Speaking about cultural background at sentencing: section 16 of the Criminal Justice Act 1985 [pdf, 1.5 MB]
...______________________________________________________________________________ 10 a High Court. Case monitoring data9 and population data10 were used to determine which courts were selected to take part in the research. The final sample of courts was: Auckland (including Auckland Central and Otahuhu), Hamilton, Whakatane, Gisborne, Hastings, New Plymouth, Wellington (including Porirua), Christchurch, and Invercargill. Identifying potential respondents within the selected regions was a comp...