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1. Director of Proceedings v N [2019] NZHRRT 38 [pdf, 953 KB]

   (1) ORDER PROHIBITING PUBLICATION OF NAME, ADDRESS AND ANY OTHER IDENTIFYING PARTICULARS OF THE DEFENDANT. (2) ORDER PREVENTING SEARCH OF THE TRIBUNAL FILE WITHOUT LEAVE OF THE CHAIRPERSON OR OF THE TRIBUNAL. IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2019] NZHRRT 38 UNDER Reference No. HRRT 092/2016 SECTION 50 OF THE HEAL TH AND DISABILITY COMMISSIONER ACT 1994 BETWEEN AND AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: Mr RPG Haines ONZM QC, Chairperson Ms K Anderson, Member Ms W Gilchrist, Member...

2. Coronial Services Annual Report 2015-2016 [pdf, 3.9 MB]

   ...398 deaths (12%), followed by transport deaths, 366 (11%). Cause of death 2015–16 Deaths Accidental poisoning 8 Aspiration 32 Aviation 10 Death in custody 26 Drowning and immersion 81 Fall 92 Fire/smoke/burns 30 Firearms 43 Homicide 46 Human remains 2 Marine accident 9 Missing person 11 Natural causes 1798 Other 23 Overdose 121 Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy 27 Suicide 398 Transport 366 Undetermined 171 Workplace accident 32 54% of deaths were from natural cause...

3. [2006] NZEmpC AC 52/06 Simpsons Farms Ltd v Aberhart [pdf, 143 KB]

   ...introduction of the Employment Relations Law Reform Bill, the Minister summarised s103A as follows: Overall, the test is to be an objective one. This is not a radical revamp of the dismissal law. It draws from existing case law and fits well within good human resources practice. [58] Although not, or at least not only, in s103A, Parliament contemporaneously legislated expressly for minimum requirements of procedural fairness in employment relationships including, in particular, th...

4. Improving-Access-to-Legal-Assistance-for-Low-Income-New-Zealanders-Final.pdf [pdf, 4.3 MB]

   ...people per year will not have to pay the charge. Treaty of Waitangi 61 The proposals to increase eligibility, remove the user charge, and reduce legal aid debt aim to reduce existing barriers to legal aid that were identified during the review. Human rights 62 The New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 affirms the right of a person charged with an offence to consult and instruct a lawyer, 11 and receive free legal assistance if the interests of justice require and the person does not...

5. [2015] NZEmpC 76 Sealord Group Ltd v Pickering [pdf, 192 KB]

   ...contract. Nor was he able to give any rational explanation as to how and why it would have gone missing, had it ever existed. Mr Taylor said that Mr Pickering's employment agreement dated 19 January 2007 had been drawn up by Sealord's Human Resources Department (HR) and he believed that HR would also have drawn up the contract between Mr Pickering and United Fame but no one from HR was called as a witness to support that proposition. I found Mr Taylor's evidence in...

6. McCleery – Waihaha 3D2 Inc (1997) 1 Waiariki Appellate MB 67 (1 AP 67) [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   ...down. I'm not prepared however at this stage to remove them completely, and when I say that I'm not doing it as any favour to them, I do it as a saving for the people, for the committee of management notwithstanding what has happened are a human resource for the people, it still has a chance to make a contribution. I agree wholeheartedly with Mr Te Rapai that the incorporation is out of control, and I must consider what the best way is to get it back on the rails, and I have decided...

7. Education and Training Bill Advice [pdf, 275 KB]

   ...of the Bill. 33 This provision is on p 83 of the Bill. Section 19 - freedom from discrimination 41. Section 19(1) of the Bill of Rights Act affirms that everyone has the right to freedom from discrimination on the prohibited grounds in the Human Rights Act 1993, including age, sex, religious belief, and national origin. 42. A legislative provision will limit the right to freedom from discrimination if: • the legislation draws a distinction based on one of the prohibited grou...

8. [2008] NZEmpC WC 11/08 McCain Foods (NZ) Ltd v Service and Food Workers Union [pdf, 86 KB]

   ...as the union’s representatives in relation to access. Organisers are in an employment relationship with the union rather than a membership relationship. It is the plaintiff’s case that simply because the union does not have the human resources authorised by its rules to represent it in Hawke’s Bay, it cannot thereby lawfully use others, and in particular members from other workplaces operated by competing employers, to do so. Is a “member organiser” able to...

9. E31A Urban Design and Landscape Architecture JWS [pdf, 4.6 MB]

   ...comprising for Base B a-d and at least three of e-j, and for Bases C-G at least two of a-d and at least three of e-j: a. expression of primary and secondary building volumes with modulation of height or form; b. roof form modulation; c. provision of human scale, fine-grained detail and richness at all edges that the public will view at close range, and larger forms and elements to respond to mid and long-range viewing distances; d. visual expression of building entries; e. offsets...

10. Justice Matters - issue 15 - July 2019 [pdf, 3.5 MB]

    ...the team came after our Ministry started using behavioural insights to improve the way we deliver our services. The team will have 11 members and has funding for the next two and a half years. Behavioural insights play a key role in delivering a humane and effective justice system. Almost everything that happens within the justice sector is behaviour related, from arranging for people to pay their fines to crime prevention strategy. “If you understand what motivates people’s behavi...