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1. 2025 NZPSPLA 013.pdf [pdf, 80 KB]

   ...security job last year for using his employer’s fuel card for personal use without permission. [2] Mr Hillman has not applied for waiver of the grounds for disqualification. In addition, he neither attended the hearing nor provided any other response to the police complaint. While Mr Hillman has no previous convictions his offending was serious. In addition, Mr Hillman is guilty of misconduct by amassing over $1,200.00 personal expenses on his employer’s fuel card without permissi...

2. Consistency with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990: Public Finance Amendment Bill [pdf, 165 KB]

   ...26169/4.9). We will provide you with further advice if the final version includes amendments that affect the conclusions in this advice. 3. The Bill amends the Public Finance Act 1989 (the Act) to improve fiscal transparency, strengthen fiscal responsibility and improve the practical operation of the Act. The Bill seeks to achieve this by proposing new and modifying current requirements, repealing provisions relating to wellbeing reporting and making other minor and technical amendm...

3. 2025 NZPSPLA 003.pdf [pdf, 71 KB]

   ...granted. Mr Gardner also has two more recent convictions for driving while disqualified or while his licence was suspended. [3] Mr Gardner did not attend the hearing and has neither applied for waiver of the grounds for disqualification nor any response to the police complaint. Some of Mr Gardner’s dishonesty offending involved a significant breach of trust. A separate offence included falsifying bank records to wrongly show a deposit had been made for an item he wanted to purchase...

4. Judge Marshall to retire as Chief Coroner

   ...Coroner, and am privileged to have worked with such dedicated colleagues in the Coroners Court.”   During her time as Chief Coroner, Judge Marshall has investigated many of New Zealand’s most high-profile coronial cases, including leading the coronial response to the Whakaari/White Island eruption and the Christchurch Masjid Attacks. But the many cases without a national profile that she has investigated are equally important. “The work coroners do in making recommendations and comments...

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5. 2025 NZPSPLA 058.pdf [pdf, 73 KB]

   ...turned off the alarm systems to the buildings she was supposed to be guarding and stole several thousand dollars worth of goods from the premises before resetting the alarm system. [3] Ms Foord neither attended the hearing nor filed any written response to the police complaint. The only explanation Ms Foord has provided for her offending is that she was in financial hardship and was desperate. [4] Police have established that grounds for disqualification apply to Ms Foord. I am sa...

6. 2025 NZPSPLA 059.pdf [pdf, 100 KB]

   ...[3] Mr To’o’s temporary COA expired on 6 June 2025, and he has neither completed the required training nor applied for his temporary COA to be reinstated. Based on the evidence before me I am satisfied that Mr To’o is not suitable to be a responsible security employee. Mr To’o’s application for a certificate of approval is accordingly declined under s 53(3) of the Act. DATED at Wellington this 10th day of June 2025 P A McConnell Private Security Personnel L...

7. 2025 NZPSPLA 079 pdf [pdf, 70 KB]

   ...and therefore a mandatory ground for the cancellation of Mr Lefaoseu’s certificate of approval unless the grounds for disqualification are waived. Mr Lefaoseu neither attended the hearing nor filed an application for waiver or any other written response to the police complaint. [4] Police have established that Mr Lefaoseu now has disqualifying convictions. His firearms charges arose after he was found with a sawn off shot gun and ammunition in his vehicle when stopped for dangerous...

8. The Bill of Rights Act

   The New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (BORA) protects and promotes human rights and fundamental freedoms in New Zealand. We're responsible for scrutinising proposed legislation to look at whether it meets BORA requirements. In this section: Compliance Reports View Bill of Rights Act compliance reports. Guide for Policy and Legal Advisors This page provides an overview of how to identify and consider the impact on rights in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 when developing policy...

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9. Sale & supply of alcohol

   ...alcohol licensing in their local area allowing local-level decision-making for all licence applications requiring the consent of a parent or guardian before supplying alcohol to a minor requiring anyone who supplies alcohol to under 18-year-olds to do so responsibly strengthening the rules around the types of stores allowed to sell alcohol introducing maximum default trading hours for licensed premises restricting supermarket and grocery store alcohol displays to a single area. In this section...

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10. New initiatives to help victims of sexual violence

    ...judicial education. “These new initiatives will improve victims’ experience of the justice system and make the process less traumatic,” says Ruth. The initiatives implement operational changes recommended in the Law Commission report “The Justice response to victims of sexual violence.”  The Government is continuing to consider other recommendations that require legislative change.  The funding for the initiatives has been provided by the Justice Sector Fund....

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