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The Law Lady: Past Episodes 2023-2024

With a sense of humour and no-nonsense approach, Angela Solomons, from Taranaki Community Law, manages to de-mystify the legal issues.

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http://communitylaw.org.nz/centre/taranaki/



With a sense of humour and no-nonsense approach, Angela Solomons manages to de-mystify the legal issues around buying into a retirement village, noisy neighbours, immigration, divorce, buying a house, surviving a zombie apocolypse, and just about any other situation you can think of.

As Education Co-ordinator with Taranaki Community Law, Angela is passionate about justice, and about real people.

She’s also very entertaining!

New show every second week.

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Podcasts

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Election Donations

Find out the rules for candidate donations and what the consequences of breaking these rules are.

Duration: 00:28:40 | Date: 6 June, 2024

Road User Charges

What are road user charges and how do they apply to electric vehicles?

Duration: 00:28:04 | Date: 23 May, 2024

Employment Trial Periods

Trial Periods in Employment: What you need to know about who they apply to, how they work and when they are valid.

Duration: 00:26:31 | Date: 9 May, 2024

Ghost Property Rights

What are your rights when haunting a house? Can you evict a ghost from your house? Find out the legal rights of ghosts.

Duration: 00:27:37 | Date: 25 April, 2024

Minimum Wage

From 1 April the minimum wage will increase from $22.70 to $23.15 per hour. The Law Lady talks about how this works and some things to consider.

Duration: 00:27:45 | Date: 11 April, 2024

Whaikaha Purchasing Guidelines for Individualised Funding

Talking about changes that Whaikaha (the Ministry for disabled people) have made to their purchasing guidelines, including reducing flexibility for carers and family/whānau when it comes to kinds of support they can receive funding for.

Duration: 00:21:11 | Date: 28 March, 2024

Principles of The Treaty of Waitangi Bill - Pt 3

Discussion about the proposed Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill, including what the proposed principles are and how they differ from the current principles.

Duration: 00:27:11 | Date: 7 March, 2024

Principles of The Treaty of Waitangi - Pt 2

Talking about the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi, where they come from, and why they are relevant.

Duration: 00:25:12 | Date: 22 February, 2024

The Treaty of Waitangi Principals Bill

What does the Principles of the Treaty Bill mean? Find out the legal history That has led to this piece of legislation.

Duration: 00:28:11 | Date: 8 February, 2024

The Year Ahead

Find out what's in store for the Law Lady in 2024, and find out how to listen to important past shows.

Duration: 00:28:08 | Date: 25 January, 2024

Annual Close Down

Businesses can close down for a holiday or seasonal break and make employees take annual leave. Find out the ins and outs of annual shut downs.

Duration: 00:28:20 | Date: 11 January, 2024

Alcohol Licensing

Find out more about the alcohol licencing process, who's involved and how to object to an alcohol licence.

Duration: 00:28:20 | Date: 28 December, 2023

Supporting Trans Clients

People who are trans experience significantly more challenges as services often aren't responsive to people's needs. Learn how to better support trans clients and colleagues and why it matters.

Duration: 00:27:54 | Date: 14 December, 2023

CLCA

Do you want to know how Taranaki Community Law fits in with the rest of the country? Find out about the CLCA and what they do.

Duration: 00:27:55 | Date: 30 November, 2023

Annual Report

Find out how many people Taranaki Community Law helped in the last year and the kinds of legal problems we helped with.Find out how many people Taranaki Community Law helped in the last year and the kinds of legal problems we helped with.

Duration: 00:29:13 | Date: 16 November, 2023

Public Holidays

Public holidays, how much you can get paid when you can get a day off, and when you have to work on one.

Duration: 00:27:04 | Date: 2 November, 2023

Clamping Cars

What are the rules for parking environments? Find out about the Private Security Personnel Licensing and a case of parking enforcement here in New Plymouth.

Duration: 00:28:56 | Date: 19 October, 2023

Access to Justice

About legal aid - what it is and why it's an important part of our legal system, allowing access to justice for defendants.

Duration: 00:29:41 | Date: 5 October, 2023

Incoporated Societies vs Charitable Trusts

The show is about the difference between Incorporated Societies and Charitable Trusts. Specifically the differences in governance and charitable purposes.

Duration: 00:29:31 | Date: 7 September, 2023

General Election 2023

Angela talks General Election, including the dates for voting, how to enrol and why its important to take part in the general election.

Duration: 00:23:12 | Date: 24 August, 2023

Retirement Villages

The government is proposing changes to retirement villages and how they operate. Have your say on what should be covered by retirement law.

Duration: 00:28:55 | Date: 10 August, 2023

Defence of Insanity

How does the defence of insanity work when you've been charged with murder? Is it a get-out-of-jail-free card? The Law Lady breaks this defence down.

Duration: 00:30:01 | Date: 27 July, 2023

Parental Leave

Paid Parental Leave is increasing by 7.7% on 1st July 2023. Learn how parental leave works and what you have to do to apply for it.

Duration: 00:27:29 | Date: 13 July, 2023

Relationship Property in Polyamorous Relationships

Supreme court decision finding that polyamorous relationships can be qualifying relationships under the Property Relationship Act.

Duration: 00:30:15 | Date: 29 June, 2023

Birth Certificate Self Identification

Angela talks about changes to birth certificates. From 15 June 2023, people will be able to self-identify their sex on their birth certificates by applying to DIA.

Duration: 00:28:22 | Date: 15 June, 2023

Incorporated Societies

The Incorporated Societies Act comes into force from October. Find out more about the new requirements for all Incorporated Societies

Duration: 00:29:40 | Date: 18 May, 2023

Employment Rights

Minimum employment rights, including annual leave, sick leave, parental leave, and rest and meal breaks.

Duration: 00:26:46 | Date: 4 May, 2023

Taranaki Maunga Personhood

Talking about Taranaki Maunga gaining legal personhood. What that means, and how it will work in practice.

Duration: 00:27:48 | Date: 20 April, 2023

Taranaki Maunga Personhood

Talking about Taranaki Maunga gaining legal personhood. What that means, and how it will work in practice.

Duration: 00:27:48 | Date: 20 April, 2023

Benefit Increases

1 April is the day that the minimum wage increases to $22.70/hr and that benefits rates increase. These increases will also have an impact on other payments people receive - Angela explains what this means.

Duration: 00:29:04 | Date: 6 April, 2023

Tenancy and Natural Disasters

Tenancy and Natural Disasters – what you need to know if your tenancy property has been damaged in a natural disaster.

Duration: 00:27:27 | Date: 23 March, 2023

Tenancy and Family Violence

This show is about leaving a tenancy property when you are the victim of family violence. What your legal requirements are, and the information that needs to be provided to your landlord. Please note this show does discuss family violence and its forms, so listener discretion is advised.

Duration: 00:27:45 | Date: 9 March, 2023

Law Related Education

Talking about Law related education and community engagements. I can talk about almost any law-related topic throughout Taranaki. I can also attend events and raise awareness of our service.

Duration: 00:26:25 | Date: 23 February, 2023

Coming to an Appointment

Angela Solomons from Taranaki Community Law lets you know what happens when you come in for an appointment at Community Law

Duration: 00:27:08 | Date: 9 February, 2023

Making An Appointment

How to get in touch with us, questions our administrator will ok, criteria for our service, and where our outreach services are.

Duration: 00:29:34 | Date: 26 January, 2023

Fixed Term Employment

Talking about fixed-term employment, who can be a fixed-term employee, genuine reasons for fixed-term employment, and seasonal work.

Duration: 00:27:54 | Date: 5 January, 2023