Part 3 s 86 Human Rights Act 1993 Version as at 1 July 2024 (c) is a person employed or engaged by the Commission; or (d) is a person who assists either a mediator at a dispute resolution meeting or a person who attends a dispute resolution meeting. Section 85: substituted, on 1 January 2002, by section 9 of the Human Rights Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 96). 86 Evidence as to dispute resolution meeting (1) No mediator at a dispute resolution meeting may give evidence in any proceed‐ ings, whether under this Act or any other Act, about— (2) (a) the meeting; or (b) anything related to the meeting that comes to his or her knowledge for the purposes of, or in the course of, the meeting. No evidence is admissible in any court, or before any person acting judicially, of any statement, admission, document, or information that, under section 85(1), is required to be kept confidential. Section 86: substituted, on 1 January 2002, by section 9 of the Human Rights Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 96). 87 Certain information not to be made available Any statement, admission, document, or information disclosed or made to the mediator at a dispute resolution meeting for the purposes of the dispute resolution meeting must not be made available under the Official Information Act 1982 or the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 by a person to whom section 85(1) applies, except with the consent of the parties or the relevant party. Section 87: substituted, on 1 January 2002, by section 9 of the Human Rights Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 96). 88 Limits on effect of section 80(1) or sections 85 to 87 Nothing in section 80(1) or sections 85 to 87— 68 (a) prevents the discovery or affects the admissibility of any evidence (being evidence that is otherwise discoverable or admissible and that existed independently of the mediation process) just because the evidence was presented for the purposes of, or in the course of, a dispute resolution meeting; or (b) prevents the gathering of information by the Commission for research or educational purposes so long as the parties and the specific matters in issue between them are not identifiable; or (c) prevents the disclosure by any person employed or engaged by the Com‐ mission to any other person employed or engaged by the Commission of matters that need to be disclosed for the purposes of giving effect to this Act; or