Where to go for more support
Overview
Legal information
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“Lag Law: Your Rights Inside Prison and on Remand” booklet |
This booklet contains practical answers to common questions relating to prisoner rights, including transgender rights in prison. A useful guide for people going to prison, in prison, or getting out of prison and their whānau. Community Law Wellington and Hutt Valley Phone: (04) 499 2928 Email: publications@wclc.org.nz Visit www.communitylaw.org.nz to buy a copy or access free |
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Rainbow Rights |
Rainbow Rights is a website developed by Rainbow Youth and YouthLaw (a Community Law Centre) to provide legal information about rights for LQBTIQ young people. |
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Legislation NZ |
This has all of New Zealand’s current Acts and regulations. |
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Law Society |
To find a lawyer (04) 472 7837 |
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Gender Minorities Aotearoa |
Phone: (04) 385 0611 Mobile: 02040492568 GMA maintains a national database of transgender, takatāpui, and intersex information, resources, and links. |
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InsideOUT |
0273314507 InsideOUT is a national organisation that provides workshops, resources and support to help make schools, community organisations and workplaces inclusive for rainbow people. |
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Rainbow Youth |
(09) 376 4155 RainbowYOUTH provides a number of services for queer and gender-diverse youth and their wider communities all across Aotearoa. |
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Genderbridge |
www.facebook.com/groups/genderbridge/ Genderbridge is a peer-to-peer transgender community organisation providing support to transgender and gender-diverse people, their whānau and friends throughout Aotearoa New Zealand. |
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Naming NZ |
Naming NZ is an organisation to help transgender, gender-diverse and intersex youth with updating their identity documents to correctly reflect their sex and gender. Naming NZ can only provide financial assistance to youth in the Wellington region. |
Government departments, agencies and courts
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Department of Internal Affairs |
0800 25 78 87 The Department of Internal Affairs processes applications to legally change your name. |
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Family Court |
www.justice.govt.nz/courts/family-court 0800 268 787 or (04) 918 8800 The Family Court make decisions about applications to change your sex on your birth certificate. |
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Oranga Tamariki / Ministry for Children |
International Surrogacy – Fact sheet |
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Human Rights Commission |
You can contact the Human Rights Commission if you want to know more about discrimination and human rights, or if you want to complain about discrimination: 0800 496 877 or text 0210 236 4253 “To Be Who I Am”, 2007 Report of the Inquiry into Discrimination Experienced by Transgender People is available on the HRC website Human Rights Commission Intersex Roundtable |
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NZ Transport Agency |
0800 822 422 The NZTA deals with changes to drivers’ licences, including changing your name or gender on your driver’s licence. |
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Ministry of Health |
Guidance for health professionals Gender affirming surgery |
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Health and Disability Advocacy Service |
The Health and Disability Advocacy Service can provide a free advocate to help you make a complaint about a health or disability service. |
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Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment |
Guide about Transgender Employees www.employment.govt.nz/starting-employment/hiring/discrimination-when-hiring/transgender-employees/ |
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Department of Corrections |
Placement of transgender prisoners You can read their policy (Movements M.03.05) relating to placement of transgender prisoners on their website, at: www.corrections.govt.nz/resources/policy_and_legislation/Prison-Operations-Manual.html |
