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1. Coronial Services Annual Report 2015-2016 [pdf, 3.9 MB]

   ...New Zealand Legal Information Institute (NZLII) website at nzlii.org. In some cases such as suicide deaths, publication restrictions prevent the publication of the recommendations. The following are some of the recommendations or comments made and responses received by coroners. A TWO FATALITY DROWNING Paasi and Paea-I-Muli (Coroner Greig)1 The coroner makes the following recommendation for consideration by the Government: � That as part of the upcoming review of the re...

2. OIA-123382.pdf [pdf, 801 KB]

   ...presented? What are your thoughts on the numbers across the years? What have been influential factors? On 30 June 2025, you confirmed that you would like your follow up request to be treated under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act). In response to part 1 of your request, please refer to the following tables: • Table 1: Total juror summonses, by court and year, between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2024. • Table 2: Total juror summonses that were attended, by co...

3. T v Mudaliar [2015] NZIACDT 79 (06 August 2015) [pdf, 241 KB]

   ...not meet the skilled migrant category requirements if her work and skills were as 4 a beauty therapist; whereas the false job description Mr Mudaliar provided potentially did so. [5.10] Immigration New Zealand treated the applicant as responsible for the false information as she had a statutory duty to ensure information was correct. [6] The Registrar identified potential breaches of professional standards during the course of Mr Mudaliar’s engagement, the allegations we...

4. P Singh v Kumar [2011] NZIACDT 24 (18 August 2011) [pdf, 162 KB]

   ...appeal to the Removal Review Authority was misconceived, and lodged without substantiating the grounds. [7.3] The Adviser engaged in personal abuse of the Complainant and his counsel. He was deliberately obfuscatory, dishonest, and misleading in his response when counsel queried his handling of the Complainant’s affairs. Procedural Issues Oral hearing directed [8] This Tribunal is required to address complaints on the papers, as far as that is practicable and appropriate. [9] In...

5. LCRO 195/2017 LH v SR and HP (19 March 2019) [pdf, 229 KB]

   ...a draft will or had incurred costs; and 3 (c) Ms LH had advised that she was exercising a lien on all documents until payment of Ms HP’s account was received. [13] Ms LH, having sought and obtained an extension of time for filing of her response, replied to the complaint on 15 May 2017. [14] She submitted that: (a) Mr SR had, at the time of executing his will, made request for Ms LH to provide him with a draft of the will she had prepared for Ms HP; (b) Mr SR indicated tha...

6. LCRO 131/2022 GN, YL and EK v FQ (30 June 2023) [pdf, 212 KB]

   ...extensive complaint was supported by statements from Dr EK, Ms YL and Ms GN, and accompanied by an extensive chronology which traversed in detail, concerns about Mr FQ’s management of his role as counsel for their mother. [19] Mr FQ provided response to the complaint on 15 February 2022. [20] He attached to that response: (a) his submission to the Court responding to the complaint dated 20 July 2017; and (b) a minute of Judge A issued on 1 August 2017; and (c) a submission to C...

7. OIA-104830.pdf [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...have been over the last year? How many drink spiking / disabling convictions there have been over the last 10 years? The data broken down by location And broken down by gender of offender and victim. Your request has been referred to me for response, as it falls within my responsibilities as Group Manager, Courts & Tribunals and is being managed in accordance with the provisions of the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act). I can advise that there are no specific ‘drink...

8. OIA-110860.pdf [pdf, 906 KB]

   ...22 April 2024, the Ministry wrote to advise you that your request was granted. However, it would take us some time to prepare the information for release. Thank you for your patience while we finalised the information requested. For ease of response, I have numbered your request. There is no lack of resources for JATs in the Ashburton District Court. In response to part 1 of your request, please see Table 1 below, which provides the number of JATs that were held in the Ashbu...

9. OIA-Firearms Regulations [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...date. While firearms regulation has always been a public service function, I have interpreted your request to be for information about moving responsibility for the Firearms Safety Authority from the New Zealand Police to another agency. In response to your request, please refer to the table below, which lists the information in scope of your request and my decisions on their release. Some information has been withheld under section 9(2)(f)(iv) of the Act, to maintain the constituti...

10. OIA-124365.pdf [pdf, 854 KB]

    ...understand that there may be a variety of reasons for any given decision to decline an application. Are you able to supply the reason given to the applicant? 5. How many initial applications for civil legal aid in Māori Land Court proceedings received a response from Legal Aid Services requesting further information or documentation, but after which there was no progress of the application? Your request has been referred to me for a response, as it falls within my responsibilities as Legal...