Revised Solicitor General Prosecution Guidelines
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From: Nick Farlow
Dear Crown Law Office,
On 1 October Crown Law office notified that new Prosecution guidelines will take effect from 1 January 2025.
These guidelines have the effect of creating differential outcomes for members of the public dependant on race/ethnicity.
I have some questions regarding the sign off of these guidelines and the role of Inaia Tonu Nei in the development of these guidelines.
1 Please provide any correspondence to or from Minister Collins or the Ministers office approving these guidelines.
2 If the above does not exist please provide any correspondence to or from Minister Collins office in which Crown Law notifies the Minster or her office of the revised guidelines and any feedback provided in relation to the revised guidelines.
Your press release notes that an organisation called "Inaia Tonu Nei" played a 'pivotal role' in the development of these guidelines. Inaia Tonu Nei's mission includes (paraphrasing) 'Decolonization of the settler-colonial (in)justice system. Obviously an organisation with a radical outlook has played a 'pivotal' role in the development of these guidelines. Please provide:
3 Clarification of total expenses/costs etc paid to Inaia Tonu Nei associated with the development of the prosecution guidelines.
4 Presumably there is a large volume of correspondence between Crown Law and Inaia Tonu Nei. I am requesting any correspondence between Crown Law and Inaia Tonu Nei in relation to the late drafts of the guidelines.
Yours faithfully,
N. Farlow
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Kia ora Nick
We acknowledge receipt of your email of 13 October 2024 requesting information under the Official Information Act 1982.
In accordance with section 15 of the Official Information Act, a response to your request will be provided as soon as is reasonably practicable, and in any case within 20 working days of receipt of your request, i.e. by 11 November 2024.
Ngā mihi nui | Kind regards
Te Tari Ture o te Karauna Crown Law Office
19 Aitken Street | PO Box 2858 | Wellington 6011
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Kia ora Nick
Please see attached for the response to your Official Information Act request of 13 October 2024.
Kind regards | Ngā mihi nui
Te Tari Ture o te Karauna Crown Law Office
19 Aitken Street | PO Box 2858 | Wellington 6011
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From: Nick Farlow
Dear Crown Law,
I acknowledge receipt of your response. However, I found the general tone of your response somewhat patronising and condescending.
I note your decision to decline on the basis that the Solicitor-General’s in issuing the guidelines is doing so as part of role as Law Officer; and as a result this information is not “official information”. I do not agree with your interpretation. The guidance which I have reviewed relates to individual cases not to the development of what is essentially a judicial policy. For this reason I will be lodging a complaint with the Ombudsman.
In terms of your response I also provide a new request:
1 Correspondence relating to the processing of my request for information; and
2 Clarification of any Crown funding of Inaia Tonu Nei, whether through Ministry of Justice, the Crown or Crown Entity.
Yours sincerely,
Nick Farlow
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Crown Law Office
Kia ora Nick
We acknowledge receipt of your email of 8 November 2024 requesting further
information under the Official Information Act 1982.
In accordance with section 15 of the Official Information Act, a response
to your request will be provided as soon as is reasonably practicable, and
in any case within 20 working days of receipt of your request, i.e. by 6
December 2024.
Ngā mihi nui | Kind regards
Te Tari Ture o te Karauna Crown Law Office
19 Aitken Street | PO Box 2858 | Wellington 6011
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Kia ora Nick
Please see attached letter regarding your Official Information Act request
of 8 November 2024.
Kind regards | Ngā mihi nui
Te Tari Ture o te Karauna Crown Law Office
19 Aitken Street | PO Box 2858 | Wellington 6011
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Tēnā koe Nick,
The Ministry of Justice (the Ministry) acknowledges receipt of your
request under the Official Information Act 1982 dated 12 November 2024
regarding the below:
“2 Clarification of any Crown funding of Inaia Tonu Nei, whether through
Ministry of Justice, the Crown or Crown Entity.”
This part of your request was transferred from Crown Law to the Ministry
on 18 November 2024.
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You can expect a response by 16/12/2024.
Ngā mihi
Communications and Ministerial Services |Corporate Services
Ministry of Justice | Tāhū o te Ture
DX Box SX 10088 | Wellington
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Kia ora Nick
Please see attached for the response to your Official Information Act
request of 8 November 2024.
Kind regards | Ngā mihi nui
Te Tari Ture o te Karauna Crown Law Office
19 Aitken Street | PO Box 2858 | Wellington 6011
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Dear Nick,
Please find your OIA response attached.
Ngā mihi,
Communications Services
Ministry of Justice | Tāhū o te Ture
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