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1. Data collected about victims of serious crime [pdf, 548 KB]

   ...16 8.5 Inter-agency transfer of the data 8.5.1 Government agency to government agency Overall, little data about individual victims is transferred between government agencies for operational purposes. This is most likely due to the Privacy Act which limits the type of data which can be transferred between agencies. The Victims Rights Act does provide for the transfer of limited types of data such as name and contact details so victims can be notified if, for example, the o...

2. [2023] NZEnvC 086 Bay of Islands Maritime Park Incorporated v Northland Regional Council [pdf, 4 MB]

   Topic 14: Marine Protected Areas IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT AUCKLAND I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI TĀMAKI MAKAURAU Decision [2023] NZEnvC 086 IN THE MATTER OF appeal under clause 14 of the First Schedule of the Resource Management Act 1991 BETWEEN BAY OF ISLANDS MARITIME PARK INCORPORATED (ENV-2019-AKL-117) ROYAL FOREST AND BIRD PROTECTION SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND INCORPORATED (ENV-2019-AKL-127) Appellants AND NORTHLAND REGIONAL COUNCIL Respondent Cou

3. OIA-101880.pdf [pdf, 9.7 MB]

   ...request to Minister Allan. Please see the document table below which details the documents in scope of this request and the decisions on release. Some information has been wlthheld under the following sections of the Act: • 9(2)(a) to protect the privacy of natural persons, • 9(2)(g)(i) to maintain the effective conduct of public affairs through the free and frank expression of opinions, and • 9(2)(h) to maintain legal professional privilege. I do not consider there to be suf...

4. Tranche 2 of Cabinet and Ministerial advice on changes to clubs and ranges regulations [pdf, 3.8 MB]

   ...regulatory requirements. 64 The requirements to provide the regulator with information engages freedom of expression affirmed in section 14 of NZBORA. Personal information must also be provided. I am satisfied that any impacts on freedom of expression or privacy are justified. The information requirements are designed to be minimally intrusive and advance the public safety objective of the regulatory regime. Likewise, the regulator’s powers of inspection, which amounts to a search in...

5. [2024] NZLVT 062 - Edwards v Minister for Land Information (29 November 2024) [pdf, 3.4 MB]

   ...ownership with the property at 433 Woodcocks Road, will be heavily impacted by noise from the public work, will be visually impacted by the elevation of the roadway above the level of 371 Woodcocks Road and will also suffer a significant loss of privacy;18 and (c) By reason of the above, both 433 and 371 Woodcocks Road have been injuriously affected. Although no land was taken from 371 Woodcocks Road, the Claimant’s position is that it was in common ownership and is theref...

6. Enabling-a-four-year-term-of-Parliament_Updated_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 3 MB]

   Hon Paul Goldsmith Minister of Justice Proactive release - Enabling a four-year term of Parliament Date of issue: 06 August 2025 The following documents have been proactively released in accordance with Cabinet Office Circular CO (23) 4. The documents have been updated with reduced redactions from their previous release on 4 March 2025. Some information has been withheld on the basis that it would not, if requested under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA), be released . Where

7. OIA-124619.pdf [pdf, 9.8 MB]

   ...following provisions of the Act: • section 6(c) as its release would likely prejudice the maintenance of the law, including the prevention, investigation, and detection of offences, and the right to a fair trial, • section 9(2)(a) to protect the privacy of natural persons, and • section 9(2)(f)(iv) to maintain the constitutional conventions that protect confidentiality of advice tendered by Ministers and officials. In withholding information under section 9 of the Act, I have cons...

8. He Waka Roimata - Transforming our Criminal Justice System [pdf, 5 MB]

   ...often because people within the system simply fail to communicate with victims (or to think such communication is important). We also heard of active barriers within the system that prevent victims from finding out what has or is happening. “The Privacy Act should be changed so that victims … gain the information they need to heal and understand what happened to them.” Tasman/Marlborough Formal processes may also increase victims’ insecurity. For example, they may not trust th...

9. [2022] NZEmpC 223 FGH v RST [pdf, 688 KB]

   FGH v RST [2022] NZEmpC 223 [6 December 2022] ORDER PROHIBITING PUBLICATION OF NAMES OR IDENTIFYING PARTICULARS OF THE PARTIES, WITNESSES, AND PERSONS IDENTIFIED IN THE EVIDENCE IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT OF NEW ZEALAND WELLINGTON I TE KŌTI TAKE MAHI O AOTEAROA TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA [2022] NZEmpC 223 EMPC 298/2021 IN THE MATTER OF proceedings removed from the Employment Relations Authority BETWEEN FGH Plaintiff AND RST Defen

10. International comparisons of recorded violent crime rates for 2000 [pdf, 288 KB]

    ...fail to provide necessaries, cruelty to a child, miscellaneous intimidation/threats (miscellaneous acts)) 3 • Group assemblies (rioting, riotous damage, forcible entry and detainer, unlawful assembly, disorderly behaviour, crimes against personal privacy, Harassment Act 1997 offences, participation in criminal gang, associating with violent offenders) New Zealand Police’s definition of violent crime does not include any sexual offences. Table 1 provides the rate of recorded crime per...