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LEGAL LOWDOWN

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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 wipere.mita@clsstlaw.com

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 newsletter@clsstlaw.com

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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 education@clsstlaw.com if you would like us to present the Survival Kit to your

youths or students.

LEGAL EDUCATION: Courses, Seminars & Presentations