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1. Sexual-Violence-Bill-and-Govt-Response_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 1.7 MB]

   Hon Ginny Andersen Minister of Justice Proactive release - Better Outcomes for Victims: approvals for introducing legislation and a Government Response to Petitions Committee report Date of issue: 11 September 2023 The following documents have been proactively released in accordance with Cabinet Office Circular CO (18) 4. Some information has been withheld on the basis that it would not, if requested under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA), be released. Where that is the case,...

2. OIA-106781.pdf [pdf, 367 KB]

   ...requested: Under the OIA please provide the total number of cultural reports by ethnicity (European, Maori, Pasifika, Asian etc) submitted to the courts from November 2017 through to July 30th, 2023. Your request has been referred to me for response, as it falls within my responsibilities as Group Manager for National Service Delivery and is being managed in accordance with the provisions of the Act. On 23 August 2023, the Ministry of Justice contacted you to advise that we had...

3. ISR Evaluation Snapshot [pdf, 102 KB]

   1 Snapshot Integrated Safety Response (ISR) evaluation CONTEXT EVALUATION The family violence Integrated Safety Response (ISR) pilot was officially launched in Christchurch on 4 July 2016. A second pilot site (Waikato) came into operation on 25 October 2016. The ISR pilot is part of the Government’s broader programme of work on family violence and sexual violence. ISR takes a whole-of-family and whānau approach to consider the safety of adults and children impacted by v...

4. OIA-108245.pdf [pdf, 283 KB]

   ...the 2022/23 financial year. Section 9(2)(a) Section 9(2)(a) Section 9(2)(a) Section 9(2)(a) You also requested that “where possible, data that can be presented in an Excel format is preferred to other methods of presentation e.g., PDF.” In response to parts 1, 2, 2.a, the Ministry does not use a single code to track taxi expenditure, but based on expenditure directly through TaxiCharge (using taxi chits) expenditure we could identify through staff purchase cards, we estimate our e...

5. AGJ and AGK v ZVL [2013] NZDT 500 (18 December 2013) [pdf, 24 KB]

   ...AGK is dismissed. AGJ and AGK are jointly and severally liable to pay ZVL the sum of $793.20 on or before 31 December 2013. Facts [1] AGJ and AGK live at 34 [place name street]. They say ZVL, their neighbour at 36 [place name street], is responsible for excess water flows on their property which has caused them $4,150.60 of damage. They seek that sum from him. ZVL counterclaims $1,718.20 for costs he says he has unnecessarily incurred in defending this claim. Issues...

6. FV Reform Paper 1 Context [pdf, 554 KB]

   1 Budget sensitive In confidence Office of the Minister of Justice Chair Cabinet Social Policy Committee REFORM OF FAMILY VIOLENCE LAW Paper One: Context and supporting integrated responses Proposal 1. This paper is the first of three papers prepared for Cabinet, seeking agreement to wide-ranging reform of the family violence legislative framework, with the intention of reducing family violence. The paper is presented in two parts: 1.1. Part A - provides the...

7. NZCVS Methodology Report Cycle 3 (2020) [pdf, 4.9 MB]

   ...assurance 38 Overview of fieldwork quality risks 38 Quality assurance processes 40 Quality assurance – management and statistics 40 Key exit questions 45 Electronic audits 48 Checks of interview data 48 6. Fieldwork statistics 49 Introduction 49 Response rates 49 Maximising response rates 49 Contact outcomes 50 Response rate calculations 52 Response rates by demographic and geographic factors 53 Interview counts by age, ethnicity and sex 54 Completion of the questionnaire 56...

8. Asad v Patel [2015] NZIACDT 1 (21 January 2015) [pdf, 174 KB]

   ...potentially open. It is obvious the Registrar prepared and filed the Statement of Complaint, despite Mr Patel’s earlier submission, and gave reasons why the findings eventually made were potentially open to the Tribunal. The circumstances in which a response should be filed were also set out. The Tribunal took Mr http://www.justice.govt.nz/ 3 Patel’s earlier response into account when coming to its conclusions in the substantive decision, but the content was unpersuasive....

9. Budget 2020 Family Violence and Sexual Violence - Summary of Initiatives [pdf, 680 KB]

   ...Violence Announcement Summary of Initiatives Investments in the Family Violence and Sexual Violence System Introduction: Community organisations working at the frontline of family violence and sexual violence responses form the foundations of an effective, integrated system capable of preventing and eliminating these forms of violence. Budget 2020 invests in the foundations of our system. It continues our work to ensure frontline organisations are s...

10. BI v OX [2021] NZDT 1543 (17 September 2021) [pdf, 325 KB]

    ...misrepresented the car and sought $2,400.00 in damages. [4] The issues to be determined are: a. Did OX misrepresent the car by responding “no it doesn’t” to BI’s question “Also car doesn’t overheat at all?” Was the meaning conveyed by OX’s response incorrect in all the circumstances in which it was made? b. Could the faults that caused the overheating have arisen in BI’s ownership? c. Was the car sold “As is where is”? d. Did OX’s response induce BI to e...