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LEGAL LOWDOWN
LAW NEWS p2 I COMMUNITY p3 I OUTREACH p4 I EDUCATION p5 ISSUE
15
SEPTEMBER 2014
COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES SOUTH TRUST FOLLOW US:
MATCH-FIXING: KEEPING SPORT HONEST
Tongan Language Week 2014
Tongan Language Week was celebrated from 1 – 7 September 2014.
The theme was “Enriching Aotearoa with Tongan Wisdom”. Keeping
with the theme of Tongan Language Week, Community Legal Services
South Trust (“CLSST”) provides the Tonga translations of English legal
terms below:
KEEPING AN EYE ON SPORT MATCH
FIXING
The Crimes (Match-Fixing) Amendment Bill seeks to address
the risks of match-fixing in sport. The main purpose of the
bill is to amend the Crimes Act 1961 (the Act) to apply the
offence of “obtaining by deception or causing loss by decep-
tion to forms of match-fixing.
The Parliamentary Bill Digest provides that the new provi-sion applies to the manipulation, with intent to influence a betting outcome of a sporting competition, game, match, race, or rally involving human participants (or a dog race), of its overall result or any incidental event, and provides that manipulation of this kind, unless undertaken for tactical or strategic sporting reasons, is deception for the purposes of Section 240 of the Act.. It is expected that the Act will come into force by 15 Decem-
ber 2014 in preparation for the Cricket World Cup and the
FIFA under 20 World Cup New Zealand will host in 2015.
Sources: www.parliament.nz
Law = Koe Lao Contract =
Koe Aleapau Rights = Totonu
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LAW NEWS: News in Community Law
Minimum Wage It is illegal to pay anyone who works in New Zealand and is over the age of 16 less than the minimum wage. There are 3
types of minimum wage:
The adult minimum wage applies to all employees aged 16 and over who are not starting-out workers or trainees, and
all employees who are involved in supervising or training other employees. As of January 2014, the current adult mini-
mum wage rate (before tax) is $14.25 an hour.
The training minimum wage rate applies to employees aged 20 years or over who are doing recognised industry training
involving at least 60 credits a year as part of their employment agreement, in order to become qualified.
The starting-out wage applies to starting-out workers, and is a new initiative that started from 1 May 2013. As of January
2014, the current starting-out wage (before tax) is $11.40 an hour. There are 3 types of starting-out workers;
16- and 17-year-old employees who have not yet completed 6 months of continuous employment with their cur
rent employer.
18- and 19-year-old employees who have been paid a specified social security benefit for six months or more,
and who have not yet completed six months continuous employment with any employer since they started being
paid a benefit. Once they have completed six months continuous employment with a single employer, they will
no longer be a starting-out worker, and must be paid at least the adult minimum wage rate.
16- to 19-year-old employees who are required by their employment agreement to undertake industry training
for at least 40 credits a year in order to become qualified
EMPLOYMENT LAW: MINIMUM ENTITLEMENTS
Leave Entitlements
Most employees are entitled to at least 4 weeks of paid holiday a year. They receive their annual holiday entitlements
on their first and subsequent anniversaries after starting work.
Annual holidays can be taken at any time agreed between the employer and the employee. Employees must also be
allowed to take at least 2 of the 4 weeks’ holidays continuously, if they wish to do so.
Public holidays are separate from and additional to annual holidays. For more information regarding payment on holi-
days, please go to www.dol.govt.nz/er/holidaysandleave/publicholidays or call the Ministry of Business, Innovation and
Employment on 0800 20 90 20.
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COMMUNITY LAW: Our Community
Maori Law Society
The theme of this year’s Annual Conference
was “Maori lawyers in the 21st century”. It
focused on law changes that affect Maori and
how Maori legal practitioners can best pre-
pare for change in a management, govern-
ance, and adversarial capacity.
We were extremely pleased with the strong
CLC presence at the conference which re-
flects CLC commitment to improve the provi-
sion of legal services to Maori.
Photo: Maori CLC staff at Maori Law Society
Annual Conference, Tauranga, NZ.
RADIO 531pi
This month our Radio 531pi Legal Information topic was a
Potpourri covering several areas of law.
Our sessions covered Enduring Powers of Attorney, New
Zealand Bill of Rights & Human Rights, Bankruptcy and
Disputes Tribunal matters.
Tune in to Radio 531pi from 2pm every Tuesday to listen
to our Legal Information sessions.
You can listen online via the following link:
www.radio531pi.com
Māori Land Advice Clinic
Our Māori Land advice clinic is held on the first Wednes-
day of every month at Manurewa Marae, 81 Finlayson
Ave, MANUREWA (by appointment only).
A special thanks to our Lawyers Cameron Hockly and
Brooke Loader of Te Mata Law Barristers for their on-
going assistance in facilitating this clinic.
Contact: Wi Pere Mita to book an appointment on (09)
274 4966(#) or at [email protected]
THANK YOU!
A big thank you to our student volunteers who assist in
bringing this newsletter to our readers.
We would also like to acknowledge our volunteers who
assist with other areas of our services We really appreciate
your efforts!
Send us your news
If you have a story , article or community notice you would
like us to advertise through Legal Lowdown, please send it
to us at [email protected]
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OUTREACH CLINICS: Serving Our People
Otara
CLSST Office
120 Bairds Road
Otara Appointments available:
Monday – Friday
Manukau Salvation Army
16B Bakerfield Place
Manukau
Appointments available:
Monday-Friday
Papakura
Papakura Citizens Advice Bureau
4a Opaheke Road
Papakura
Appointments available:
Thursday
Pukekohe
Heartland Services
2 King Street
Pukekohe
Appointments available:
Fortnightly on Tuesday
Manurewa
Manurewa Marae
81 Finlayson Ave
Manurewa
Appointments available:
Wednesday
Saturday Legal Advice Clinic CLSST Office
120 Bairds Road, OTARA
Appointments or Walk-ins:
Fortnightly on Saturday
(30 mins appointments from 9am-
12pm)
NB: Walk-ins seen according to order
of arrival
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LEGAL EDUCATION: Courses, Seminars & Presentations
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We are currently running our School Leavers’ Legal Survival Kit through various Secondary
Schools and Alternative Education Institutes.
Please contact [email protected] if you would like us to present the Survival Kit to your
youths or students.
LEGAL EDUCATION: Courses, Seminars & Presentations