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1. E11 Craig Fitzgerald - Noise and Vibration - EIC - Applicant [pdf, 12 MB]

   ...variation in both reference pressure level and the properties of the medium (water), the numerical representation of underwater noise levels appear significantly higher than those typical in airborne noise. Furthermore, the characteristics of human hearing are largely irrelevant underwater, so frequency weighted sound descriptors such as dBA are inappropriate. In fact, any weighting system applied is only relevant to the hearing sensitivity of the receiver, which varies widely depen...

2. Advice on consistency of Bills with the Bill of Rights Act

   ...Redress Bill Sections 14, 19, 20, 27(2), 27 (3)  Government Bill  2023 Digital Services Tax Bill Section 14  Government Bill  2023 Te Korowai o Wainuiārua Claims Settle Bill  Sections 19, 27(2) and 27(3) Government Bill 2023 Human Rights (Prohibition of Discrimination on Grounds of Gender Identity or Expression and Variations of Sex Characteristics) Amendment Bill Sections 13, 14, 15 and 17 Member's Bill 2023 Victims of Family Violence (Strengthening Legal Prot...

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3. Directory of Official Information M-O [pdf, 511 KB]

   ...Vice-Chancellor. The Senior Leadership Team comprises the Vice Chancellor (chair)l; the Pro Vice- Chancellor’s (who provide academic and administrative leadership of each of the University’s five academic colleges – Business, Creative Arts, Health, Humanities & Social 17 Sciences, and Sciences); and Deputy Vice-Chancellor’s, whose portfolios provide core corporate functions to all operating units across the University The Academic Board has established a sub-committee...

4. Director of Proceedings v Taranaki District Health Board [2021] NZHRRT 49 [pdf, 613 KB]

   ...papers DATE OF DECISION: 1 November 2021 (REDACTED) DECISION OF TRIBUNAL1 1 [This decision is to be cited as Director of Proceedings v Taranaki District Health Board [2021] NZHRRT 49. Note publication restrictions.] IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2021] NZHRRT 49 I TE TARAIPIUNARA MANA TANGATA 2 [1] These proceedings under the Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994 were filed on 31 March 2021. [2] Prior to the filing of the proceedings the parties...

5. [2014] NZEmpC 111 Bracewell v Richmond Services Ltd [pdf, 300 KB]

   ...discloses is about serious wrongdoing in or by that organisation but the belief is mistaken, the information must be treated as complying with subsection (1)(a) for the purposes of the protections conferred by this Act and by section 66(1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1993. (4) This section is subject to section 6A. b) The second is s 6A, which states: 6A Technical failure to comply with or refer to Act (1) A disclosure of information is not prevented from being a protected...

6. [2021] NZEnvC 077 Minister of Conservation v Northland Regional Council [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...these being: a) Ecosystem health, including water quality, water quantity, habitat, aquatic life, and ecological processes, all of the biophysical components being necessary to "sustain indigenous aquatic life expected in the absence of human disturbance or alteration" (before providing for other values); b) Human contact, in terms of the extent to which an FMU (or part of an FMU) supports people being able to connect with the water, taking into account pathogens, water...

7. Victims Code report PDF [pdf, 424 KB]

   ...Victims of Crime. South Africa Yes, the Service Charter for Victims of Crime 1996 Yes, agencies must uphold victims’ rights and are held accountable if they do not No, but there is a Truth and Reconciliation Commission for victims of gross human rights violations under apartheid. Norway No No, provisions giving victims certain rights have been incorporated into more general laws, such as the Criminal Procedures Act, the Injury Compensation Act, and the Legal Aid Act...

8. Directory of Official Information M-O [pdf, 511 KB]

   ...Vice-Chancellor. The Senior Leadership Team comprises the Vice Chancellor (chair)l; the Pro Vice- Chancellor’s (who provide academic and administrative leadership of each of the University’s five academic colleges – Business, Creative Arts, Health, Humanities & Social 17 Sciences, and Sciences); and Deputy Vice-Chancellor’s, whose portfolios provide core corporate functions to all operating units across the University The Academic Board has established a sub-committee...

9. [2010] NZEmpc 111 Smith v Stokes Valley Pharmacy (2009) Limited [pdf, 126 KB]

   ...their concerns about her work performance and suitability for the job. Although believing themselves not required to give any explanation and wishing to stick strictly to the script that they had been advised to follow, it was a natural human reaction to try to give an answer, as I am satisfied Mr King did, in a situation that was mutually unusual and stressful. [28] The only reason that Mr Kearns and/or Ms King gave to Ms Smith for her summary dismissal was that she was...

10. Guardianship, custody & access: Māori perspectives and experiences [pdf, 627 KB]

    ...individual-collective contrast that a comparison with Western land law invites results in the omission of a vast amount of material about the true significance of land: the role of Papatüänuku as a spiritual being, as ancestress, as the ultimate nurturer of her human descendants; the dual meaning of the term ‘whenua’ 20 Section 15(2). 21 Metge, J. Commentary on Judge Durie’s Custom Law (unpublished paper for the Law Commission, 1996) 3...