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MATCH-FIXING: KEEPING SPORT HONEST 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 deception to forms of match-fixing. The Parliamentary Bill Digest provides that the new provision 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 December 2014 in preparation for the Cricket World Cup and the FIFA under 20 World Cup New Zealand will host in 2015.
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:
Sources: www.parliament.nz
Law = Koe Lao
Tongan Language Week 2014
Contract = Koe Aleapau
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Rights = Totonu
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LAW NEWS: News in Community Law EMPLOYMENT LAW: MINIMUM ENTITLEMENTS 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 minimum 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
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 holidays, 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 prepare for change in a management, governance, and adversarial capacity. We were extremely pleased with the strong CLC presence at the conference which reflects CLC commitment to improve the provision of legal services to Maori.
Photo: Maori CLC staff at Maori Law Society Annual Conference, Tauranga, NZ.
Māori Land Advice Clinic
RADIO 531pi
Our Māori Land advice clinic is held on the first Wednesday of every month at Manurewa Marae, 81 Finlayson Ave, MANUREWA (by appointment only).
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.
A special thanks to our Lawyers Cameron Hockly and Brooke Loader of Te Mata Law Barristers for their ongoing assistance in facilitating this clinic.
Tune in to Radio 531pi from 2pm every Tuesday to listen to our Legal Information sessions.
Contact: Wi Pere Mita to book an appointment on (09) 274 4966(#) or at wipere.mita@clsstlaw.com
You can listen online via the following link: www.radio531pi.com
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OUTREACH CLINICS: Serving Our People Otara CLSST Office 120 Bairds Road Otara
Manukau Salvation Army 16B Bakerfield Place Manukau
Papakura Papakura Citizens Advice Bureau 4a Opaheke Road Papakura
Appointments available: Monday – Friday
Appointments available: Monday-Friday
Appointments available: Thursday
Pukekohe Heartland Services 2 King Street Pukekohe
Manurewa Manurewa Marae 81 Finlayson Ave Manurewa
Saturday Legal Advice Clinic
Appointments available: Fortnightly on Tuesday
Appointments available: Wednesday
CLSST Office 120 Bairds Road, OTARA Appointments or Walk-ins: Fortnightly on Saturday (30 mins appointments from 9am12pm) NB: Walk-ins seen according to order of arrival
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LEGAL EDUCATION: Courses, Seminars & Presentations
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LEGAL EDUCATION: Courses, Seminars & Presentations We are currently running our School Leavers’ Legal Survival Kit through various Secondary Schools and Alternative Education Institutes. Please contact education@clsstlaw.com if you would like us to present the Survival Kit to your youths or students.
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