Youth Court - Signed, sealed – (but not yet fully) delivered [pdf, 817 KB]
...and to offer appropriate services that are culturally sensitive. The Act endeavours to reconcile these conflicts and at the same time to meet the unique needs of New Zealand society. As District Court Judge McElrea concluded in 1993: 22 We indeed do have a new paradigm of justice. It is not simply an old model with modifications. A new start has been made, new threads woven together and a new spirit prevails in Youth Justice in New Zealand. While the Act makes a clear attempt t...