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1. Legal aid disbursement policy review response - July 2012 [pdf, 317 KB]

   Legal Aid Disbursement Policy Review Response to Submissions and Final Decisions July 2012 Although all reasonable steps have been taken to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in this document, the Ministry of Justice disclaims any and all responsibility for any inaccuracy, error, omission, or any other kind of inadequacy, deficiency, or flaw in, or in relation to, the information; and fully excludes any and all liability of any kind to any person or...

2. Rātima v Sullivan - Tataraakina C Trust (2017) 64 Tākitimu MB 121 (64 TKT 121) [pdf, 874 KB]

   ...Tākitimu MB 137 utilised from time to time. Given the scale of the potential liability, Ms Heke will have a further three months from the date of this decision to explain how such costs were incurred. To avoid doubt, failing any satisfactory response, the responsible trustee will be directed to recover as much of those unauthorised travel costs as possible. [56] Mr McInnes claimed $5,389.04 for mileage in 2010. Once again, in the absence of submissions, at first blush this amo...

3. OIA-102193.pdf [pdf, 216 KB]

   ...Tenancy Tribunals, and Tenancy Adjudicator New Zealand Law Society (the Law Society) memberships. On 20 January 2023, you were advised that your request was transferred under section 14(b)(ii) of the Act to the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry) for response. Your further email request of 23 January 2023 was also transferred to the Ministry for response. Your requests and my responses are set out below. “I would like an explanation under Official Information Act as to why adjudicator...

4. OIA-120498.pdf [pdf, 857 KB]

   ...Official Information Act 1982 (the Act). Specifically, you requested: If write-offs occur, does the ministry have figures for the number of unpaid fines issued by Auckland Transport that are written off? Your request has been referred to me for a response, as it falls within my responsibilities as Group Manager, National Service Delivery, and is being managed in accordance with the provisions of the Act. On 19 March 2025, you were contacted to clarify the timeframe of your request. Yo...

5. OIA-119655.pdf [pdf, 613 KB]

   ...Provider assignments Thank you for your emails of 24 February 2025, requesting under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), additional information on Whangārei Provider Approval Level (PAL) 1 legal aid provider assignments following our previous response to you (OIA 119173). Specifically, you requested: 1. Given the wide variance in results, under the OIA could you advise what policy and process is used to assign urgent assignments. 2. Is there any review of how urgent a...

6. OIA-124585.pdf [pdf, 765 KB]

   ...2024. 3. The number of items of gang insignia have been seized, destroyed, and returned under section 7 of the Gangs Act 2024. Please provide the number of patches and other insignia items separately. Your questions have been numbered for ease of response. On 13 August 2025, we advised you that we had transferred part of question 1 (regarding prosecutions) and the entirety of question 3 of your request under section 14 of the Act to the New Zealand Police (Police). You can expect to r...

7. Amoroa - Omuriwaka Māori Reservation (2017) 163 Waiariki MB 93 (163 WAR 93) [pdf, 242 KB]

   ...themselves with Omuriwaka Incorporation (which purports to be a Māori incorporation). The applicant, William Amoroa, seeks a review of the Māori Reservation Trust on the basis that he believes the trustees are unaware of their trustee duties and responsibilities. Mr Amoroa seeks an order that the Māori Reservation Trust to be dissolved. [2] Te Ao Te Pairi and Mihi Pene-Ellis, two of the Māori Reservation trustees have responded to the application. [3] The matter was last h...

8. [2020] NZREADT 23 - SureCapital Real Estate Limited (12 June 2020) [pdf, 179 KB]

   ...whom a real estate company may hold an agent’s licence was referred to in the proceeding as the “licensee agent”, or “eligible officer”. Neither of these terms is defined, or referred to, in the Act, and there is no defined function or responsibility of an “eligible officer” or “licensee agent” under the Act. In this decision, we will use the term “licensee agent”. [8] Between 30 March 2016 and 30 November 2017,2 Ms Julie Pepper, a licensed agent, was emplo...

9. LCRO 109/2020 SV v FT (28 January 2021) [pdf, 198 KB]

   ...lodged the caveat when there was no legal basis for him to do so. [16] By way of outcome, Mr SV sought reimbursement of costs he had incurred in resisting the caveat. [17] In responding to the complaint, Mr FT submitted that: (a) the lack of response to his request of Mr SV’s solicitors to provide information concerning Mrs SV’s estate, properly persuaded him that the solicitors had been instructed not to respond; and (b) the caveat was lodged on instructions from his client;...

10. [2025] NZEmpC 2 Young v Port of Tauranga Ltd [pdf, 236 KB]

    ...Young v Port of Tauranga Ltd [2024] NZERA 26 (Member Fuiava). [4] There are three key issues: (a) whether it was reasonable for the Port to conclude that Mr Young was an affected person according to sch 2 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Order 2021; (b) whether Mr Young held a valid exemption from vaccination; and (c) whether the Port’s process leading up to and including the dismissal of Mr Young was what a fair and reasonable employer could have do...