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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.

The Ministry of Justice has several contacts for media enquiries covering different areas of the Ministry.

Corporate and Policy For enquiries relating to the Ministry, policy and security matters:
Public Information For enquiries relating to Courts: The Court of Appeal, High Court, District Court, Family Court, Youth Court and the collection of fines and reparation, as well as special tribunals and authorities, including the Environment Court, Employment Court, Waitangi Tribunal and Maori Land Court:
Office of Treaty Settlements For enquiries relating to settlements of historical Treaty of Waitangi claims being negotiated with the Crown:
Waitangi Tribunal For enquiries relating to claims before the Waitangi Tribunal:
  • Phone: (04) 914 3128 or (027) 496 0605
Judiciary For enquiries relating to the judiciary:
  • Phone: (04) 931 5834 or 027 233 7825

 Note:  You should direct enquiries relating to other justice sector agencies to the responsible agency; for example: Police; Corrections; Crown Law Office; Serious Fraud Office; and so on.

Other core justice-sector agencies

The following table lists websites for core justice-sector agencies other than the Ministry of Justice:

Child, Youth, and Family www.cyf.govt.nz
Corrections www.corrections.govt.nz
Crown Law Office www.crownlaw.govt.nz
Judiciary www.courtsofnz.govt.nz
Legal Services Agency www.lsa.govt.nz
Parole Board www.paroleboard.govt.nz
Police www.police.govt.nz

News

Parenting through separation 13 August 2009
Application for access to court documents [PDF, 139KB] 1 July 2009
Revised rules for access to court documents [PDF, 44KB] 1 July 2009
Criminal Procedure Legislation - Committal and disclosure changes [PDF, 39B] 1 July 2009
Committal Process [PDF, 47B] 1 July 2009
In Court Media Application
23 June 2009
Terminology Guide for Courts and Tribunals
23 June 2009
Legal Aid Review terms of reference
21 May 2009
Child and youth offending statistics report released 22nd April 2009
New Zealand Crime and Safety Survey 2009 launched 27th February 2009
Applications open for Chairperson of new Real Estate Agents Authority 23rd January 2009
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