Crown Entities
Resources for dealing with Crown Entities.
Human Rights Commission (NZ)
www.hrc.co.nz
This site has useful resource guides: Community Language Resources — info about HRC in 12 languages, Disability Rights, HRC Submissions, Research and the Treaty of Waitangi.
www.hrc.co.nz/home/hrc/resources/resources.php
It also has a step-by-step guide to making a complaint:
www.hrc.co.nz/home/hrc/unlawfuldiscriminationcomplaints/unlawfuldiscriminationcomplaints.php
Accident Compensation Corporation (NZ)
www.acc.co.nz
The ACC website guides you around the processes and procedures involved in making a claim. For more detail on rights and obligations under ACC, a couple of legal websites give useful advice.
Law Access (NZ)
www.lawaccess.lsa.govt.nz
This is a website run through the Legal Services Agency giving answers to commonly asked law questions. This has a good section on ACC.
HowtoLaw (NZ)
www.howtolaw.co.nz
Information on ACC under:
www.howtolaw.co.nz/contents_acc.asp?location=WN
Insurance Ombudsman (NZ)
www.iombudsman.org.nz
Many community groups would benefit from the free advice on saving and insurance available from this website. The site offers advice on problems with insurance or savings company about a claim or a policy and complaints about house, contents, vehicle, travel, health, income protection, life insurance and personal superannuation.
Privacy Commissioner (NZ)
www.privacy.org.nz
How to comply with the Privacy Act can be a headache for many groups. This site offers advice on how to get it right the first time.
www.privacy.org.nz/how-to-comply
The office of the commissioner also offers training and education seminars which can be found through:
www.privacy.org.nz/training-and-education
Charities Commission (NZ)
www.charities.govt.nz
This site covers all a group would need to know about the commission and also has a paper on the rationale behind public access to information or documents on the Charities Register.
www.charities.govt.nz/news/public_access_position_summary.htm
The commission also from time to time seeks public consultation on various work. For example at the moment it is seeking comment on the registration of overseas charities.
www.charities.govt.nz/news/index.html
Registrar of Incorporated Societies (NZ)
www.societies.govt.nz
This website allows you to update registration details for an incorporated society, search for an incorporated society or charitable trust and obtain useful information on these organisations.
It includes important changes for Charitable Trusts and Incorporated Societies under the new Charities Act.