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1. Terms of Reference: Independent electoral law review [pdf, 104 KB]

   ...a barrier to modern electoral administration. Recent electoral amendments have generally focused on minor and technical fixes needed to be in force in advance of the next general election. More substantive changes, including those recommended by Justice Committee Inquiries and the Electoral Commission, have not been the focus. 4 The stability of electoral law is key to a functioning democracy. Electoral law benefits from infrequent change and should be changed only when well-justifie...

2. [2014] NZEmpC 208 Hayne v ASG [pdf, 162 KB]

   HARLENE HAYNE, VICE-CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO v ASG NZEmpC CHRISTCHURCH [2014] NZEmpC 208 [11 November 2014] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT CHRISTCHURCH [2014] NZEmpC 208 CRC 14/14 IN THE MATTER OF challenges to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority BETWEEN HARLENE HAYNE, VICE- CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO Plaintiff AND ASG Defendant CRC 15/14 BETWEEN ASG Plaintiff AND HARL...

3. BORA Justices of the Peace Amendment Bill [pdf, 300 KB]

   Justices of the Peace Amendment Bill 10 May 2006 Attorney-General LEGAL ADVICE CONSISTENCY WITH THE NEW ZEALAND BILL OF RIGHTS ACT 1990: Justices of the Peace Amendment Bill(PCO 5145/7) Our Ref: ATT395/8 1. We have considered the Justices of the Peace Amendment Bill (PCO 5145/7) for consistency with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 ("NZBORA") and advise that the Bill does not contain any provisions that are inconsistent with NZBORA. Nonetheless, three issues aros...

4. National Standards Committee v Denham [2017] NZLCDT 10 [pdf, 96 KB]

   NEW ZEALAND LAWYERS AND CONVEYANCERS DISCIPLINARY TRIBUNAL [2017] NZLCDT 10 LCDT 013/16 IN THE MATTER of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 BETWEEN NATIONAL STANDARDS COMMITTEE Applicant AND JEANNE DENHAM Practitioner CHAIR Judge D F Clarkson MEMBERS OF TRIBUNAL Mr S Grieve QC Ms C Rowe Ms S Sage Mr W Smith HEARING 9 February and 23 March 2017 HELD AT Auckland DATE OF DECISION 25 May 2017 COUNSEL M...

5. OIA-126557.pdf [pdf, 856 KB]

   ...Information Act 1982 (the Act). On 6 October 2025, your request was transferred in full under section 14 of the Act by MBIE to the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry) for response. Specifically, you asked: ... Please share the number of Authority matters challenged in the Employment court for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024? In response to your request, please see Table 1 below which shows the number of applications to challenge matters in the Employment Court, broken down by applicati...

6. Form-44-Application-for-contempt-enforcement-proceedings-FINAL-9-December-2024.pdf [pdf, 496 KB]

   ...judgment debtor is a confidential address, you must select the court bailiff to serve the summons. KEY WORDS Below are explanations of some of the words we use in this application form. Confidential address request A request to the Ministry of Justice to check its records for an address for the judgment debtor. Court order Issued by a court or tribunal that requires a person or organisation to do, or stop doing, something. Enforcement Action authorised by a court to get th...

7. He Hīnātore ki te Ao Māori: A glimpse into the Māori world [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   He Hïnätore ki te Ao Mäori A Glimpse into the Mäori World Mäori Perspectives on Justice First published in March 2001 by the Ministry of Justice PO Box 180 Wellington New Zealand ���Crown Copyright ISSN 0-478-50156-7 i Acknowledgements E ngä mana, e ngä reo, e ngä karangatanga maha. Tënä koutou, tënä koutou, tënä koutou. Kai te mihi atu, kai te tangi atu, ki te iti, ki te rahi, kua wehe ake ki te pö mai i tënä whäruarua, i tënä whäruarua awhio atu i...

8. Electoral law changes

   ...Goldsmith, on the Bill’s third reading: Electoral reforms pass final reading | Beehive.govt.nz The Ministry of Justice has also proactively published on its website a range of Official Information Act responses and other information about the Electoral Matters Bill.   

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9. Legal aid provider manual - cancellation of approvals - part 4 [pdf, 578 KB]

   ...on behalf of the Ministry. Continued on next page Part 5: Cancellation of Approvals Provider Services Manual Overview ii Version 1.0 June 2011 Overview, Continued Referral to cancellation process The Ministry may refer very serious matters directly to the cancellation process. Otherwise a provider may be referred to the cancellation process as a result of the following: • complaints management process • audit process • assurance checking process, or • decisio...

10. [2024] NZEmpC 76 Al-Bustanji and Jenner v Corrections Association of New Zealand Inc  [pdf, 257 KB]

    ...president, a national vice-president, a national secretary and a national treasurer. It also has four employees – an industrial officer, an education officer and two administrators. The operation is governed by its Rules which deal with a range of matters including the objects and powers of CANZ, disciplinary matters, national executive, national officers, elections, removal from office and various other matters. [10] CANZ is governed by a national executive which consists of 24 m...