The Human Rights Act 1993 protects people in New Zealand against unlawful discrimination in various areas of everyday life, including employment, education, housing, and access to goods and services. Where a person believes they have been treated unfairly because of a prohibited ground of discrimination, they may have grounds to bring a complaint or legal […]
Category Archives: Public Law & Human Rights
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Oct
Oct
Local councils make decisions that affect individuals, property owners and businesses every day. These decisions can concern matters such as licences and permits, bylaws, development, regulatory action, public consultation, rates, infrastructure, council services and the use of public land. Councils and other local authorities have significant decision-making powers, but those powers are not unlimited. They […]
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Aug
Aug
When a government agency, Minister, or statutory decision-maker gets it wrong, most people assume there’s nothing they can do about it. That’s not quite right. New Zealand’s judicial review jurisdiction gives the High Court the power to scrutinise decisions made by the Executive branch of government — and, where the decision-maker has acted outside their […]