Tçnâ koe,

 

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Ministry of Justice.  

 

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Official Information Act requests can take up to 20 working days to
receive a response.  If the Ministry needs more time, we will inform you.

However, over the holiday period in December and January there is a three
week period that does not count as ‘working days’, that period is 25
December to 15 January, inclusive. That means any OIA requests submitted
on 27 November or later may take a bit longer than you expected.

 
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Ngâ mihi,

Communications and Ministerial Services | Corporate Services
Ministry of Justice

Justice Centre I Aitken Street

DX Box SX 10088 I Wellington

[2]www.justice.govt.nz

 

 

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Tçnâ koe David,

 

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 22/01/2026. This response date takes into
account the OIA summer holidays which are between 25 December 2025 – 15
January 2026. 

 

 

Ngâ mihi

 

   

Communications and Ministerial Services |Corporate Services

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

[1]www.justice.govt.nz

 

 

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Kia ora David,

 

Thank you for your request of 3 December 2025, requesting under the
Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) information regarding criminal
trial data. You requested:

 

1) The number of criminal trials held each year, for the last 10 years

2) How many were in the District Court and the High Court

3) How many were judge alone and how many had a jury

 

In line with section 15(1AA) of the Act, the Ministry of Justice (the
Ministry) is seeking to clarify your request. To ensure that we provide
the information in the format most useful to you, we seek to clarify the
approach you would prefer for the data to be release.

 

Specifically, could you please confirm whether you wish the information to
be provided:

•            By calendar year (which will be available from 1 January 2015
up to 31 December 2024), or

•            By financial year (which will be available up to 1 July 2025)

 

We would appreciate it if you could respond by no later than 16 December
2025.

 

Please note that as the Ministry has sought to clarify your request within
the first seven working days, on receipt of the confirmed scope, the
timeline to respond to you may reset under section 15(1) of the Act.

 

Thank you for your help with this.

 

Ngā mihi,

   

Communications and Ministerial Services | Corporate Services

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

[1][email address]

[2][email address]

[3][Ministry of Justice request email]

[4]justice.govt.nz

 

 

 

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Tēnā koe David,

Thank you for your email of 11 December 2025 where you clarified that you prefer to receive the information by calendar years.

The relevant business unit is currently working on the Ministry’s response to your request.

As the Ministry clarified your original request within the first 7 days, in line with the Act, our new due date to respond to you is now 30 January 2025.

Ngā mihi,

Communications and Ministerial Services | Corporate Services
Ministry of Justice | Tāhū o te Ture
Justice Centre | 19 Aitken Street, Wellington (6011)
[email address]
[email address]
[Ministry of Justice request email]
justice.govt.nz

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