This article considers the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (NZBORA), which is commonly viewed as the progenitor of the ‘parliamentary bills of rights’ adopted in the United Kingdom and various Australian States. In ...

New Zealand law recognises three forms of adult relationships: marriage, registered partnership (referred to in New Zealand as ‘civil union’), and unregistered cohabitation (referred to in New Zealand as ‘de facto ...

The judiciary (the courts) have been referred to as the ‘third arm of government’ (Brennan 1996). This chapter considers the role of the judiciary in the overall institutional structure that exercises political power of ...

Psychological research indicates that the provision of feedback is a key element in reinforcing and/or changing behavior, and whilst results from empirical studies on eco-feedback are positive, variation in findings suggests ...

This chapter reviews current best evidence in the identification and management of work related factors causing musculoskeletal pain and discomfort.

This chapter explains when and how the Property (Relationships) Act 1976 (PRA) applies to couples when their marriage, civil union or de facto relationship ends in separation or death. The author outlines the key features ...

Extremely large data sets are now commonplace, and they are often visualized through the World Wide Web. Scalability of web-based visualization techniques is thus a key issue. This paper investigates the scalability of ...

Non-discursively or intuitively, it seems to me that the terror raids on 15 October 2007 were inevitable. The subjugation of Maori via New Zealand's juridical system and, specifically, under the confining discourse of ...

Coroners in New Zealand can make recommendations that may reduce the chances of occurrence of similar deaths in the future. Coronial recommendations can have pro-therapeutic outcomes. The recommendations hold therapeutic ...