Make It 16 Inc v Attorney-General - [2022] 2 NZLR 440

Constitutional law — Human rights — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 — Elections — Parliamentary and local body — Right to freedom from age discrimination — Whether voting age in elections can be limited to those aged 18 years and over — Whether lowering voting age would breach New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 — Whether 16 year olds positively excluded from voting — Whether voting age of 18 reasonable and proportional to objective of granting adults right to vote — Whether Attorney-General discharged burden of proof to justify limiting rights — Issue of declaration of inconsistency discretionary — Human Rights Act 1993 ss 20L and 21.