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1. Blieden v Registrar of Immigration Advisers [2016] NZIACDT 66 (4 October 2016) [pdf, 192 KB]

   ...employment was suitable for a residence visa application on the basis of skilled employment. [12.4] Whether the adviser gave appropriate advice to Ms Blieden regarding Immigration New Zealand’s verification process. [12.5] Whether the adviser’s response to a letter from Immigration New Zealand was adequate. [13] The Registrar proceeded on the basis that any of those issues could be grounds for a complaint, but found the evidence did not support any of them. The Registrar revie...

2. QB v OL [2021] NZDT 1563 (7 December 2021) [pdf, 164 KB]

   ...establish an obligation, he would need to show an acceptance of the offer, and a meeting of minds. 18. The first text exchange falls short of being an acceptance of the offer. The suggestion at the time lacked any price tag, and both the offer and response at that stage was too vague to create any obligation. However, the more difficult question is whether the purchasers’ silence in the face of the specific proposal, and their confirmation of the renewal, amounted to acceptance by...

3. [2021] NZREADT 30 - Kan (17 June 2021) [pdf, 251 KB]

   ...and the Police would take no further action against Mr Kan. [9] The complaint to the Authority was assigned to an investigator, Ms Stevens, in December 2019. She met with Mr Kan in December 2019 and discussed the progress of his providing a response to the solicitor’s complaint. Mr Kan did not provide a response to the complaint until 18 February 2020. He said that when he took over the property management business he did so as an individual, not as a licensee, and that at no...

4. Form-1-Residence-Appeal.pdf [pdf, 333 KB]

   ...Where do you want us to send all documents and official notices relating to this appeal?  to me, at my email address  to my representative (details below)  to me, at the address above (for persons under 18 years, this will be the responsible adult’s address) IPT FORM 1 – RESIDENCE APPEAL – 3/03/2025 Page 3 of 6 Step 4. Your spouse/partner included in your residence class visa application who is to be included in this appeal Family name / surname Firs...

5. LCRO 83/2025 NA v CB and MG (15 September 2025) [pdf, 161 KB]

   ...enriched themselves through charging fees while impoverishing the applicant and his wife through the defence costs they were obliged to incur. The applicant sought compensation. [11] The firm responded by sending the LCS a copy of its earlier response to the complaint made to the firm, as summarised above. What did the Committee inquire into and what did it decide? [12] The Committee agreed that the first respondent’s role was to advise her clients, act on their instructions an...

6. Government response to Law Commission report on modernising NZ's extradition and mutual assistance laws [pdf, 13 KB]

   GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO LAW COMMISSION REPORT ON MODERNISING NEW ZEALAND’S EXTRADITION AND MUTUAL ASSISTANCE LAWS Presented to the House of Representatives GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO LAW COMMISSION REPORT ON MODERNISING NEW ZEALAND’S EXTRADITION AND MUTUAL ASSISTANCE LAWS Introduction The Government has carefully considered the Law Commission's report, Modernising New Zealand�...

7. OIA-113409.pdf [pdf, 220 KB]

   ...victims of crime who go through the restorative justice system who respond at the conclusion, to either send the perpetrator to jail or not. Could you, or someone from your media team, please provide me with any statistics you have around the victim response? Victims’ views on whether a perpetrator is sent to jail or not are not captured through the restorative justice process and therefore, we are not able to supply the statistics you have requested. As we do not hold the informatio...

8. OIA-108346.pdf [pdf, 136 KB]

   ...are the numbers through the years [2020-2023] that died during childbirth - given we are a first world country I don't expect there to be many. On 29 November 2023 your request was transferred to the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry) for response under section 14 of the Act. In response to your request, I can confirm that 1 maternal death during childbirth was reported to the coroner between 1 January 2020 and 18 December 2023. A death was reported to the coroner for the...

9. OIA-Failure to comply [pdf, 234 KB]

   ...prosecutions there have been for any that are subject to the act that have actually been convicted of failing to comply with the act. To be specific I am asking for prosecutions of any that are subject to the act where they failed to comply with the act in response to receiving a lawful official information act request. Please provide this data year by year since the OIA 1982 came into law. Your request for this information is refused under section 18(e) of the Act, as the information...

10. Jia v Wang [2011] NZIACDT 33 (19 October 2011) [pdf, 70 KB]

    ...cover for overtly dishonest conduct. Deception has been practised on the Uncle, his family, and Immigration New Zealand. [15] That would not have occurred if Ms Wang adequately secured systems and managed personnel within the organisation she was responsible for. She took no effective steps, even when alerted to grossly excessive fees being charged, and a false document being created to support them. 4 [16] Mitigating the gravity of those findings is the fact she was a n...