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1. LCRO 178/2018 YP v MA (18 March 2019) [pdf, 85 KB]

   ...who wanted a residence visa so she could stay in New Zealand. DM’s husband was RV. DM’s visa application was based on her partnership with RV. RV was in ill health and passed away on 20 April 2018. Mr YP considers DM and Ms MA bear some responsibility for what Mr YP believes was RV’s premature death, indeed Mr YP goes so far as to say that Ms MA was a party to the criminal offence of accelerating RV’s death. Although RV was seriously unwell, Mr YP believes that the pres...

2. Interpreter Payments [October 2016] [pdf, 58 KB]

   ...Courts for paying interpreters. On occasions, these arrangements have caused delays in paying interpreters and have created supply problems. From 01 October 2016, we have introduced a new process and Provider and Community Services will take over responsibility for the payment of interpreters used in the delivery of assessments and domestic violence programmes in accordance with the Outcome Agreements with approved providers. AGREED SOLUTION The new process will be as follows:...

3. Proactive Release - Report on overseas travel (United States of America - April 2019) [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...expenses for the Ministerial party as a charge to Vote: Internal Affairs (Members of the Executive – Travel); 4 agreed that his absence: 4.1 Hon David Parker act a Minister of Justice and Minister for Courts; 4.2 Hon Stuart Nash act as Minister Responsible for the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service and Minister Responsible for the GCSB; 4.3 Hon Damien O’Connor act as Minister Responsible for Pike River Re-entry; 4.4 Hon Kelvin Davis act as Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negot...

4. Family Violence and Sexual Violence Work Programme: eUpdate May 2019 [pdf, 639 KB]

   ...Zealanders.” The Wellbeing Budget 2019 family violence and sexual violence package comprises initiatives across five areas: • Preventing family violence and sexual violence [$47.8 million over 4 years] • Safe, consistent and effective responses to family violence in every community [$84.3 million over 4 years] • Expanding essential specialist sexual violence services: moving towards fully funding services [$131.1 million over 4 years] • Reforming the criminal...

5. HRRT Statement of reply [pdf, 386 KB]

   ...visit www.justice.govt.nz/tribunals HRRT 06/09 - 4 Office use only: HRRT NoStatement of Reply What is this form for? Use this form if you are a named as a defendant in a ‘Statement of Claim’ and wish to file a ‘Statement of Reply’ in response to the allegations made against you. Important Information 1. Please print in CAPITAL LETTERS 2. It is important that you respond to every allegation you wish to defend. 3. You need to file this ‘Statement of Reply’ along with thr...

6. Getting your child back from overseas [pdf, 609 KB]

   ...not legal advice. For more information on the Family Court, visit the Ministry of Justice website: www.justice.govt.nz/courts/family-court/what-family-court-does New Zealand Government MOJ0549/02/14 2014 © Crown Copyright. After you submit your response in writing, the applicant will have an opportunity to respond before the court hearing. At the hearing the court will decide if the child should be returned to the country where they usually live. Contact with a child under the Hague...

7. Judge Terena Wara - The COVID Response [pdf, 66 KB]

   Māori Land Court: The Covid Response Covid-19 brought forth a crisis that our country has never experienced before, and has impacted on every aspect of our lives, including the administration of justice. On 25 March 2020 the country entered Covid-19 Alert Level 4 lockdown. The Right Honourable Dame Helen Winkelmann, Chief Justice of New Zealand, assured the public that courts were an essential service, and that New Zealand courts would continue to uphold the rule of law and to...

8. OIA-98227.pdf [pdf, 309 KB]

   ...Court Thank you for your email of 5 August 2022, in which you requested under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), information regarding section 71 orders issued by the Family Court for the past 3 years. Your specific questions and my responses to these are outlined below: I would like to request statistical information from the family courts for the past 3 years. The number of section 71 of the child protection act issued by the court over the past 3 years. The numb...

9. OIA-102711.pdf [pdf, 168 KB]

   ...the Cabinet Fees framework and is $530 per day. This figure is presently under review by the Remuneration Authority. Attached is the wording of the advertisement which includes a description of the position requirements. Please note that this response, with your personal details removed, may be published on the Ministry website at: justice.govt.nz/about/official-information-act-requests/oia-responses/. Section (9)(2)(a) Section (9)(2) 2 If you are not satisfied with this re...

10. OIA-97004.pdf [pdf, 810 KB]

    ...June 2022 to the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry) requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) , information regarding civil disputes in the Disputes Tribunal, the District Court and the High Court. Your specific requests and my responses to each are laid out below: ... statistical information about the average length of time that civil disputes are taking to progress through the Disputes Tribunal, the District Court and the High Court. We request information that:...