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From: Nick Farlow <[FOI #28744 email]>
Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2024 8:46 PM
To: OIA <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Revised Solicitor General Prosecution Guidelines

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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