Air New Zealand Ltd v Trustees of the New Zealand Airline Pilots Mutual Benefit Fund - [2000] 1 NZLR 418

Statutes — Interpretation — Objects clause in Act — Consistency with New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 — Consistency with international obligations — Freedom of association. — Employment Contracts Act 1991, Part 1 and s 5.

Employment law — Freedom of association — Whether benefits for members of union provided by mutual benefit fund required persons to become members of employees organisation — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, s 17.

Employment law — Unions — Prohibition on preference — Whether rules of mutual benefit fund conferred preference for union members in relation to terms and conditions of employment — Whether material advantage for union members — Employment Contracts Act 1991, ss 7(b) and 178.