28 Jun 2022
ATTORNEY-GENERAL v FAMILY FIRST NEW ZEALAND [2022] NZSC 80
- Citation
- [2022] 1 NZLR 175
- Court
- Supreme Court
Appeal allowed. The Supreme Court held the Charities Registration Board was correct to de-register Family First: decision-makers must consider both constitutional objects and activities; Family First's publications and activities are primarily advocacy and viewpoint expression rather than balanced education and therefore do not satisfy the second head; advocacy for a particular conception of family/marriage and related law reform is not self-evidently a charitable public benefit under the fourth head and discriminatory elements undermine any public benefit; non-charitable advocacy was not mer…