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Tēnā koe Layba,

 

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We acknowledge receipt of your request under the Official Information Act
1982. 

 

This has been forwarded onto the relevant business unit to respond to. 

 

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other personal information will be withheld under Section 9(2)(a) (protect
the privacy of natural persons). 

 

You can expect a response by 14/05/2025.

 

 

Ngā mihi

 

   

Communications and Ministerial Services |Corporate Services

Ministry of Justice | Tāhū o te Ture
DX Box SX 10088 | Wellington

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Tēnā koe Layba,

 

Thank you for your request of 13 April 2025 to the Ministry of Justice
(the Ministry), requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act), information regarding consent law reform. Specifically, you
requested:

 

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

 

Section 12(2) of the Act requires that the information sought must be
“specified with due particularity”, which means the Ministry must be
reasonably able to identify what information is being requested by you. In
its current form, part of your request is unclear. Therefore, in line with
section 15(1AA) of the Act, the Ministry is seeking to clarify your
request.

 

Please can you confirm:

 

 1. If you are seeking information specifically focussed on affirmative
consent, or on general consent law reform, which includes affirmative
consent.
 2. If, in part 3 of your request, you mean correspondence between the
Ministry and the individuals you have listed, rather than “Ministerial
communications” between the three individuals you have listed.

 

If you could please respond to us by close of business (5PM) on 1 May
2025, we will be able to better assess your request and action it
accordingly.

 

Please note that under section 15(1AA) of the Act, on receipt of your
rescoped request, it becomes a new request for the purposes of the Act and
resets the timeline.

 

Under section 28 of the Act, you have the right to seek a review of the
Ministry’s handling of your request from the Ombudsman.  The Ombudsman can
be contacted at: [1]Contact the Ombudsman | Ombudsman New Zealand

 

We look forward to hearing from you as soon as you are able.

 

Ngā mihi,

 

  Communications and Ministerial Services | Corporate Services

Ministry of Justice | Tāhū o te Ture
Justice Centre | 19 Aitken Street, Wellington (6011)

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[4][Ministry of Justice request email]

[5]justice.govt.nz

 

 

From: [Ministry of Justice request email]
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2025 3:14 PM
To: A <[FOI #30709 email]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Documents and correspondence
from 2020–2025 regarding consent law reform (ref: 121293)

 

Tēnā koe Layba,

 

Thank you for emailing the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry).

 

We acknowledge receipt of your request under the Official Information Act
1982. 

 

This has been forwarded onto the relevant business unit to respond to. 

 

The Ministry may publish the response to your request on our website, you
can expect that if your OIA is to be published that this will take place
at least 10 working days after it has been sent you. Your name and any
other personal information will be withheld under Section 9(2)(a) (protect
the privacy of natural persons). 

 

You can expect a response by 14/05/2025.

 

 

Ngā mihi

 

   

Communications and Ministerial Services |Corporate Services

Ministry of Justice | Tāhū o te Ture
DX Box SX 10088 | Wellington

[6]www.justice.govt.nz

 

 

 

 

 

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