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The New Zealand Court of Appeal in a bare majority in Hosking v Runting accepted that there was a tort of privacy in New Zealand. The tort was affirmed as protection in this area was needed and the breach of confidence tort was not suitable to cover situations involving privacy. [ 22 ]
Writing for the Auckland Law School, Nikki Chamberlain and Stephen Penk say that the Act is outdated, saying that "our new Act does not adequately address the risks of the 21st century" and "there is a real need to develop the law around misappropriation of personality to protect an individual's right to identity privacy", and that the Act does ...
The Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) is an act of the New Zealand Parliament which creates a public right to access information held by government bodies. It is New Zealand's primary freedom of information law and has become an important part of New Zealand's constitutional framework.
Many of the changes are based on recommendations from the New Zealand Law Commission's 2011 review of New Zealand's privacy laws. List of privacy commissioners [ edit ]
List of statutes of New Zealand (1928–1931) 3 years 4: United–Reform coalition: List of statutes of New Zealand (1931–1935) 4 years 5: First Labour: List of statutes of New Zealand (1935–1949) 14 years 6: First National: List of statutes of New Zealand (1949–1957) 8 years 7: Second Labour: List of statutes of New Zealand (1957–1960 ...
Education Act 1877: Free and compulsory education was provided for all standard six (year eight) New Zealand children. Public schools were set up by regional education boards. [4] 1893 New Zealand Society for the Protection of Women and Children The society was a voluntary organisation that aimed to protect children from neglect and abuse. [5]
Bans gang insignia, and introduces new anti-gang dispersal and non-consorting orders. [8] Sentencing Amendment Act 2024: 2024/37: 19 September 2024 Makes gang membership an aggravating actor in sentencing. [8] Education and Training Amendment Act 2024 2024/66-2: 25 September 2024 Reinstates Charter schools in New Zealand. [9] Corrections ...
New Zealand originally had nurse education as a part of the hospital system, but, as early as the 1900s, post registration and post graduate programs of study for nurses were in existence. Reforms in the 1970s disestablished the original hospital-based schools and moved these into the tertiary education sector, namely polytechnics and ...