27 Aug 2020
FAMILY FIRST NEW ZEALAND v ATTORNEY-GENERAL [2020] NZCA 366
- Citation
- [2020] NZCA 366
- Court
- Court of Appeal
On the rehearing the Court of Appeal (Clifford and Stevens JJ majority) held Family First's trust objects, read as a whole, include advancement of education through commissioned research and public dissemination and advocacy for the public value of marriage and family; those purposes qualify as charitable (second head and, by analogy, fourth head). The Board's deregistration was set aside because the Board erred by focusing primarily on controversial advocacy and specific activity rather than the declared objects, and Family First's non-charitable advocacy for specific law changes is, on the…