Report
Making New Zealand accessible: a design for effective accessibility legislation
This report proposes a legal framework to make New Zealand accessible for and remove barriers that create disabling experiences. A quarter of New Zealanders experience disability and everyone will have an impairment at some point.
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The impact of artificial intelligence on jobs and work in New Zealand
This report examines the sorts of technologies that are already being deployed across the workforce, or that are likely to be deployed in the near future. The report takes a broad analysis of the nature and value of work, considers issues in the context of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and offers 25 recommendations.
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Farmed animal welfare law in New Zealand: investigating the gap between the Animal Welfare Act 1999 and its delegated legislation
This report comprehensively analyses the codes of welfare and regulations established under the Animal Welfare Act 1999 (the Act) and the processes by which the codes and regulations were established.
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Facial recognition technology in New Zealand
The research shows that Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) is increasing in usage in Aotearoa and comparable countries. It is used across sectors including government departments, policing, banking, travel, security, and customer tracking. In this report, the authors argue that if regulation gaps aren't plugged soon, the impacts on human rights are potentially extensive.
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Judgments as data
This report addresses access to case law in New Zealand, why it is important, and how it can be improved, particularly for use in digital services. In particular, it calls for written decisions of courts and tribunals in New Zealand to be prepared and published as digital data.