X and Y v Chief Executive of Oranga Tamariki - [2023] 2 NZLR 261

Bill of Rights Act — Right to natural justice — Damages — Declaratory relief — Limitations — Whether money claim — Whether time-barred by analogy — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 s 27(1).

Limitation of action — Declarations — Negligence — Declaration possible although damages statute barred — Declaration not “money claim” — Declaration not appropriate on facts of case — Novel cause of action — Findings of fact providing degree of vindication — (NZ) Limitation Act 2010 ss 9 and 12.