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1. Directory of Official Information J-L [pdf, 765 KB]

   ...Justice (Domestic and Sexual Violence Issues). • Administering funding for justice services and programmes and administering funding for community law centres, which provide free legal services and law-related education. Some services funded through Vote Justice are delivered by Crown entities and other service providers. The Ministry works with these Crown entities and organisations to: • identify and manage risks and keep the Minister of Justice informed of these risks •...

2. Butler v NF Fraser Co Limited - Mangawhaiti 3B1 and Takahiwai 3 A2 [2013] Chief Judge's MB 59 (2013 CJ 59) [pdf, 1.9 MB]

   ...until 1979 by Judge Nicholson. We know this as !v[L 15142, which was prepared to defIne Takahiwai 3A2 and the 1948 roadway, was not prepared until 1979 and was signed and approved by Judge Nicholson. [31] !v[L 15142 shows the 1948 roadway running through Takahiwai 3A2 from the public road to its western boundary where it joins J\1angawhati 3B. The survey plan records it as "restricted roadway" and it is shown to be 20.12 metres wide. I address the effect of the 1948 roadway la...

3. [2021] NZEnvC 147 Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand v Bay of Plenty Regional Council [pdf, 2.7 MB]

   ...in land management agreements and support for landowners and community groups with education, advisory services and funding via various council funds. [3] Consistent with national policy direction, the RPMP categorises every pest to be managed through separate Exclusion, Eradication, Progressive Containment and Sustained Control programmes. Some pests included in the RPMP are split into different programmes across different parts of the region. The RPMP also includes an appendix l...

4. IPT Practice Note 2/2024 Refugee and Protection [pdf, 490 KB]

   ...https://www.justice.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Forms/IPT-Form-8-Authority-to-Act.pdf 15 [6.2] Where proceedings before the Tribunal relate to a minor (being a person under 18 years of age who is not married or in a civil union), the minor’s interests are normally to be represented by one of the minor’s parents and the parent is the responsible adult for the minor for the purposes of the proceedings — section 375(1). In the absence of a parent (including where a parent cann...

5. Sargent - Ngatekawa Block (2008) 126 Whangarei MB 134 (126 WH 134) [pdf, 658 KB]

   ...appear to take an active interest in the land. On the other hand, it was members of the hapu (who were, no doubt, also owners) who championed the pat1ition of the land. Since the pat1ition they have pursued issues on behalf of the land, primarily through the Pohotiare Hapu Trust. The cmTent agents and trustee nominees have dealt with the lease and roadway issues in the interests of the hapu and not individual owners. If it were not for the effot1s of these various members of the hap...

6. Family legal aid fees - consultation paper [pdf, 816 KB]

   ...clients, legal aid providers, and the government around the cost of legal aid services. The new fee framework is designed to apply to cases that have relatively standard costs. It recognises that, while few cases are identical, they all progress through well-defined stages of preparation. We expect that the new fees framework would accommodate the majority of family cases. However, we recognise that some cases would require additional work and an amendment to the legal aid grant. Th...

7. Legal aid final family consultation paper - 10 February 2012 [pdf, 816 KB]

   ...clients, legal aid providers, and the government around the cost of legal aid services. The new fee framework is designed to apply to cases that have relatively standard costs. It recognises that, while few cases are identical, they all progress through well-defined stages of preparation. We expect that the new fees framework would accommodate the majority of family cases. However, we recognise that some cases would require additional work and an amendment to the legal aid grant. Th...

8. Child witnesses in the New Zealand criminal courts [pdf, 795 KB]

   ...Involvement in the criminal justice system presents a broad range of stressors for children. However, delays and courtroom questioning emerge as the two most significant and longstanding issues. Delays “The 17-month delay in getting this matter through the court system I believe contributed significantly to the victim’s confusion under cross-examination.” (NZ Police officer, as cited in Hanna et al., 2010, p. 26) In the mid-1990s, sexual assault cases involving complainants unde...

9. [2014] NZEmpC 154 Fox v Hereworth School Trust Board [pdf, 200 KB]

   EMMA YUEN SEE FOX v HEREWORTH SCHOOL TRUST BOARD NZEmpC WELLINGTON [2014] NZEmpC 154 [20 August 2014] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT WELLINGTON [2014] NZEmpC 154 WRC 5/13 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority AND IN THE MATTER of an application for enforcement of order against non-party for particular discovery BETWEEN EMMA YUEN SEE FOX Plaintiff AND HEREWORTH SCHOOL TRUST BOARD Defen

10. Update to Minister on applying the investment approach to Justice [pdf, 1.2 MB]

    ...45. For example, the Washington State Institute for Public Policy is a non-partisan think tank funded by the state legislature in Washington to provide independent advice on the cost-benefit ratios of various investments to reduce crime, from parenting programmes through to prison-based drug treatment. We attach a copy of their latest report for your information. As noted in the recent Justice Sector symposium, if approaches to reduce crime work well overseas, they are likely to work...