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   Site owner Macrons in Māori language Optional formats - which should you choose? Copyright Privacy statement Disclaimer & terms of use Site owner This site is owned by the Chief Executive and Secretary for Justice. Macrons in Māori language The Ministry of Justice uses Māori language macrons in all Māori text on this website and in its internal and external published documents. However, your ability to see macrons on our website is limited by whether your web browser (e.g. Microsoft...

2. 9.0 References

   ...2013          Employment Relations Act 2000        Environment Court Media Guidelines Family Courts Act 1980 Family Court Media Guidelines Family Courts Rules 2002 In-Court Media Coverage Guidelines 2016 Official Information Act 1982 Privacy Act 1993 Resource Management Act 1991 Senior Courts Act 2016 Senior Courts (Access to Court Documents) Rules 2017 Supreme Court Act 2003 Supreme Court Media Guidelines 2004 Telecommunications Act 2001 Youth Court Media Guidelines 2019 Legis...

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   5. Media guide for reporting the courts and tribunals: Edition 4.1

3. 6.0 Access to court information

   ...special access rules; please contact the Media Team for more information. The laws and rules around access to records held by a court attempt to balance the principle of open justice and the public’s right to know, against the principle of individual privacy. The registrar will provide access to court information where legislation allows. Where legislation does not allow all substantive decisions on requests for access to documents will be made by a judge, rather than by a registrar, unless a...

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4. Legal aid practice standards

   ...record of the instructions they get and the advice they give be respectful and not inflame disputes have adequate backup in case of illness or unavailability adequately supervise and review the work of lawyers acting under their supervision maintain the privacy of the people named in court documents. The practice standards also set out specific requirements for legal aid lawyers’ responsibilities to clients, relationships with clients, conduct of legal aid cases, and their dealings with othe...

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5. O'Hagan v Police (Costs) [2020] NZHRRT 28 [pdf, 614 KB]

   ...PROHIBITING PUBLICATION OF THE CONTENTS OF ANY DOCUMENT CONTAINED IN THE COMMON BUNDLE OF DOCUMENTS (2) ORDER PREVENTING SEARCH OF THE TRIBUNAL FILE WITHOUT LEAVE OF THE TRIBUNAL OR OF THE CHAIRPERSON Reference No. HRRT 018/2016 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 1993 BETWEEN DAVID ANDREW O’HAGAN PLAINTIFF AND NEW ZEALAND POLICE DEFENDANT AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: Mr RPG Haines QC ONZM, Chairperson Ms DL Hart, Member Hon KL Shirley, Member REPRESENTATION: Mr DA O’Hag...

6. [2022] NZEmpC 35 Courage v Attorney-General [pdf, 225 KB]

   ...proceedings without the disclosure of any more information about the private lives of individuals, or matters that are commercially sensitive, than is necessary to satisfy the principle of open justice: (d) the protection of other confidentiality and privacy interests (including those of children and other vulnerable members of the community) and any privilege held by, or available to, any person: (e) the principle of open justice (including the encouragement of fair and accur...

7. Marshall v IDEA Services Ltd (Application for Interim Non-Publication Orders) [2019] NZHRRT 52 [pdf, 306 KB]

   ...PLAINTIFF (2) ORDER PREVENTING SEARCH OF THE TRIBUNAL FILE WITHOUT LEAVE OF THE CHAIRPERSON OR OF THE TRIBUNAL IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2019] NZHRRT 52 Reference No. HRRT 015/2017 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 1993 BETWEEN EAMON HENNING MARSHALL Plaintiff AND IDEA SERVICES LIMITED Defendant CONT. AT WELLINGTON BEFORE: Mr RPG Haines ONZM QC, Chairperson REPRESENTATION: Mr GW Marshall as agent for...

8. [2007] NZEmpC WC 14/07 CE of the Department of Corrections v Tawhiwhirangi [pdf, 11 KB]

   ...Authority. [3] In particular, the plaintiff wishes to prevent the publication of the name of the prisoner who is named as the victim of the alleged assaults by Mr Tawhiwhirangi. [4] I hold that such an order is appropriate to preserve the privacy of a non-party to these proceedings and there will therefore be an order prohibiting the publication of the names or any other identifying details of any prisoner named in the documents pertaining to this case or otherwise men...

9. Youth prosecution statistics infographic 2017 [pdf, 242 KB]

   ...detailed  statistics are available on the StatsNZ website (http://nzdotstat.stats.govt.nz/) under "Justice". Percentages may not add up to 100 as they have been rounded to the nearest whole number. All data has been randomly rounded for privacy reasons.

10. [2022] NZEmpC 18 Courage v Attorney-General [pdf, 173 KB]

    ...summarised as follows: • While there is an accepted public interest in the defendants due to the nature of their community, that should be distinguished from questions of public importance in respect of the proceedings. • There are important privacy interests of individuals within the community and of non-parties which need to be protected. • In-Court media coverage would likely result in a significant intrusion on commercially sensitive information and risks causing reputa...