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1. 2018 Ministry of Justice Annual Report [pdf, 4.3 MB]

   ...you all! Andrew Bridgman Secretary for Justice and Chief Executive ANNUAL REPORT 2017/18 5 has decreased by due to and an increase in the number of events before a case is disposed of of trials didn’t go ahead because of a late guilty plea more District Court criminal events than 5 years ago Adjournments are the largest contributor to the time it takes for cases to be resolved the volume of new cases but workload has we’re dealing with approximately 4% 26% 18% GRO...

2. Evaluation of Whanau Protect (National Home Safety Service) 2022 [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   National Home Safety Service: Whānau Protect Evaluation Report 2022 Acknowledgements This report was written by Sue Allison and Tania Boyer from GravitasOPG. The quantitative data match of National Collective of Independent Women’s Refuges (NCIWR) administrative data and Police Recorded Crime and Victim Statistics (RCVS) was undertaken by the Ministry of Justice’s Sector Group . NCIWR provided anonymised collated administrative data. The authors

3. Rec-Recap-2023-Q1-FINAL.pdf [pdf, 889 KB]

   ...enforcement difficulties particularly with regards to proving a substance is an analogue for the purposes of criminal prosecutions. They advise that the nuances and complexity of the analogue provisions and the need for evidential testing even if a guilty plea has been entered often impacts on charging decisions. Police and others also identified short comings with the Psychoactive Substances Act. VI. The Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 is nearly fifty years old. In 2011 the Law Commission u...

4. Waitangi Tribunal - District 12 Wellington District [pdf, 13 MB]

   ...10 Traditional HistOlY Despite a number of earlier clashes and deaths, Ngati Apa had not been harassed in the same manner as their Muaupoko kin. But their participation at Waiorua caused a deterioration in their relationship with Ngati Toa. Pleas for clemency from one of the captives, Te Rangi-mairehau, on the grounds of his kinship to Te Pikinga were ignored and he was put to death. Other Ngati Apa chiefs were subsequently killed at Awamate and a Ngati Apa pa, Te Poutu, unsuccessfu...

5. Waitangi Tribunal Part 2 Report on stage 1 of the Te Paparahi o Te Raki inquiry [pdf, 4.4 MB]

   ...fact of such large numbers of British subjects being already there, as to demand some legislative interference in the way of con- troul [sic]. It will not be friendship to the aborigines to leave them a prey to the unprincipled and lawless, under the plea of the injustice that might be done them by the establishment of a British colony among them. The non-interference has now gone on too long, not to justify and demand immediate interference.59 The authors followed up this comment by st...

6. [2019] NZEnvC 205 Upper Clutha Environmental Society Incorporated v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 15 MB]

   BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT COURT I MUA I TE KOOTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA Court: Hearing: Appearances: IN THE MATTER AND BETWEEN AND Decision No. [2019] NZEnvC 205 of the Resource Management Act 1991 of appeals pursuant to clause 14 of the First Schedule of the Act UPPER CLUTHA ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIETY INCORPORATED (ENV-2018-CHC-056) and all other appellants concerning Topic 2 of Stage 1 of the Proposed Queenstown Lakes District Plan (listed on the attached Schedule) Appell

7. Waitangi Tribunal Vol 2 Tauranga Moana [pdf, 9.2 MB]

   489 Chapter 7 The AncesTrAl lAndscApe : The nATurAl environmenT, 1886–2006 The rangataua estuary is the life blood of our people, ‘ngā wai koiora’, that courses through our veins : its tributaries the Waitao, Kaitimako, Omatata, Otamarua, te Waiū and te awanui are the veins that supply it, and thus us with life giving nutrients – life itself . . . all living breathing features of our ancestral landscape . . . te awanuiarangi Black, Ngāti hē1 7.1 introduction By 1840,

8. Waitangi Tribunal - Te Urewera [pdf, 3.8 MB]

   R a n ga haua Wha n u i D i s t r i c t 4 T E U R EW E R A A N I TA M I L E S Ma rch 1 9 9 9 Work i n g Pape r : Fi rs t Rele ase WAI TA NGI T R I BU NA L R A NGA H AUA W H A N U I SE R I E S Other Rangahaua Whanui reports District reports District 1: Auckland (pt i), R Daamen, P Hamer, and Dr B Rigby; (pt ii), M Belgrave District 5b: Poverty Bay, S Daly District 7: The Volcanic Plateau, B Bargh District 8: The Alienation of Maori Land in the Rohe Potae, C Marr District 9

9. Waitangi Tribunal theme L - Trust administration of Māori reserves [pdf, 3.3 MB]

   ...threatened, as one member of the committee, R D Hanson, was also one of the hotel's creditors. Hobson intervened and adjudged that: The allotment on which Barrett stands is purely a Native reserve and was given to Barrett by Colonel Wakefield on the plea of his having married a native woman ... My intention is not to expose to public competition the allotment on which Barrett's 14. Wakefield to Directors, I I February 1842, co 208, pp 48-49 (Wai 145 ROD, doc E3), P 137 15. Sh...

10. OIA-120297.pdf [pdf, 23 MB]

    National Office, Postal address: DX SX10088 | WELLINGTON Physical address: Justice Centre | 19 Aitken Street | Thorndon| WELLINGTON 6011 W: www.pds.govt.nz 8 May 2025 Our ref: 120297 Dear Public Defence Service I refer to your email of 13 March 2025 to the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry) requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) information relating to the Public Defence Service (PDS) expanding its capacity to take on more legal aid assignme