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Welcome to the Ministry of Justice media centre. The media centre brings together useful information for reporters working on justice sector stories.

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News

Ministry of Justice releases Victims Charter and information resources for people affected by crime [PDF 46KB]	25 September 2008

Victims information resources backgrounder [PDF 91KB]	25 September 2008

Government’s preferred approach to tribunal reform released	14 July 2008

Conviction and sentencing statistics released (Adobe Acrobat v5 57KB)	12 December 2007

Justice releases Domestic Violence Act discussion document (Adobe Acrobat v5 73KB)	10 December 2007

Ministry of Justice releases Youth Offending Teams evaluation (Adobe Acrobat v5 57KB)	28 November 2007

Working Together on youth offending (Adobe Acrobat v5 69KB)	22 November 2007

Supreme Court contractor announced Minister for Courts: media release	20 November 2007

Ministry signs Supreme Court construction contract (Adobe Acrobat v5 56KB)	20 November 2007

Tenancy Tribunal orders available online	17 October 2007

Family Court statistics released (Adobe Acrobat v5 69KB)	13 August 2007

Youth justice statistics report released (Adobe Acrobat v5 95KB)	6 August 2007

Appointment of new Coroners Attorney-General: media relaease	6 June 2007

The Government's Preferred Options for Reform of the Real Estate Agents Act 1976 Associate Minister of Justice: media release Consultation document	29 May 2007

Te Hurihanga pilot residential programme Minister of Justice: speech Minister of Justice: media release Backgrounder (Adobe Acrobat v5 53KB)	27 April 2007

New Zealand Crime & Safety Survey 2006 (NZCASS) Key Findings report	2 April 2007
Media Release (Adobe Acrobat v5 58KB) Painting a picture of crime in New Zealand using the New Zealand Crime & Safety Survey 2006 (Adobe Acrobat v5 15KB) News media fact sheet 1: Responding to Crime Trends (Adobe Acrobat v5 14KB) News media fact sheet 2: Crime in 2005 (Adobe Acrobat v5 13KB) News media fact sheet 3: Victims in 2005 (Adobe Acrobat v5 11KB) News media fact sheet 4: Police reporting in 2005 (Adobe Acrobat v5 13KB) News media fact sheet 5: About the Survey (Adobe Acrobat v5 12KB)

Ministry of Justice and Gen-i sign IT and telco contract (Adobe Acrobat v5 58KB) Telecommunications and information technology tenders background (Adobe Acrobat v5 59KB)	16 February 2007

Conviction and sentencing statistics released (Adobe Acrobat v5 68KB)	19 December 2006

Crime in New Zealand (Police) (Statistics New Zealand)	15 December 2006

Ministers welcome proposals to improve trans-Tasman enforcement of court judgments	13 December 2006

Scrutiny of security and investigator sector reforms	1 December 2006

Ministry of Justice announces preferred telco and IT services supplier (Adobe Acrobat v5 PDF 91KB)	28 November 2006

Telecommunications and information technology tenders background (Adobe Acrobat v5 PDF 98KB)	28 November 2006

Fines offenders arrested and vehicles seized in Greymouth crackdown	15 November 2006

Ministry of Justice announces details of new coronial system (Adobe Acrobat v5 PDF 75KB)	10 November 2006

Consultation starts on new Invercargill Courthouse design	19 October 2006

Longer arm of the law collects more fines	19 October 2006

Property Law Bill introduced into Parliament	30 October 2006

Regulations relaxed for secondhand dealers	20 October 2006

Improving our infringement notice system	15 October 2006

Greymouth Courthouse to cater for regions needs	5 October 2006

Pay or Stay campaign takes off	28 September 2006

Supreme Court building design unveiled	26 September 2006

Wills, Succession and Arbitration bills introduced to the House	8 September 2006

Ministry releases official justice statistics	16 June 2006