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1. 28072025-Public-Service-Amendment-Bill.pdf [pdf, 245 KB]

   ...delivers value for money for New Zealanders, and enabling flexibility for individual governments to achieve certain policy objectives using non-legislative measures. 4. The Bill: • clarifies the role of the public service and streamlines the responsibilities of the public service chief executives; • reinforces the core principles of political neutrality, appointment on merit to all positions, and professional competence; • improves chief executive and agency performanc...

2. Budget 2022 Ministry of Justice

   ...transformative for court operations. Once implemented it will see the court system’s current manually intensive processes replaced with a new online case management system which will enable all users to engage with a modern court that is trusted, safe and responsive. Digitising the paper-based court processes will make the progression of cases faster. It will also be easier for all New Zealanders to interact with the court system and know what is happening. By reducing unnecessary delays in t...

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3. [2025] NZEmpC 30  TradeZone Industrial Group Ltd v Stanton [pdf, 167 KB]

   ...invoices. (b) A claim for $10,000 in special damages. This claim arises from the legal costs prior to filing proceedings, computer forensic costs and executive time required for the applicant to be able to bring its claim in this Court. [5] In response to being served with the freezing order, the respondent realised most of his KiwiSaver account and paid the applicant $62,000 to cover the substantive damages the applicant had claimed. The special damages claimed by the applica...

4. Reporting-of-family-violence-and-sexual-violence-does-not-change-wellbeing-outcomes-Factsheet.pdf [pdf, 163 KB]

   ...support, including informal networks and community resources, may be just as effective at responding to victim needs. Alternatively, this lack of difference may indicate formal supports provided to victims are not effective or appropriately responsive to needs. These findings highlight the potential benefits of shifting focus towards enabling informal support systems and providing victims with a wider range of options to support them in their healing and recovery. This resea...

5. What you'll need to make a claim

   ...claiming You can use the Tribunal to settle small claims up to $30,000. Back to top What you’ve done to settle the dispute In the section ‘Applicant’s contact with respondent’, describe what you’ve done to try to resolve the dispute and what response you’ve had from the other party. You need to show that you’ve tried to sort out the dispute yourself before going to the Tribunal. Back to top Examples of completed forms Examples of completed forms Back to top

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6. 4.10 Reporting restrictions

   ...court of delivering judgement. The order may be an interim suppression; this is when details are suppressed while a Judge considers a suppression application, a permanent suppression or suppression until the matter is disposed of by the courts. It is the responsibility of anyone publishing information about a trial to be informed of and observe these prohibitions, suppression orders and media coverage conditions.  If unsure, check with the appropriate court registry. If necessary, you shou...

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7. Meet our people

   ...The Waitangi Tribunal and Te Kāhui Whakatau (Treaty Settlements) ICT Services ICT Services Customer Service Representative Operations and Service Delivery, Courts and Tribunals, Regional Service Delivery Our Operations and Service Delivery teams are responsible for the successful operation of our New Zealand Courts. Our teams liaise with multiple stakeholders who are interacting with the justice system, including members of the judiciary. Our teams operate across the country wherever courts a...

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8. Constitutional

   ...Treaty of Waitangi (te Tiriti o Waitangi) as a founding document of Aotearoa New Zealand. The Treaty established a constitutional relationship between Māori and the Crown. While Te Puni Kōkiri administers the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975, the Ministry is responsible for the place of the Treaty in our constitutional arrangements. The Ministry also administers the Treaty of Waitangi (State Enterprises) Act 1988 which provides the Waitangi Tribunal the power to direct the government to transfer c...

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9. Canterbury-Westland Standards Committee 1 v A Practitioner [2025] NZLCDT 34 (16 July 2025) [pdf, 86 KB]

   ...be rectified. The practitioner has ceased practice. There is no public interest in imposing censure. [15] Because this matter should have been dealt with at Standards Committee level, and because the practitioner has behaved so commendably in response to the charge, 5 we have decided that his name and identifying details should not be published. That would have been the situation had the matter been dealt with by the Standards Committee. We make a similar order in respec...

10. Auckland Standards Committee v Cox [2015] NZLCDT 32 [pdf, 25 KB]

    ...reduction of debt was greatly less than he had earlier said it would be. 4 [12] One effect of ASB taking less than the full proceeds of sale was that the practitioner’s firm of which he was a partner received payment of $39,120.92. [13] In response to the charge, the practitioner accepted that his action in not advising Mr Spencer of the changed situation was conduct that was unsatisfactory within the meaning of s 12 of the Act. [14] The applicant and Counsel for the practi...