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1. New fees framework for family legal aid providers - summary April 2012 [pdf, 925 KB]

   ...actual hours. The benefits of introducing fixed fees as a replacement for Guideline Hours were questioned, with submitters arguing that the existing system was working, and that any Government expenditure reduction targets could have been managed through scaling back the Guideline Hours. Our response Cabinet has set a savings objective of $138 million for legal aid expenditure over four years starting in 2011/12, involving a range of changes, including the introduction of fixed fee ar...

2. 2017 Ministry of Justice Annual Report [pdf, 3.7 MB]

   ...and managing contracts with community-based and non-governmental providers. These services include domestic violence programmes, restorative justice services, victims’ services and the Victims Centre, Family Dispute Resolution mediation and Parenting Through Separation programmes. In this way, we help to: • keep people safe and minimise the impact of harm • reduce offending and reoffending • uphold people’s rights • make it easier for people to access, understand and int...

3. Directory of Official Information J-L [pdf, 775 KB]

   ...Justice (Domestic and Sexual Violence Issues). • Administering funding for justice services and programmes and administering funding for community law centres, which provide free legal services and law-related education. Some services funded through Vote Justice are delivered by Crown entities and other service providers. The Ministry works with these Crown entities and organisations to: • identify and manage risks and keep the Minister of Justice informed of these risks •...

4. Directory of Official Information J-L [pdf, 792 KB]

   ...Justice (Domestic and Sexual Violence Issues). • Administering funding for justice services and programmes and administering funding for community law centres, which provide free legal services and law-related education. Some services funded through Vote Justice are delivered by Crown entities and other service providers. The Ministry works with these Crown entities and organisations to: • identify and manage risks and keep the Minister of Justice informed of these risks •...

5. Directory of Official Information J-L [pdf, 792 KB]

   ...Justice (Domestic and Sexual Violence Issues). • Administering funding for justice services and programmes and administering funding for community law centres, which provide free legal services and law-related education. Some services funded through Vote Justice are delivered by Crown entities and other service providers. The Ministry works with these Crown entities and organisations to: • identify and manage risks and keep the Minister of Justice informed of these risks •...

6. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - summary record 3rd report (continued) [pdf, 40 KB]

   ...crimes. After the 1987 Amendment to the Criminal Justice Act had come into force (para. 58), the number of sentences of imprisonment for such crimes had risen steadily since 1989, reaching a peak in 1993 and declining thereafter, as indicated in the separate data that had been provided to the Committee. That Amendment had also lengthened the time spent in prison for certain violent crimes, so that offenders were released on parole only after serving two thirds rather than one half of their sent...

7. BORA Citizenship Amendment Bill [pdf, 344 KB]

   ...it is justifiable in terms of s 5 of the Bill of Rights Act. Clauses 8C(2) and 8F(3) • Clause 8 inserts new ss 8C(2) and 8F(3). These provisions allow applicants who are accompanying their citizen spouse, civil union or de facto partner or parents overseas on Crown or public service to have that time count towards the five year period a person must be present in New Zealand to: (a) meet the requirement in ss 8A(1) or 8B(1), or (b) be treated as intending to continue to r...

8. [2017] NZSSAA 47 (27 September 2018) [pdf, 259 KB]

   ...for the treatment she paid for. [3] For significant periods of time since becoming ill and receiving treatment, the appellant has not lived in her home. She has let it out to persons with whom she has no personal connection. She lived with her parents for a time, and has more recently lived in a flat. One of the flatmates owns the home where she lives and the appellant and another flatmate share the property with the owner. One of the reasons for not living at her own property was...

9. IPT-Guide-4-Making-a-Deportation-Appeal-Cancelled-Refugee-or-Protection-Status-v2-Apr-23.pdf [pdf, 427 KB]

   ...http://www.justice.govt.nz/services/legal-help/legal-aid Page 8 out Part 5 of Form 4. 1.8 Can I appeal if I am under 18 years old? Yes, but a responsible adult must act for you during the appeal. The responsible adult should be one of your parents. If this is impossible (for example, if your parents are not in New Zealand), the Tribunal needs to know so it can appoint a responsible adult to act for you. Tick the relevant box in Part 8 of Form 4. This does not apply if you are...

10. Edwards v ACC [2013] NZACA 10 [pdf, 61 KB]

    ...correspondence lessons and he attended Kia Ora Hospital for one term. [12] In 1992, Ms Edwards completed a “speld” course in remedial reading and she taught reading to students, which she appears to have done from home. This work continued through Geoffrey’s schooling years as her caring for him allowed. In 1993 and 1994, Geoffrey attended Ruakaka School for three days a week, and from 1995 to 1999, he attended Karamu High School as a mainstreamed student. In 1999 he attended...