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1. A new adoption system for Aotearoa New Zealand - Summary Document [pdf, 272 KB]

   ...whānau would be preserved. We want to hear your thoughts on the options in this document. Some options you may agree with; some you may disagree with; and with some you may think we’ve missed something. We want to hear your views on all of these matters. The options in this document are not final. Your views will be used to help work out what the final proposals should look like. The Government will then decide whether to progress reform and what changes to make. This might resul...

2. Recontact panel application form [docx, 132 KB]

   ...research organisations and non-government organisations including iwi organisations and service providers with sufficient research capability. Projects should focus on one of the following or a similar topic: [bookmark: _Hlk161665988]Trust in the law and justice institutions Family violence and sexual violence Fraud and deception Reporting and help-seeking Perceptions of safety Therapeutic justice interventions Justice outcomes for Māori Specific populations such as LGBTQIA+, disabled people,...

3. Proactive Release-Sentencing Reinstating Three-Strikes Amendment Regulations 2025 [pdf, 195 KB]

   © Crown Copyright, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Hon Nicole McKee Associate Minister of Justice Proactive release – Sentencing (Reinstating Three Strikes) Amendment Regulations 2025 Date of issue: 24 June 2025 The following documents have been proactively released in accordance with Cabinet Office Circular CO (23) 04. No. Document Comments 1 Sentencing (Reinstating Three Strikes) Amendment Regulations 2025 Cabinet paper Minister of Justice...

4. OIA-125311.pdf [pdf, 3.2 MB]

   Justice Centre | 19 Aitken Street DX SX10088 | Wellington T 04 918 8800 | F 04 918 8820 ContactUs@justice.govt.nz | www.justice.govt.nz 30 September 2025 Our ref: OIA 125311 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request: Jury service pay and entitlements Thank you for your email of 25 August 2025 to the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry), requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), information regarding jury service pay and entitlements. Specifically, you reque...

5. [2013] NZEmpC 108 Milne v Air New Zealand Ltd [pdf, 156 KB]

   ...threshold test in r 5.45(1) has been met (either through residency or inability to pay) and, if so, how the Court’s discretion should be exercised under r 5.45(2). [7] In exercising its broad discretion the Court must have regard to the overall justice of the case, and the respective interests of both parties are to be carefully weighed. The balancing exercise is summarised by the Court of Appeal in A S McLachlan Ltd v MEL Network Ltd 10 as follows: [15] The rule itself cont...

6. Tito v Tito - Mangakahia 2B2 No 2A1A Ahu Whenua Trust (2017) 146 Taitokerau MB 135 (146 TTK 135) [pdf, 183 KB]

   ...principles concerning the grant of an interim injunction, as this one is, are well settled. The applicant must show that: 1 a) There is a serious question to be tried; b) The balance of convenience is in the applicant’s favour; and c) The overall justice of the case supports the grant of an injunction. Discussion [10] The first question that must be asked is whether the Court has jurisdiction in these circumstances to prohibit the holding of an AGM pursuant to s 19(1)(b). If...

7. Smith v Accident Compensation Corporation (Leave to appeal to the High Court) [2023] NZACC 181 [pdf, 244 KB]

   IN THE DISTRICT COURT AT WELLINGTON I TE KŌTI-Ā-ROHE KI TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA [2023] NZACC 181 ACR 37/23 UNDER THE ACCIDENT COMPENSATION ACT 2001 IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL TO THE HIGH COURT PURSUANT TO SECTION 162 OF THE ACCIDENT COMPENSATION ACT BETWEEN WARREN SMITH Applicant AND ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION Respondent Hearing: On the papers Appearances: The Applicant in person Ms F Becroft fo...

8. BL v TX & L Ltd [2025] NZDT 239 (13 June 2025) [pdf, 231 KB]

   ...are: a. A statement: Silence is not a misrepresentation. The claimant must prove that the other party made a statement, either orally or in writing. b. Falsity: The claimant must prove that the statement was false. The statement must be a matter of fact (something that is provable or disprovable). A statement of opinion, provided that there is a reasonable basis for it to be honestly held, cannot be a misrepresentation. The claimant does not have to prove that the person who ma...

9. Proactive release - Prohibiting conversion practices [pdf, 3.9 MB]

   Hon Kris Faafoi, Minister of Justice Options for prohibiting conversion practices Date 18 March 2021 File reference HUM-18-01 Action sought Timeframe Indicate your preferred policy options 22 March 2021 Contacts for telephone discussion (if required) Name Position Telephone First contact (work) (a/h) Caroline Greaney General Manager, Civil and Constitutional 04 918 858 Jenna Reid Policy Manager, Civil Law and Human Rights 04 9 8 86 9 Senior Policy Advisor Minist...

10. Summary-Political-lobbying-meeting-Transparency-interest-groups-10-August-2023-Final.pdf [pdf, 169 KB]

    1 Political Lobbying Project: Wider Regulatory Issues Meeting Summary of Ministry of Justice facilitated meeting with transparency interest groups on issues with political lobbying 10 August 2023 Why we held this meeting 1. In April 2023 the Prime Minister announced several steps to introduce greater transparency around lobbying at Parliament. As part of this he commissioned the Ministry of Justice to undertake a review of the different policy options for regulati...