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-----Original Message-----
From: A <[FOI #30709 email]>
Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2025 8:36 PM
To: [Ministry of Justice request email]
Subject: Official Information request - Documents and correspondence from
2020–2025 regarding consent law reform and the Justice Select Committee’s
recommendation to re-examine consent laws.

 

Tēnā koutou,

 

Pursuant to the Official Information Act 1982, I am requesting official
information relating to the potential reform of consent laws in New
Zealand between 1 January 2020 and 13 April 2025. To ensure clarity and
due particularity, I have broken this request down into three categories
and am happy to refine further if needed:

 

1. Policy and Legal Documents Held by the Ministry of Justice

 

Please provide copies of:

 

Any final policy documents, briefing papers, Cabinet papers, or internal
discussion documents prepared by or for the Ministry of Justice that
relate to the definition of consent in sexual offence legislation, or
affirmative consent.

 

Any legal advice received by the Ministry regarding the viability or
implications of law reform relating to consent, including any review of
international legal models (e.g. affirmative consent frameworks). Scope
limitation: I do not require duplicate copies, nor drafts unless final
versions are unavailable.

 

2. Correspondence Related to the Justice Select Committee’s Recommendation

 

Please provide copies of:

Correspondence (including emails, letters or memos) between the Ministry
of Justice and the Justice Select Committee in relation to their
recommendation that consent laws be re-examined. Any internal responses,
summaries, or notes created by the Ministry in response to or discussing
that recommendation.

 

3. Ministerial Communications (Limited by Topic and Timeframe) Please
provide any correspondence, briefing notes, or advice provided to or from:

 

Minister Paul Goldsmith (Justice)

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon

Minister Karen Chhour (Children and Associate Justice)

 

…that discuss:

 

i. Consent law reform

ii. The Select Committee’s recommendation on re-examining consent iii.
Public calls for the inclusion of affirmative consent standards

 

This includes material dated between October 2023 – April 2025 (i.e.
post-Select Committee recommendation period).

 

Additional Notes:

I am not seeking purely administrative emails, calendar invites, or
duplicate material. If any of this information is publicly available, a
link or reference would be appreciated. If this request would require
substantial collation, I am happy to discuss refining the scope or
prioritising categories.

 

Please provide the information in electronic form, and let me know if
clarification is needed.

 

Ngā mihi nui,

Layba.

 

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