Law / August 2015
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Major Law Firm’s Gift to Refugee Children
- One sunny Friday afternoon in August, on the panoramic 24th floor of HSBC Tower on Lambton Quay, four refugee children happily biked around the Simpson Grierson boardroom on their new BMX bikes.
- Accepted from Refugee Family Reunification Trust feed by feedreader
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When horsepay becomes forced play
- Wellington Community Law Centre
- Stop bullying happening at work What has become known as “ponytail-gate” roused two general categories of opinion; the first group considered the incident an instance of innocent banter, the second group viewed it as a particularly salient case of workplace … Continue reading →
- Accepted from Community Law Wellington and Hutt Valley
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Unsafe relationships
- Wellington Community Law Centre
- Know the signs to look out for your friends and whānau According to Are You OK, more than half of all reported violent crime in New Zealand is family violence. 75% of serious assaults; 45% of abductions, kidnappings, and threatening … Continue reading →
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Renting? It’s more than just a flat
- Wellington Community Law Centre
- Make sure your landlord respects your rights Recent deaths of state housing tenants have resulted in anger and uproar about poor conditions of rental housing in New Zealand. This has exacerbated the policy debate about how strictly New Zealand’s rental … Continue reading →
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International Child Abduction
- Wellington Community Law Centre
- How the headlines happen Caring for children after a separation is complicated enough. Add international travel into the mix and things can get really messy, really quickly. At least 120 Kiwi children get caught up in international custody disputes each year. … Continue reading →
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Online schemers, scams and shams
- Wellington Community Law Centre
- Online scams currently cost New Zealanders upwards of $400m each year. The internet has allowed scammers from overseas to easily maintain anonymity and operate with impunity. NetSafe, an NGO that promotes safe use of online technologies, says that most people … Continue reading →
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