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1. UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

   ...mechanism. Link:  Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure. The Ministry of Social Development is responsible for administering the CRC and its Protocols. Find out more Read the latest reports relating to New Zealand, produced under the reporting procedure provided for by the Convention on the Rights of the Child and Optional Protocol. You can also read reports from previous years. Reporting procedure for the core human rights i...

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2. Legal Aid News Archive

   This page lists archived Legal Aid News communications. View the latest information on all matters related to legal aid. August 2017 June 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 June 2016 May 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 November 2014 Se...

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3. An insight into the US criminal justice system

   ...supervise those on bail in the community – neither of which we have here. What were your key findings? It would be foolhardy to suggest that we should copy anything that the US is doing wholesale. However, there is much we can learn from them in relation to the implementation of pretrial risk assessment. In my view, the US experience demonstrates that an incremental approach is needed to ensure the success of decisionmaking tools in this area. In addition, some of the ways that th...

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4. Make a complaint about a legal aid lawyer

   ...obligations. We decide whether the complaint should be substantiated or not substantiated. If a complaint is substantiated, the consequences for the lawyer will depend on the seriousness of the complaint. A complaint investigation cannot make findings related to individual cases, appeal proceedings or prison sentences. Find out more about the complaints management process and investigation stages in the complaints management policy Complaints to the New Zealand Law Society You can also complain...

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5. Privacy statement

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6. [2025] NZLVT 45 - Currie v Nelson City Council (19 September 2025) [pdf, 125 KB]

   ...10 June 2025, received by the objectors on 12 June 2025. 4 Objection to valuation dated 3 July 2025. 3 Agreement reached [5] On 12 September 2025, the Tribunal received confirmation from the parties that they have reached an agreement in relation to the valuation for the property.5 The parties have requested that the matter no longer be heard by the Tribunal but sought the Tribunal’s approval for the implementation of the agreed upon values, as follows: Capital Value...

7. Disputes Tribunal jurisdiction

   ...Court or choose not to because the associated cost would exceed the value of the claim they are pursuing. It is generally uneconomic to take civil claims between $30,000 and $60,000 to the District Court due to the significant cost of legal and court-related fees. This leads to people abandoning the amount of their claim over $30,000 to fall within the Disputes Tribunal jurisdiction or accepting a loss by not pursuing a claim at all. This change will provide an affordable forum for resolving mo...

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8. New private statutory adjudication process for civil disputes

   ...framework Fast Dispute Resolution - consultation document on a new statutory adjudication framework - summary version Fast Dispute Resolution - consultation document on a new statutory adjudication framework - screen readable version Cabinet papers and related information Cabinet paper and minutes: Proactive release - Consultation on a new Adjudication Act for New Zealand Regulatory Impact Assessment: Consultation document proposing a new Adjudication Act Submissions have closed  Submissio...

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9. Inquiry into the conduct of Judge E Aitken

   ...Panel Minute No 4 The Panel released its fourth minute on 2 October 2025.  A copy of this minute is available here: Panel Minute (No 4) Decisions of the Panel On 24 November 2025, the Panel issued an oral ruling on three media applications relating to the Panel's interlocutory hearing on 24 November 2025.  A copy of that ruling is available here: Ruling of the Judicial Conduct Panel on media applications 24 November 2025 [PDF, 1.9 MB] On 25 November 2025, the Panel issued its dec...

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10. OIA-126583.pdf [pdf, 941 KB]

    ...case costs of finalised legal aid grants for PPPR cases from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024. Please note that the data in Tables 1 to 3 covers all applications under the PPPR Act. As CMS does not record the age of the person the application relates to, the data cannot be broken down by age group. Please note that this response, with your personal details removed, may be published on the Ministry’s website at: Official Information Act responses | New Zealand Ministry of Justice...