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12 February 2025
Erika Whittome
fyi-request-29637 -64ab653c@requests. f yi .org. nz
Ref: OIA 118560
Tena koe Erika
Official Information Act request: District Court judges' event at the Northern Club
Thank you for your email of 21 December 2024 to the Ministry of Justice requesting, under
the Official Information Act 1982, information regarding a District Court judges' end of year
event. Your request was as follows:
Would you kindly provide the following information: For the district court judges end of
year event at the Northern Club, what was 1. the end of year budget for this end of
year event 2.
the actual cost from the budget 3. does this include alcohol and the bar
tab from the Northern Club? 4. disbursements such as travel and overnight
accommodation for Auckland city
I understand the judges who attended the end-of-year celebration at the Northern Club on
22 November paid for the event (including venue hire and catering) personally.
Under their terms and conditions, District Court judges are entitled to recover the cost of
taxis used to attend functions when they are attending in their capacity as a judge. A check
of payments processed in late December and paid out in January shows that a total of
$1941.91 (excluding GST) was paid for 19 trips to and from the event.
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Naku noa, na
Carl Crafar
Chief Operating Officer