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Tēnā koe Matua,

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 26 May 2025

Ngā mihi nui,

 

Ministerial Services

   

Communications and Ministerial Services | Corporate Services

Ministry of Justice | Tāhū o te Ture [1]justice.govt.nz

 

 

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Tēnā koe Matua,

 

Thank you for your email of 28 April 2025 to the Ministry of Justice (the
Ministry), requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act),
data on immigrants and asylum seekers who have been charged with sexual
offences. Specifically, you requested:

 

The number of immigrants who have been charged with sexual offences in New
Zealand from 1 January 2010 to the present, broken down by calendar year.

 

If available, a further breakdown of how many asylum seekers have been
charged with sexual offences during the same period, also by year.

 

For the purposes of this request:

 

"Sexual offences" refers to all charges categorised as sexual crimes under
New Zealand law.

 

The Ministry would like to inform you that we cannot provide a demographic
breakdown of this data by immigrant or asylum seeker status. However, the
Ministry can provide a breakdown by ethnicity (specifically European,
Māori, Pacific Peoples, Asian, Other or Unknown).

 

If you are seeking data on immigrants and asylum seekers, your request is
likely to be refused under section 18(g)(i) of the Act, as the information
is not held by the Ministry and there are no other grounds for believing
it is held by another agency subject to the Act.

 

Please can you advise how you would like to proceed with your request. We
can either:

1.       Provide data broken down by ethnicity; or

2.       You may wish to withdraw your request as data for immigrant and
asylum seeker status is not reported on.

 

We would appreciate it if you could respond no later than close of
business 5 May 2025.

 

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

[2][email address]

[3][email address]

[4][Ministry of Justice request email]

[5]justice.govt.nz

 

 

From: [Ministry of Justice request email] <[Ministry of Justice request email]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2025 9:11 AM
To: Matua Kahurangi <[FOI #30842 email]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request – Convictions of Immigrants and
Charges Against Asylum Seekers for Sexual Offences (2010–Present) (ref:
121642)

 

Tēnā koe Matua,

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 26 May 2025

Ngā mihi nui,

 

Ministerial Services

   

Communications and Ministerial Services | Corporate Services

Ministry of Justice | Tāhū o te Ture [6]justice.govt.nz

 

 

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Tēnā koe Matua,

 

Thank you for your email of 28 April 2025 to the Ministry of Justice (the
Ministry), requesting data and immigrants and asylum seekers who have been
charged with sexual offences, under the Official Infomration Act 1982 (the
Act).

 

Specifically, you requested:

 

The number of immigrants who have been charged with sexual offences in New
Zealand from 1 January 2010 to the present, broken down by calendar year.

 

If available, a further breakdown of how many asylum seekers have been
charged with sexual offences during the same period, also by year.

 

For the purposes of this request: "Sexual offences" refers to all charges
categorised as sexual crimes under New Zealand law.

 

On 30 April 2025, the Ministry advised you that we cannot provide a
demographic breakdown of this data by immigrant or asylum seeker status
and that we can only provide a breakdown by ethnicity (specifically,
European, Māori, Pacific Peoples, Asian, Other or Unknown).

 

We asked you to confirm how you would like to proceed with your request
but did not receive a response by the requested date. Therefore, the
Ministry is refusing your request under section 18(g)(i), as the
information you have requested is not held by the Ministry and there are
no grounds for believing it is held by another agency subject to the Act.

 

However, data on sexual offences, broken down by ethnicity, from
2015-2025, can be found at: [1]Data tables | New Zealand Ministry of
Justice. Please refer to ‘Specific offence types’, ‘Sexual offences’ and
Table 4d, 5d, 7c, 8c and 9c.

 

If you are not satisfied with this response, you have the right to make a
complaint to the Ombudsman under section 28 of the Act. The Office of the
Ombudsman may be contacted by email to [2][email address] or
by phone on 0800 802 602.

 

Ngā mihi,

 

  Communications and Ministerial Services | Corporate Services

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

[3][email address]

[4][email address]

[5][Ministry of Justice request email]

[6]justice.govt.nz

 

From: [Ministry of Justice request email] <[Ministry of Justice request email]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2025 3:24 PM
To: '[FOI #30842 email]'
<[FOI #30842 email]>
Subject: Regarding your request for information (Our ref: 121642)

 

Tēnā koe Matua,

 

Thank you for your email of 28 April 2025 to the Ministry of Justice (the
Ministry), requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act),
data on immigrants and asylum seekers who have been charged with sexual
offences. Specifically, you requested:

 

The number of immigrants who have been charged with sexual offences in New
Zealand from 1 January 2010 to the present, broken down by calendar year.

 

If available, a further breakdown of how many asylum seekers have been
charged with sexual offences during the same period, also by year.

 

For the purposes of this request:

"Sexual offences" refers to all charges categorised as sexual crimes under
New Zealand law.

 

The Ministry would like to inform you that we cannot provide a demographic
breakdown of this data by immigrant or asylum seeker status. However, the
Ministry can provide a breakdown by ethnicity (specifically European,
Māori, Pacific Peoples, Asian, Other or Unknown).

 

If you are seeking data on immigrants and asylum seekers, your request is
likely to be refused under section 18(g)(i) of the Act, as the information
is not held by the Ministry and there are no other grounds for believing
it is held by another agency subject to the Act.

 

Please can you advise how you would like to proceed with your request. We
can either:

 1. Provide data broken down by ethnicity; or
 2. You may wish to withdraw your request as data for immigrant and asylum
seeker status is not reported on.

 

We would appreciate it if you could respond no later than close of
business 5 May 2025.

 

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: [7]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 | Te Tāhū o te Ture
Justice Centre | 19 Aitken Street, Wellington (6011)

[8][email address]

[9][email address]

[10][Ministry of Justice request email]

[11]justice.govt.nz

 

 

From: [12][Ministry of Justice request email] <[13][Ministry of Justice request email]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2025 9:11 AM
To: Matua Kahurangi <[14][FOI #30842 email]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request – Convictions of Immigrants and
Charges Against Asylum Seekers for Sexual Offences (2010–Present) (ref:
121642)

 

Tēnā koe Matua,

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 26 May 2025

Ngā mihi nui,

 

Ministerial Services

   

Communications and Ministerial Services | Corporate Services

Ministry of Justice | Tāhū o te Ture [15]justice.govt.nz

 

 

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