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1. [2025] NZREADT 19 - HB v REA & Ors (11 June 2025) [pdf, 273 KB]

   ...agreements. He stated supervision was active in the sense the licensee had direct access to the principal at any time. [21] As for each agency agreement, the manager stated it would not be officially activated until the relevant vendor completed AML. The agency had a dedicated compliance officer tasked with ensuring all agency agreements were signed by the correct parties and that disclosures and other relevant information were noted. A vendor would need to complete the defec...

2. Key initiatives

   ...are safer, improve services, and change long-standing behaviours and attitudes. Anti-money laundering & countering financing of terrorism We are leading work to enhance New Zealand's anti-money laundering and countering financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) framework. Family Justice Reform The Government is working to ensure that children and families affected by disputes about care arrangements receive appropriate support, representation, and protection. The reforms respond to recommendatio...

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3. Justice Matters - Issue 12 - October 2018 [pdf, 2 MB]

   ...Anti-money laundering initiative recognised The Ministry has been honoured for implementing a new system to deter money laundering and counter financing of terrorism. The award for the new Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) regulatory system was presented at the 2018 Deloitte IPANZ Public Sector Excellence Awards. This was a shared win with other agencies: Internal Affairs, the Reserve Bank, Financial Markets Authority, Customs and Inland Revenue....

4. [2019] NZEnvC 022 Fitzgerald v Kaikoura District Council [pdf, 1.8 MB]

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5. AML/CFT ministerial exemption decisions

   Ministerial exemptions, listed in order of date granted. Exemption notices (PDFs) Gazette and date Nelson Angel Women's Loan Fund 2024-go6493 - 16 December 2024 The Tindall Foundation 2024-go6492 - 16 December 2024 Toha Foundry Limited 2024-go6490 - 16 December 2024 Crown Infrastructure Partners Limited 2024-go6488 - 16 December 2024 The Ernst & Young entities & Corrigendum 2024-go6004 - 21 Nov 2024 2024-go6114 - 27 Nov 2024 Twentymans Funeral Services Limited & Corrig

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6. Ministry-of-Justice-June-2022-BIM-to-Minister-Allan-FINAL.pdf [pdf, 5.9 MB]

   ...projects, which we will sequence around other projects. We seek confirmation of this approach. Topic Comment Royal Commission of Inquiry into the terrorist attack on Christchurch masjidain on 15 March 2019 (the RCOI) After the ISA and AML reviews, our next emerging priorities are to complete work on designations, and control orders. We propose sequencing these priorities after the statutory reviews are complete. The ISA review is currently scheduled to be complete...

7. [2021] NZEmpC 118 A v Ms B [pdf, 249 KB]

   ...B] for management services she was “engaged” to provide to [A]. 7.6 Falsifying a service agreement allegedly entered between herself and [A] contemporaneously with her employment agreement in answer to a Kiwibank Anti-Money Laundering (“AML”) query in May 2021. [8] Mr McKay has said that the two banks involved, the second and third respondents, have so far assisted A by alerting it to concerns about irregular transactions across several accounts. They then agreed to f...

8. Justice Matters - issue 10 - March 2018 [pdf, 3.3 MB]

   ...a 10-year period, it’s estimated the new laws will disrupt $1.7 billion of illegal drugs and fraud crime and up to $5 billion in broader criminal activity. The Government passed the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (AML/ CFT) Act in 2009. It has been in force since 2013 and applies to banks, casinos and financial service providers. From 1 July 2018, it will be progressively extended to lawyers, conveyancers, new trusts and company service providers, accou...

9. CAB An Anti-Corruption Work Programme for New Zealand [pdf, 188 KB]

   ...Fraud Office will engage with: 20.1 Auckland Council, Local Government New Zealand, Society for Local Government Managers on specific corruption risks in local government; and 4 20.2 groups such as Business NZ, Institute of Directors, the AML supervisor’s network and other relevant bodies to raise awareness of corruption risks in the private and not for profit sectors. 21 The operational work will also build off work being done in existing fora such as the Combined Law Age...

10. OIA-Request for Documents [pdf, 1.1 MB]

    ...currently on the work programme, but which could fit within the scope of existing projects to better address and prevent fraud. 31.1. Anti-Money Laundering/Countering Financing of Terrorism reform. Minister McKee is leading legislative change in the AML/CFT regime Next steps 32. You have indicated you would like a presentation on these issues and the work programme to address them. We will work with your office to agree timing. s9(2) (f)(iv) s9(2)(f)(iv)...