Posts Tagged ‘New Zealand Law Commission’

Feedback sought on New Zealand’s surrogacy laws

Monday, August 9th, 2021
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The Law Commission is reviewing New Zealand’s surrogacy laws. Instigated by former Justice Minister Andrew Little, the Commission is recommending a new pathway to parenthood that doesn’t require adoption for parents of a surrogate-born child. At last week’s launch of Kōpū Whāngai: He Arotake – Review of Surrogacy, the Commission said it is seeking feedback Read more

New options for settling historical abuse claims suggested

Monday, November 9th, 2020

New options for investigating and settling historical abuse claims are needed, says legal counsel Simon Mount. Mount told the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-based Institutions last week that change was needed. The commission was in its second and final week of hearings into redress Read more