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Community Law Applauds Alcohol Amendment Vote
Thursday, 24 August 2023, 4:53 pm | Community Law Centres Aotearoa
Community Law Centres o Aotearoa (CLCA) congratulates the Government on passing the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Community Participation) Amendment Bill in Parliament today so that communities will have more say about where and when alcohol is sold. ... More >>
Family Violence Visa Needs Urgent Review On International Women’s Day
Wednesday, 8 March 2023, 8:18 am | Community Law Centres Aotearoa
The family violence visa must be urgently reviewed if New Zealand is to hold its head up high on International Women’s Day, says Community Law Centres o Aotearoa (CLCA) . A report published last week shows that New Zealand’s Family Violence ... More >>
Auckland Council Needs CABs For Community Resilience
Tuesday, 28 February 2023, 7:04 pm | Community Law Centres Aotearoa
Citizens’ advice bureaux (CABs) are a bedrock part of community resilience and must be retained by the Auckland Council according to Community Law Centres o Aotearoa (CLCA). “It is alarming to see the Council move to close the CABs down at the very ... More >>
Emergency Housing Standards Urgent
Monday, 5 September 2022, 10:16 am | Community Law Centres Aotearoa
Work underway to establish rights for emergency housing residents must be accelerated, says Community Law Centres o Aotearoa (CLCA). “The issues aired on last night’s Sunday programme are all too familiar to Community Law Centres and their clients,” ... More >>
Best Chance To Address Issues Facing Kiwis In Australia
Sunday, 22 May 2022, 2:16 pm | Community Law Centres Aotearoa
Community Law Centres O Aotearoa is urging the New Zealand Government to prioritise the treatment of Kiwis who have made Australia their home high on the agenda when Prime Minister Ardern meets with freshly-elected Australian Prime Minister Anthony ... More >>
New Zealand Residents Stuck In Afghanistan Despite High Court Win
Thursday, 3 February 2022, 8:53 am | Community Law Centres Aotearoa
Afghan Nationals who had their visa applications unlawfully suspended by Immigration NZ are still stranded in Afghanistan more than two months after the High Court directed the prompt processing and granting of their visas. Those granted visas are now having ... More >>
High Court Win For Community Law Afghan Nationals Clients
Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 8:35 am | Community Law Centres Aotearoa
Community Law Waikato clients in fear of their lives in Afghanistan have won a landmark case to have their New Zealand residence visas promptly determined by Immigration NZ. In the judgment released yesterday, Justice Francis Cooke said that decisions ... More >>
Complete Overhaul Needed Of Legal Aid System
Thursday, 11 November 2021, 3:24 pm | Community Law Centres Aotearoa
The legal aid system needs a complete overhaul to prevent thousands of people from being unable to access justice, according to Community Law Centres O Aotearoa(CLCA). “The report released today by the NZ Law Society reflects the situation being reported ... More >>
Afghan Nationals Fleeing to Pakistan Need Urgent Help
Thursday, 2 September 2021, 12:04 pm | Community Law Centres Aotearoa
Community Law clients in Afghanistan who met the criteria for residency in New Zealand can escape to safety if the New Zealand Government completes the processing of their residence visa applications says Community Law Centres O Aotearoa CEO, Sue Moroney. More >>
Government Faces Legal Action Over Afghanistan Inaction
Sunday, 29 August 2021, 4:42 pm | Community Law Centres Aotearoa
Immigration NZ’s refusal to process decision-ready visa applications for people who meet the criteria for NZ residency is putting lives at risk, says Community Law Centres O Aotearoa CEO, Sue Moroney. Community Law Waikato has worked with barristers ... More >>
Emergency Housing Standards Urgent
Monday, 21 December 2020, 1:41 pm | Community Law Centres Aotearoa
Community Law Centres O Aotearoa (CLCA) is calling on Government agencies to ensure emergency housing providers meet basic standards as competing pressures mount over the Summer holidays. “Handing over millions of dollars of taxpayer funding to private ... More >>
Emergency Benefit Better Late Than Never
Friday, 20 November 2020, 6:29 pm | Community Law Centres Aotearoa
Community Law welcomes the Government announcement that people on temporary work, student or visitor visas who can’t return home or support themselves will have access to the emergency benefit. “It is appropriate that Minister Sepuloni has ... More >>
Community Law Welcomes “Small But Important” Budget Increase
Friday, 15 May 2020, 5:09 pm | Community Law Centres Aotearoa
Community Law Centres have received a $2.05m funding boost in Budget 2020 which will improve free legal services available to communities across New Zealand “It may be a small amount of money in a government budget which features such substantial ... More >>
Community Law Welcomes Housing Support – More Needed
Thursday, 13 February 2020, 1:57 pm | Community Law Centres Aotearoa
Community Law today welcomed the Government’s cross-agency package to address homelessness but warned that further work is needed to improve the complex processes used to address housing needs. “Our 24 Community Law Centres are frequently supporting ... More >>
Community Law Ready To Implement Kaupapa Maori Plan
Wednesday, 24 July 2019, 2:45 pm | Community Law Centres Aotearoa
Community Law stands ready and willing to implement a key recommendation of today’s Inaia Tonu Nei Report on the justice system - to establish Kaupapa Maori Legal Services across its 24 Community Law Centres. More >>
Community Law launches te reo Māori resource
Friday, 1 July 2016, 12:08 pm | Community Law Centres Aotearoa
Te reo Māori speakers can now read about the legal status of te reo Māori in te reo Māori thanks to a new bilingual chapter in the Community Law Manual. More >>
Invest in crime prevention not prisons says Community Law
Monday, 18 April 2016, 3:30 pm | Community Law Centres Aotearoa
Lower reoffending rates through the restorative justice system are proof that government resources should be directed into crime prevention rather than prisons says Community Law. More >>
Access to justice in Aotearoa focus of legal gathering
Wednesday, 18 November 2015, 10:36 am | Community Law Centres Aotearoa
Justice issues affecting Māori, vulnerable children, liquor licensing and refugees will be topics under the spotlight at Community Law’s annual hui in Christchurch next week. More >>
Chinese to learn about access to justice in New Zealand
Wednesday, 14 October 2015, 1:01 pm | Community Law Centres Aotearoa
Legal officials from Shanghai will visit New Zealand next week to learn about New Zealand’s Community Law movement. More >>
Lawyers And Law Students Ensure Viability Of Community Law
Thursday, 19 July 2012, 3:20 pm | Community Law Centres Aotearoa
Lawyers and law students have given, at a conservative estimate, almost $1.8 million dollars worth of services free of charge in the past year to help people who cant afford to pay for lawyers according to a new study just released by the New Zealand ... More >>
