Evidence & ministerial advice on move-on orders
Miss M Quicken made this Official Information request to Paul Goldsmith
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From: Miss M Quicken
Dear Paul Goldsmith,
Re: Move-on orders
"Just like the gangs legislation, which prompted similar warnings, we have every confidence police can operationalise this in a way that's highly effective.
Please provide:
a) The copies of advice or briefings you received as in your capacity as Minister of Justice re: move-on orders
b) The advice / ministerial briefings that were re-circulated to you regarding move-on orders
c) Evidence that it will be "highly effective" to go against all the advice received
d) E-mails and communication between you and Chris Bishop re: move-on orders
Yours faithfully,
Miss M Quicken
From: Paul Goldsmith (MIN)
Paul Goldsmith
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From: Paul Goldsmith (MIN)
Paul Goldsmith
Good afternoon,
On behalf of Hon Paul Goldsmith, I acknowledge receipt of your official
information request dated 13 March, where you requested the following:
a) The copies of advice or briefings you received as in your capacity as
Minister of Justice re: move-on orders
b) The advice / ministerial briefings that were re-circulated to you
regarding move-on orders
c) Evidence that it will be "highly effective" to go against all the
advice received
d) E-mails and communication between you and Chris Bishop re: move-on
orders
We received your request on 13 March. We will endeavour to respond to your
request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 14 April, being
20 working days after the day your request was received.
If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of
an extension of that timeframe.
Kind Regards,
Office of Hon Paul Goldsmith
Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage | Minister of Justice
Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations | Minister for Media and
Communications
Website: [1]www.Beehive,govt.nz
Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand
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From: Paul Goldsmith (MIN)
Paul Goldsmith
Tēnā koe Miss Quicken
Please see attached the response from Hon Paul Goldsmith, Minister of
Justice, to your OIA request of 13 March 2026. We sincerely apologise for
the delay in responding to you.
Ngā mihi
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Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government
Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations
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Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New
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