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7 August 2023
Erika Whittome
[email address]
Our ref: OIA 105857
Tēnā koe Erika
Official Information Act request
Thank you for your email of 7 July 2023, to the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry), requesting
under the Of icial Information Act 1982 (the Act), information about the publication of
Covid-19 judgements by the courts. Specifically, you requested:
1. Please would you supply all the criteria for publishing a "Covid 19 related judgement"
on this page of court decisions page:
https://www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/judgments/covid-19-related-judgments/
2. Would you kindly share the reasons why the following cases which took place in the
public court in 2021 and 2022 which are Covid-19 related are not available on the NZ
Courts decisions finder? -Canaday v Medical council of NZ CIV-2021-085-000781 -
Whittome v Taupo Tennis and Ors CIV-2022 -069-000021, -Reihana v Air NZ CIV-
2022-404-000436 [2022] NZHC 2425
3.
Kindly share the memos, minutes and decisions which came about for the above
publishing criteria of "Covid-19 related Judgements".
The Courts website communications guidelines says decisions about the publication of
judgments and associated documents are court information. Because Court information is
not subject to the Act under section 2(6)(a), I am refusing your request under section 18(g)(i)
of the Act, because the Ministry does not hold the information and I have no grounds for
believing it is held by another agency subject to the Act.
If you require any further information, please contact Media & Social Media Manager, Joe
Locke, at [email address]
Please note that this response, with your personal details removed, may be published on the
Ministry’s website at: justice.govt.nz/about/of icial-information-act-requests/oia-responses.
Justice Centre | 19 Aitken Street
DX SX10088 | Wel ington
T 04 918 8800 |
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[email address] | www.justice.govt.nz
You have the right to make a complaint to the Ombudsman under section 28(3) of the Act.
The Ombudsman may be contacted at: [email address] or by
phone on 0800 802 602.
Thank you for writing.
Nāku noa, nā
Louise Ainsley
Manager, Ministerial Relations and Services
