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1. Family Violence, Sexual Violence and Violence within Whānau: Workforce Capability Framework [pdf, 2.5 MB]

   ...for example: E Tū Whānau, Nga Vaka o Kaiga Tapu • Revision of existing practice guidelines in the future (for example, the Ministry of Health Violence Intervention Programme guidelines) • Social Workers Registration Board new competencies • CareerForce training schedule (for example, Level 5 Health and Wellbeing Diploma) Informs Ministry of Social Development family violence and sexual violence provider contracting • Contracting arrangements specify safe practice requirements as d...

2. MOJ Privacy Guidelines [pdf, 3.5 MB]

   Privacy Guidelines Managing personal information Guidelines for providers of Justice services Foreword We all have a part to play in collecting, sharing or using people’s information in a way that respects and protects their privacy. People who interact with our justice system often do so under difficult and stressful circumstances. It’s crucial we respect their confidentiality and treat their personal information with the same respect we’d expect others to treat our own. If...

3. OIA-106563.pdf [pdf, 3.6 MB]

   ...outline the additional criminal justice proposals and explain their intended effect in denouncing the offending. The paper proposes improvements to operational responses to youth offending, along with legislative changes to the youth justice and care and protection systems 3. The paper focuses on operational and legislative changes to the care and protection of children systems, and youth justice processes. This includes proposed amendments to the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 to increase th...

4. OIA-109706-v2.pdf [pdf, 6.4 MB]

   ...including both in FDR and the in-court system through a lawyer for the child, specialist reports, and the judicial meeting. The purpose of this report is to identify best practices for children’s participation in decision making relating to their care, provide advice on where current practice differs from best practice, and propose improvements that could be made to child participation practices within the context of Care of Children Act (COCA) and FDR proceedings. Out of scope o...

5. Waitangi Tribunal - He Whiritaunoka (Whanganui) chapter 28 [pdf, 857 KB]

   ...it was imperative for the Crown to deal openly and honestly with Māori leaders ; ӹ Reciprocity : the exchanges fundamental to being a part­ ner must provide advantage that is mutual, with bene­ fits flowing in both directions ; ӹ Active protection : the Crown’s duty is ‘not merely pas­ sive but extends to active protection of Maori people in the use of their lands and waters to the fullest extent practical’ ;1 and ӹ Autonomy : the iwi of Whanganui did not agree to fo...

6. LCRO 176/2021 BR v UE and VJ (7 December 2022) [pdf, 223 KB]

   ...of the parties in this decision have been changed. Introduction [1] Mr BR has applied for a review of the determination by [X] Standards Committee, in which the Committee determined that Mr BR had breached rule 10.1 of the Conduct and Client Care Rules1 and made a finding of unsatisfactory conduct against Mr BR by reason of that breach. [2] The Committee censured Mr BR and ordered him to apologise to Mrs UE. It also ordered him to pay a fine of $3,000 and costs of $1,000. Mrs...

7. [2020] NZIACDT 44 - Registrar v Yoon (8 October 2020) [pdf, 259 KB]

   ...for her. She had been exonerated of any wrongdoing. Furthermore, Immigration New Zealand had wrongly questioned her health. The claimed annual cost of treating her was totally disproved. He relied on a specific decision of the Immigration and Protection Tribunal (the IPT) which had allowed the appeal of a person convicted of manslaughter and attempted murder. The advocate signed off the letter as an “Advocate”. [13] On 1 November 2017, the advocate sent an email to the Mini...

8. JD v RU LCRO 55 / 2011 (22 March 2012) [pdf, 130 KB]

   ...took place at the [Auckland] District Court when the accused appeared to answer the charges laid against him. [3] Mr JD complains that Mr RU’s conduct on the day breached a number of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008. He lists these in his complaint to the Complaints Service of the New Zealand Law Society as follows: Chapter 10, s 10 (obligation to promote and maintain proper standards of professionalism in all dealings) Chapter...

9. GQ v TO LCRO 57 / 2011 (12 January 2012) [pdf, 104 KB]

   ...to that draft which were made, and the will was signed in September 2004. [6] In January 2006 she again made contact with Mr TO to instruct him to prepare Enduring Powers of Attorney for her. She wished to appoint her son GR as her Personal Care and Welfare Attorney, and GR and Mr TO as her Property Attorneys. GR and Mrs GQ (Mrs) were Mrs HA’s only two children. [7] At the time of making those Powers of Attorney, Mr TO met GR for the first time. [8] In July 2008, Mr HA...

10. INZ (Greathead) v Ortiz [2019] NZIACDT 59 (29 August 2019) [pdf, 154 KB]

    ...client asking him to write a letter stating he had worked at the salon voluntarily. He did not, so she kept ringing him and sending texts urging him to send the letter. The client told Immigration New Zealand’s investigator that Ms Ortiz was careful not to mention in any of her texts what the letter was in relation to. The client then stopped communicating with her. [24] On 27 November 2015, Ms Ortiz replied by email to Immigration New Zealand’s second letter advising that sh...