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1. Types of trials

   ...but you could choose to have a jury trial within the District Court. Category 4 crimes: If you are charged with a category 4 crime (offence), you’ll likely have a jury trial at the High Court. Members of the public will be summoned to the court to form a jury, to hear the facts of your case. They will then decide if you’re guilty or not. Find out more about the stages of a jury trial The different people in the court room This picture shows the different people who might be in the court ro...

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   2. Criminal >
   3. Charged with a crime

2. Repatriations (2016/02)

   ...their own Funeral Director once the body is released. The process for repatriation should follow a similar course as with other sudden deaths dealt with by the duty coroner. From time to time as required, the chief coroner will formulate recommended forms for use by Funeral Directors and other agencies who may be involved. The current Funeral Directors report to duty coroner is attached.Notification to the coroner of overseas death for repatriation to New Zealand The duty coroner needs to be pr...

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   1. Coroners Court >
   2. About coroners & Coronial Services >
   3. Practice notes

3. Information Sharing Guidance

   ...violence sector to collect, use and disclose personal information for specified purposes. The new laws require those in the family violence sector to consider sharing information if it may help protect a victim from family violence, or if they receive a request for information. Operational guidance has been developed to support the family violence sector to use the new law. The guidance was developed in consultation with the sector and sets out the steps that should be taken when sharing inform...

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   1. Justice sector & policy >
   2. Key initiatives >
   3. Addressing family violence and sexual violence >
   4. Family Violence Act 2018

4. If a parent lives overseas

   ...New Zealand. For you to get child support, the country the other parent lives in must have joined 1 of the following 4 international agreements: Reciprocal Agreement with Australia Hague Convention of International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance (the 2007 Child Support Convention) Commonwealth and Designated Countries Agreement United Nations Convention for the Recover Abroad of Maintenance Agreement (UNCRAM) What agreement is the other parent’s country a me...

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   1. Family >
   2. Paternity & Child Support >
   3. Child support

5. Consistency with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990: Education and Training (Early Childhood Education Reform) Amendment Bill [pdf, 172 KB]

   ...that the provision applies only to people who have chosen to be subject to the regulatory regime in the course of business, and is no broader in scope than the existing obligation under s 619 of the Act to provide information to the Secretary on request. 10. Accordingly, we consider that any limit to s 14 is justified under s 5 of the Bill of Rights Act. Conclusion 11. We have concluded that the Bill appears to be consistent with the rights and freedoms affirmed in the Bill of...

6. Apply online to enforce a file-sharing infringement

   How much does it cost to apply to the Copyright Tribunal? It costs $276 to apply to the tribunal to enforce a file-sharing infringement. Who can apply? A copyright owner, their agent, or an authorised representative can make an application to the tribunal. When it’s time to make an application An application can’t be made to the tribunal until a rights owner, or their agent has issued 3 infringement notices to an internet account holder. See an overview of this process Time limit All applica

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   2. Copyright >
   3. File sharing infringements

7. Vailahi v Accident Compensation Corporation (Leave to appeal to the High Court) [2025] NZACC 133 [pdf, 123 KB]

   ...treatment injury). That date was 14 October 2021 when Mrs Vailahi was first admitted to hospital. 2. Although Mrs Vailahi’s cover had been revoked and declined she was still entitled to have her hospital costs paid by the Corporation. She had requested them at the time cover was sought, and it was immaterial that cover had since been declined. [3] The Corporation seeks leave to appeal only the second aspect of the Judge’s decision. Corporation’s submissions [4] Mr Ma...

8. Waikato Bay of Plenty Standards Committee v McFarlane [2015] NZLCDT 17 [pdf, 255 KB]

   ...herself notified the Tribunal that she does not wish to appear and defend the charge of misconduct made against her and does not dispute any of the matters alleged in support of the charge. [3] Barrister, Judith Fyfe, met with the respondent at the request of the respondent’s case manager at the prison and has confirmed to the Tribunal the position that the respondent has taken and advises that the respondent has wished to assure the Tribunal that she has no intention ever of se...

9. [2025] NZEmpC 229 Labour Inspector v SSM Investments Ltd [pdf, 142 KB]

   ...v SSM Investments Ltd [2025] NZEmpC [2025] NZEmpC 196; and A Labour Inspector v SSM Investments Ltd [2025] NZEmpC 169. [2] In anticipation of today’s review of those orders counsel filed a joint memorandum yesterday. They made joint requests to vary the orders previously made by consent in the following ways: (a) Extending the freezing order until 1 December 2025. (b) Extending the ancillary order to 15 December 2025, relating to certain steps being taken by Mrs Khan to...

10. Evaluation of Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Court pilot [pdf, 1.3 MB]

    ...pilot. The Ministry of Health has contracted Odyssey House to lead the provision of a comprehensive AOD assessment and treatment service. A treatment provider network is led by an AODT Court Treatment Network Steering Group. The AODT Court judges have formed an Auckland-based AODT Court Community Advisory Group (CAG) whose role is evolving.  The overall governance and operational management of the AODT Court are working as intended in the pilot’s design. The continuing collaborat...