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1. Media guide for reporting in the courts and tribunals [pdf, 560 KB]

   ...now able to electronically connect transcription resource to any Court site across New Zealand. The evidence in court is generally transcribed out of court by transcribers who receive a live digital recording of the court proceeding. They may also check, edit and print copies of the official transcript and type up written material such as court decisions and other court documents for judges. On occasions, a Judge’s Associate, who performs a secretarial role for the Judge, may come into...

2. Media guide for reporting in the courts and tribunals [pdf, 804 KB]

   ...now able to electronically connect transcription resource to any Court site across New Zealand. The evidence in court is generally transcribed out of court by transcribers who receive a live digital recording of the court proceeding. They may also check, edit and print copies of the official transcript and type up written material such as court decisions and other court documents for judges. On occasions, a Judge’s Associate, who performs a secretarial role for the Judge, may come into...

3. AODT Court Waikato Participant Handbook [pdf, 645 KB]

   ...expected because of this. This is called being ‘brought on’. Page 7 Your AOD treatment plan You’ll have a treatment plan that’s right for you and what you need. Your case manager will explain the treatment plan to you and will check in regularly to see how you’re doing. What’s AOD treatment? AOD treatment helps people improve their wellbeing by learning skills to stop using, manage cravings and deal with tough moments in life without using drugs or a...

4. Recommendations recap - issue 10 [pdf, 1021 KB]

   ...medication is to be taken weekly. II. That all medication alerts available on Medical Practice software be activated. The coroner made the following recommendations to the Ministry of Health Medicines Control: III. That when auditing pharmacies a check be made to ensure standard operating procedures include a step requiring software alerts to be activated and a physical check be made to ensure this has been followed. http://www.bpac.org.nz/BPJ/2010/July/docs/BPJ_29_errors_guide_pag...

5. Addressing-Stalking-in-NZ_Final-pack.pdf [pdf, 1.7 MB]

   ...the criminal harassment offence, recognising the difficulties in prosecuting the current offence. It also recognises that some stalkers do not intend for their victims to feel fearful and are able to make their behaviour look unintentional. 14.5 Police will be able to issue a notice to a person who commits, or they reasonably believe has committed one or more specified acts, and that the notice may be used as evidence to satisfy the mental element of the offence. This will aid in inte...

6. 2023 NZPSPLA 079 [pdf, 71 KB]

   ...application for a Certificate of Approval by STEVEN SETU under the Private Security Personnel and Private Investigators Act 2010 DECISION [1] Steven Setu applied for a certificate of approval (COA) in December 2020. He failed the criminal history check and police objected to his application because they did not consider he was suitable to be a responsible security worker because of his conviction history and on character grounds. [2] I adjourned Mr Setu’s application and s...

7. How the justice system works

   ...Parliament (the legislature). It is the role of New Zealand’s courts and judges (the judiciary) to interpret these laws and ensure that people, groups and institutions in New Zealand comply with them. The courts also work closely with agencies like the Police and the Department of Corrections (responsible for New Zealand’s prisons). The 2 main streams of New Zealand law are criminal law and civil law. There are other streams of law as well, like family law, environmental law or commercial l...

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8. OIA-107708.pdf [pdf, 2.2 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 7 November 2023 Our ref: OIA 107708 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request: Identification for voting Thank you for your email of 10 October 2023 requesting, under the Official Information Act 1989 (the Act), about voter identification. Specifically, you requested: “… any policy advice and/or reasoning for not requir

9. The sex industry in New Zealand: a literature review [pdf, 470 KB]

   ...Possessing a prostitution-related conviction stayed with that person for life, branding him or her and affecting subsequent employment, travel, and access to finance. Meanwhile the clients of sex workers remained outside the reach of the law, with few checks on their behaviour. Law and health interests clashed, with cases existing where the presence of safer sex products was used as evidence of prostitution. There was no obligation on operators to provide safer sex information, and wo...

10. Auckland Standards Committee 1 v Wintour [2025] NZLCDT 2 (9 January 2025) [pdf, 193 KB]

    ...obtained his knowledge improperly. The neighbours complained to the Law Society about Mr Wintour’s accessing and use of the material. [3] Mr Wintour was not candid with the Standards Committee. He claimed that he obtained his information from Police Officers. Enquiries revealed that, on the day before the meeting, the neighbour’s criminal history had been accessed via a computer identifiably logged in by a particular Probation Officer who was working at Auckland District Cour...