schedule of privileged documents. [10] Counsel for the plaintiff are critical that Ms Park did not depose to when those searches had occurred, and the lang...

8. [2018] NZEmpC 72 Sawyer v The Vice-Chancellor of Victoria University of Wellington [pdf, 267 KB]

   ...process”; (iii) made its determination based on uncontested allegations that disparagement had occurred; and (iv) had not considered its own position as a “government agency” and by making the determination had impeded her application to the Human Rights Review Tribunal; (b) the compliance order affected, adversely, her ability to prepare for the other proceeding between her and the Vice-Chancellor; and (c) the determination was flawed because it contravened the “Public...

9. National Standards Committee 1 v Palmer [2022] NZLCDT 42 (10 November 2022) [pdf, 128 KB]

   ...chain that she shared her concern with colleagues – at one point asking advice as to how to handle the invitations. [57] Although she did not wish to complain formally, she provided the email chain (of three months’ duration by then) to the human resources officer who conducted her exit interview. In turn, that person was also sufficiently concerned about the email chain to pass it to the human resources manager. [58] In evidence, Ms X confirmed that it had “definitely no...

10. Child Rescue Charitable Trust v Accident Compensation Corporation (Employer Levy Classification) [2023] NZACC 73 [pdf, 212 KB]

    ...sectional interests; (f) The Trust does not provide civil or social advocacy services; (g) The Trust is not an animal welfare organisation, civil liberty service, conservation association, disease research organisation, social advocacy service, human rights association, or anything similar. [34] He also says that previously on the appellant’s objection citing the above discrepancies, Ms Gerber from ACC accepted (by email dated 14 April 2021) that ACC’s decision to reclassify t...