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1. What you need to apply

   ...on good quality paper. Find examples of the sort of photos you can use on passports: Passports website Identification (ID) You’ll need to provide details of another type of ID. This ID must match your name on your application. When you fill in the form you need to tell us which ID you will use. The IDs you can use are: Passport New Zealand driver licence HANZ 18+ card New Zealand firearms licence. Statutory declaration As part of your application you will need to complete a statutory decla...

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   2. Licences & certificates >
   3. Licensing Authority of Secondhand Dealers & Pawnbrokers >
   4. Apply

2. What happens next

   ...need to attend a formal hearing. Please note: even if both parties agree the Registry decides how an appeal will be heard. If you do have to attend a formal hearing, we’ll tell you the date and time. The hearing will be open to the public unless a request is made for it to be held in private. The following people may be at the hearing you and your lawyer or advocate a support person ACC's representative(s) any witnesses the Registry has allowed to appear. You should bring the following to t...

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   2. Accident Compensation

3. First day in court

   ...what you want tell the judge about your personal circumstances and your point of view about the offence (a plea in mitigation) if you are pleading guilty to a minor charge ask for your case to be put off (remanded) so that you can get more advice or information apply for bail for you in some cases help you apply for legal aid if you have to come back to court. What can’t a duty lawyer do for you? The duty lawyer usually can’t represent you after the first day of your case.  If you hav...

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   2. Going to court >
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   4. Legal help

4. Interested parties FAQs

   ...interest needs to be more than, or different to, a member of the general public. If I become an Interested Party to the 15 March 2019 Christchurch masjidain attack coronial Inquiry, what will happen? If you become an Interested Party to the Inquiry, you can request access to some information being considered as part of the coronial Inquiry. You can find out what information is available and how to access it by visiting the document page. The Coroner will formally notify all Interested Parties o...

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   2. Christchurch Masjidain Attack Inquiry >
   3. Frequently asked questions

5. Contact us

   ...information is safe and secure. NZ Relay's services are available 24 hours, 365 days a year. If you would like to find out more about using NZ Relay’s free services to contact us, please visit their website. If English is not your first language, you can request a free interpreter when calling the Ministry of Justice. Our staff are equipped to use Connecting Now as an interpreting service, simply say the name of the language you speak, and we will connect you to an interpreter for the durati...

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   2. Jury service

6. 2025 NZPSPLA 105 pdf [pdf, 77 KB]

   ...due to his history of drink driving and failure to comply with court-imposed sentences. [2] Mr Ah Kuoi was convicted of driving while his licence was suspended, driving with excess blood alcohol and a separate charge of refusing an officer’s request to give blood 3rd or subsequent on 5 February 2025. On his third drink driving related conviction Mr Ah Kuoi was disqualified from driving under s 65 of the Land Transport Act. This sentence disqualifies Mr Ah Kuoi from holding a security...

7. Previous survey results

   ...separate survey. Juror Satisfaction Survey 2024 Juror Satisfaction Survey 2023 Juror Satisfaction Survey 2021 Juror Satisfaction Survey 2019 Juror Satisfaction Survey 2018 Previous Juror Satisfaction Survey reports (dating back to 2008) are available on request. If you would like to access any of these reports, please contact the Sector Insight team.

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   2. Research & data >
   3. Court User Survey

8. Regulatory Impact Statement Enabling Service Transformation in Courts and Tribunals [pdf, 77 KB]

   RIS - Enabling service transformation in Courts and Tribunals 1 Regulatory Impact Statement Enabling Service Transformation in Courts and Tribunals Agency disclosure statement This Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) has been prepared by the Ministry of Justice. It provides an analysis of proposals to enable and govern the use of electronic technology in courts and tribunals. The proposed changes are expected to benefit court users and the public more generally by removi

9. Regulatory Impact Statement discovery procedure high court and district court rules changes [pdf, 216 KB]

   ...discovering documents during civil litigation in the High Court and District Courts. Discovery is the process of a party disclosing documents to the opposing side during litigation. The RIS assumes discovery is beneficial because it allows parties to formulate their claim and consider whether it is worthwhile proceeding with litigation. A significant constraint is that the Ministry of Justice does not gather data on the total number of discovery orders made. Discovery costs to bu...

10. [2007] NZEmpC WC 11/07 Smith v Nga Kairauhii Trust [pdf, 52 KB]

    ...that the grievance was submitted to the employer long after the expiry of the 90-day period, the Authority considered the evidence about the delay in doing so. Although the intended defendant had failed to provide the intending plaintiff with a form of written employment agreement as the statute requires (including the mandatory statutory requirement for reference to grievance resolution procedures and the 90-day time limit), it found this was not Ms Smith’s reason for failing to t...