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1. Report MoJ Long term Insights Briefing The Future of imprisonment FINAL 15-12-21 [pdf, 821 KB]

   ...** Region: North North Island 55 South North Island 22 South Island 23 Total 100 Experience of imprisonment: I have been in prison or known someone who was or is in prison 37 I have worked or volunteered in a prison I have worked in probation 7 Lawyer, worked in court, MOJ employee 3 Other experience 4 No, I have no experience of imprisonment 49 Total 100 Total may not sum to 100% due to rounding. ** Total may exceed 100% because of multiple response....

2. Regulatory Impact Statement Civil Fees Review [pdf, 179 KB]

   ...recalled in the Supreme Court. Therefore, under the status quo access to justice would be relatively high. Under this option, the cost recovery for each jurisdiction (or for a service within a jurisdiction), may not be appropriate. For example, probate applications in the High Court account for an estimated 10 percent of the Court’s workload and, accordingly, a significant amount of the Court’s resources are devoted to processing them. The fee for 7 an application for probate...

3. RAMF WCF inter-relationship [pdf, 275 KB]

   ...prevention to recovery. The Workforce Capability Framework and the Risk Assessment and Management Framework have been designed to help achieve this for the whole workforce, including primary responders or generalists, statutory workers (such as Police and probation officers), family violence specialists, organisational and community leaders, and volunteers. They describe key aspects of a successful family violence system of the future. How we get there will be worked through together wit...

4. Restorative Justice: Best practice in New Zealand 2004 - 2017 [pdf, 428 KB]

   ...offenders to have support people present at the conference. The attendance of community members at the conference should be discussed with the victim and offender at the pre- conference stage (see principle 3). ‘Professionals’ (police officers, probation officers, and defence counsel) may attend a restorative justice conference, but on a carefully prescribed basis ‘Professionals’ have a significantly different role in a restorative justice process to that usually played in co...

5. LCRO 57/2018 G RC and D RC v YS (30 April 2019) [pdf, 335 KB]

   ...view, because Mr YS had not acted for Mrs RC on the preparation of her will, in order for Messrs G and D to uplift Mrs RC’s files, it was appropriate for Mr YS “to seek proper confirmation of [their] authority as executors” such as grant of probate, or their affidavit or declaration that they had applied for probate. [26] The Committee noted that Legal Aid Services had similarly required them to produce evidence of their entitlement to Mrs RC’s files and documents “in relati...

6. 2025 NZPSPLA 021A.pdf [pdf, 71 KB]

   ...(COA) provided he filed the following information by 30 July 2025. a) An application for waiver of the grounds for disqualification setting out why he was suitable to be a security worker despite his recent conviction. b) A letter from his probation officer confirming that he had completed his supervision sentence without any breaches. c) Confirmation that he had successfully completed an anti-violence course or counselling. d) A supporting letter from a licenced security b...

7. [2025] NZPSPLA 021A [pdf, 75 KB]

   ...(COA) provided he filed the following information by 30 July 2025. a) An application for waiver of the grounds for disqualification setting out why he was suitable to be a security worker despite his recent conviction. b) A letter from his probation officer confirming that he had completed his supervision sentence without any breaches. c) Confirmation that he had successfully completed an anti-violence course or counselling. d) A supporting letter from a licenced security b...

8. BORA Employment Relations (Probationary Period Repeal) Amendment Bill [pdf, 165 KB]

   23 JUNE 2010 ATTORNEY-GENERAL LEGAL ADVICE CONSISTENCY WITH THE NEW ZEALAND BILL OF RIGHTS ACT 1990: EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS (PROBATIONARY PERIOD REPEAL) AMENDMENT BILL 1. We have considered whether the Employment Relations (Probationary Period Repeal) Amendment Bill (“the Bill”), a Members’ Bill in the name of Carmel Sepuloni MP, is consistent with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (“Bill of Rights Act”). The Bill was introduced into the House of

9. 2024 NZPSPLA 062.pdf [pdf, 74 KB]

   ...warrants for his arrest and been convicted of failing to stop and driving while his licence was suspended. Mr Love also received seven infringements for breaching his learner licence between October 2022 and January 2023. [2] Police are asking for a probation period to be added to Mr Love’s COA with the effect that if he is caught driving while disqualified during that period, police can ask for Mr Love’s COA to be immediately suspended. In addition, they want Mr Love to obtain his...

10. New Crime Study finds a range of feelings about the criminal justice system

    ...Social Wellbeing and Perceptions of the Criminal Justice System. The majority of New Zealanders believe the Police and groups that support victims are doing a good job, and they have a high level of trust in them. However, they have less-positive views of probation officers, criminal lawyers, the prison service, judges and juries. The study was generated from data provided by the Ministry of Justice’s 2019 New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey. The research revealed some significant disparitie...

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