The downfall of Kiri Allan: New Zealand wrestles with mental health debate https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/28/kiri-allan-new-zealand-mp-quits-resigns-mental-health #nzpol #nzlaw

Gareth Hughes is a former Green MP, and works for the Wellbeing Economy Alliance Aotearoa: 'How anyone can stay well-adjusted, healthy and happy in politics is beyond me. Parliament is not an easy or forgiving place, and sadly it’s getting worse.' https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/132613389/the-privilege-and-the-pain-of-serving-in-parliament #nzpol #nzlaw

A scathing 42-page assessment of the agreement by Ngā Toki Whakarururanga (NTW), an entity that monitors government trade moves to protect Māori interests, says there are "minimal tangible gains for Māori exporters" and "no realistic gains" for non-exporting pakihi, kaimahi or wāhine Māori’.

The Crown was encouraged into cooperating with NTW following 2021’s Wai 2522 Waitangi Tribunal Inquiry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), to the point where issues were discussed before today’s announcement.

“We acknowledge that the Crown has sought to improve its processes and to strengthen Tiriti protections in this FTA, where the EU would agree,” the group says.

“Overall, however, the NZ EU FTA does not advance the range of rights, interests, duties, and responsibilities of Māori in a Te Tiriti compliant manner and offers minimal, if any, concrete economic benefits to Māori businesses and workers.” https://www.teaomaori.news/minimal-no-benefit-maori-new-eu-fta-watchdog via @maoritv #nzlaw #nzpol #trade #IndigenousIP

'With a packed gallery, New Zealand's workplace health and safety regulator has opened its case against six parties that plead not guilty to charges laid over the deadly 2019 eruption of the Whakaari White Island volcano.' https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-11/white-island-whakaari-owners-make-million-in-profit-per-year/102586406 via @ABCaustralia #nzlaw #safety

New Zealanders welcome home ancestral remains snatched by grave robbers or traded by settlers https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-20/new-zealand-brings-stolen-traded-indigenous-remains-home/102497824 #IndigenousIP #repatriation #nzlaw #nzpol

New Zealand unveils new measures to crack down on young people vaping https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-06/nz-takes-action-to-curb-vaping-by-young-people/102446112 via @ABCaustralia New Zealand's Health Minister Ayesha Verrall said the changes will be phased in over six months from August. "We're creating a future where tobacco products are no longer addictive, appealing or as readily available, and the same needs to apply to vaping," Dr Verrall said. #nzlaw #nzpol #vaping #ecigarettes

New Zealand loses fight with Australia over mānuka honey trademark https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/22/new-zealand-loses-fight-over-manuka-honey-trademark?CMP=share_btn_tw #nzlaw #nzpol #auslaw #auspol #trademark #honey #agriculture

Urgent debate needed on future on vaping in New Zealand - GP https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/489147/urgent-debate-needed-on-future-on-vaping-in-new-zealand-gp #nzpol #nzlaw #health #ecigarettes #vaping

The fantastic Jen at AustLII has done a major (5 volumes) update to the Auckland University Law Review database - http://www.nzlii.org/nz/journals/AukULawRw/
VUWLR is by far the most used journal on NZLII, but annoyingly, Auckland comes second (come on Otago and Canterbury!)
There are a multitude of fascinating articles in the volumes just updated, including ones by Justices Glazebrook, Williams and Elias, Prof McLean
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Sometimes when looking at older cases I come across one with a young person. In this case, it was a 16 year old. The Judge worried about him becoming institutionalised at that young age.
So I checked, two years later sentenced to life imprisonment for murder. Now described as one of NZers most recalled prisoners
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And I hate asking this now when there are so many other fantastic causes but NZLII does run on donations so if you are in a position to assist - even $10 - I would greatly appreciate it
http://nzlii.org/nzlii/contributors/contribute.pdf
https://alumni.otago.ac.nz/donate/NZLII
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Three of the databases we worked on over the summer have now been listed on the database page.
Two are not available for free elsewhere - the Aotearoa/New Zealand Feminist Law Bulletin - http://www.nzlii.org/nz/journals/NZFemLawB/
Professor Kenneth Palmer provided the NZ J of Environmental Law - http://www.nzlii.org/nz/journals/NZJlEnvLaw/
The last (for now) - NZ J of Industrial Relations - http://www.nzlii.org/nz/journals/NZJlIndR/
Am trying to scan the last 4 years that are not available free elsewhere and add them
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Auckland floods: city begins clean-up after ‘biggest climate event’ in New Zealand’s history https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/01/auckland-floods-biggest-climate-event-new-zealand-history-flooding #climate #nzpol #Nzlaw #floods

1 NZBORA report
21 Supreme Court transcripts

And then some from databases still in development – Royal Commission reports, NZ J of Environmental Law, NZ J of Employment Relations

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6 Family Court,
37 Coroners,
3 Employment,
5 Environment,
5 HSE,
7 Maori Appellate,
4 Maori Land,
1 ACC,
7 ARLA’s,
46 ASA,
1 Domain Name
49 Disputes
48 ERA
2 Health Practitioner
2 Human Rights
5 Immigration Advisors
56 IPT
1 Land Valuation
7 Lawyers Conveyancers Discipline
3 Legal Complaints
39 Motor Vehicle
5 Private Security
3 Real Estate
66 Book of Award decisions
1 Contract and Commercial Law Reform
1 ad hoc law reform
1 current regulation
2/3
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Australian manuka honey producers score legal win over New Zealand producers in Europe, UK https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-01-23/manuka-honey-legal-win-over-new-zealand-in-europe-uk/101876528 via @ABCaustralia #trademark #honey #auslaw #nzlaw #auspol #nzpol

‘We are inextricably linked’: Māori tribe urges Sotheby’s to return relics up for auction https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/12/maori-tribe-sothebys-relics-auction-new-zealand #IndigenousIP #nzlaw #nzpol #culture #heritage #repatriation

In 2021 Thursday was the most popular day of the week to access/use NZLII - in 2022 it was Tuesday - about 400,000 more uses over the year on a Tuesday than other days of the week. Thursday was the 2nd most popular day to use NZLII
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The New Zealand Law Style Guide went live on NZLII in March 2022 and had 138,993 page visits during the rest of 2022
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🎉 Woohoo, just looked at the NZLII 2022 access figures and we have beaten the record breaking number of 31.5 million interactions from 2021 - with 31.6 - plus the accesses from the NZ Law Style Guide and ACC handbook still to be added (as they are on AustLII's communities platform they do not show up in our normal stats). That would take it to over 31.7 million interactions.
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