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1. Information sent to Ministers

   The Ministry of Justice provides a range of advice to our Ministers on topics relevant to our work programme, Ministerial priorities and around ongoing legislation. This page provides a list of advice that has been sent. Items below are listed from newest to oldest.  Please note that this is not a complete list, items may have been withheld, the most common grounds for withholding this information are under the following sections of the Official Information Act. Section 9 (2)(f)(iv) - main

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2. Māori Land Court judgments subject index [pdf, 846 KB]

   Date of Judgment Citation MB reference MLIS Ref Legislation Subject Judge 15.12.2015 Trustees of Te Ngae Farm Trust v Trustees of the Ngāti Rangiteaorere Koromatua Council - Te Ngae Farm Trust 133 Waiariki MB 58 133 WAR 158 Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 s 79 Costs J Coxhead 11.12.2015 Peters v Foster - Hereheretau B2J8 and B2K2B 54 Tairawhiti MB 147 54 TRW 147 Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 s 238,240 Enforce obligations of Trust, removal of trustee CJ Isaac 10.12.2

3. Guardianship, custody & access: Māori perspectives and experiences [pdf, 627 KB]

   ...the Advisory Group, and issues pertaining to engaging participants are discussed below. Engagement with the Family Court over matters of guardianship, custody and access is a stressful experience for most participants. Such matters are perceived as private to the whänau involved, a perception supported by the confidential nature of Family Court proceedings. Carrying out research among Mäori participants over such sensitive matters can be particularly difficult because in many iwi/Mäori wh...

4. Taueki v Procter - Horowhenua 11 Lake Block (2020) 415 Aotea MB 1 (415 AOT 1) [pdf, 720 KB]

   415 Aotea MB 1 I TE KOOTI WHENUA MĀORI O AOTEAROA I TE ROHE O AOTEA In the Māori Land Court of New Zealand Aotea District A20180004434 A20180004854 A20180006936 WĀHANGA Under Sections 43. 19(1)(a). (b). (c), 238, 239 and 240, Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 MŌ TE TAKE In the matter of Horowhenua 11 (Lake) Block I WAENGA I A Between PHILLIP TAUEKI AND CHARLES RUDD Ngā Kaitono Applicants ME And JONATHAN PROCTER, MATHEW SWORD,

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

   ~ ~ P. Ml NISTRY OF 'It ~' JUSTICE '4B . 7ah,; o ,, 'litre 15 May 2023 @Mti@ Section 9(2)(a) Tena koe PBR] Hate speech and incitement laws Justice Centre I 19 Aitken Street DX SX10088 I Wellington T 04 918 8800 I F 0 4 918 8820 ContactUs@justice.govt.nz I www.justice.govt.nz Our ref: OIA 101880 Thank you fo r your email of 21 December 2022, requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), information related to hate speech and incitement

6. [2025] NZEmpC 69  Bread of Life Christian Church in Auckland v Chen [pdf, 431 KB]

   ...members will then effectively involved in the management of the Church. When a Board of Trustees member behaves in an unethical way, be it economically or in violation of the Church’s beliefs and core values, if such behaviour be confirmed after investigation and a resolution is made by the Core Officer Committee, this member will be dismissed. … The rules and regulations contained in this document will be implemented after being passed by the Core Officers Committee, and w...

7. Self-represented litigants: an exploratory study of litigants in person in the New Zealand criminal & family jurisdictions [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   Self-Represented Litigants: An Exploratory Study of Litigants in Person in the New Zealand Criminal Summary and Family Jurisdictions Melissa Smith, Esther Banbury and Su-Wuen Ong Self-Represented Litigants: An Exploratory Study of Litigants in Person in the New Zealand Criminal Summary and Family Jurisidictions Melissa Smith and Esther Banbury Melissa Smith Esther Banbury Su-Wuen Ong July 2009 2 Self-Rep

8. Victime-Offender-Overlap_Report.pdf [pdf, 2 MB]

   1 Full Report Victim-Offender Overlap: Investigating the Relationship between Victimisation and Perpetration of Violence in Aotearoa Report Date: 31 January 2025 Report Authors: Dr. Clare-Ann Fortune, A/Prof. Steven J Bowe and Dr. Roxy Heffernan Research Team: Jason Northover and Elia Gibbons Project Funder: Ministry of Justice, New Zealand 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This research was commissioned and supported by the Contestable Research Fund from Mi

9. 2021-05-24 NPSFM s32 Evaluation [pdf, 1.9 MB]

   ACTION FOR HEALTHY WATERWAYS Section 32 Evaluation Ministry for the Environment HG PROJECT NO 1020-147658-01 DOCUMENT CONTROL RECORD CLIENT Ministry for the Environment PROJECT Action for healthy waterways HG PROJECT NO. 1020-147658-01 HG DOCUMENT NO. R001v3-AK147658-01-final-22July2020 DOCUMENT Section 32 Evaluation ISSUE RECORD DATE OF ISSUE 22 July 2020 STATUS Final ORIGINATOR Gillian Crowcroft / Glen Cooper / Mary McConnell / A

10. Wall v Karaitiana - Tauhara Middle 15 Trust (2008) 87 Taupo MB 107 (87 TPO 107) [pdf, 14 MB]

    ...the actual price is $7 million. The balance of$2 million is to be secured against the purchase by Hikuwai of fill1her lands fi·om Landcorp . . [2] The Tauhara North purchase is pal1 of a complex series of transactions facilitated by Hikuwai, a private trust created for the purpose of securing the retull1 of land from Landcorp to local N giiti Tiiwharetoa hapi). According to the evidence, Hikuwai sought to take advantage of an opp0l1unity of dealing with Landcorp over the possible acq...