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Justices’QUARTERLY

Summer 2015-16Volume 84 Number 4

FIAT JUSTITIARUAT CAELUMMarae option for

young offenders

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T ēnā koutou, ngā kaiwhakawā manaiti, i runga i ngā āhuatanga o te wā, i tēnei tau hou. Ko tēnei taku mihi

mahana ki a koutou katoa: Fellow Justices of the Peace, greetings to you as you celebrate this new year. Unfortunately I must begin this column on a very sad note.The tragic and sudden death on December 6 of our Administration Assistant, Helen Silverwood, cre-ated a terrible sadness throughout the national Justices of the Peace community. For Helen’s col-leagues in the Federation office, Alan Hart and Sarah Loftus, it was an extremely difficult and emo-tional time.Many Justices, and especially all registrars, will have had contact with Helen in her eight years work-ing for us. She will be fondly remembered for her personal qualities and the efficient way in which she handled her duties. Rest in peace, Helen. A tribute can be found elsewhere in this issue.It was a pleasure to join many of you at association AGMs last year. This enabled me to support you and your service to the community, to share in your celebrations and acknowledgements, to hear first-hand about your associations’ successes and plans, and to engage with many individually.My thanks to those who led associations during the past year and are doing so this year. Amongst the topics I mentioned at most of the AGMs were:• how James Kerr’s book Legacy - What the All Blacks Can Teach Us

About the Business of Life has much to teach us about being mem-bers of the Justices’ team – integrity, diversity, whānau (performing well for the reputation of the team and the badge); and therefore how disappointing it is to receive justified complaints about Jus-tices of the Peace

• how much I personally admire those All Blacks who while still the number one selection in their positions have decided they have made their contribution and to make way for others

• how the Federation website is now visited 20,000 times a month, mostly by unique (once only) visitors, 75% of whom go to Find a JP or Service Desk

• how different association newsletters contain useful articles which can be filed in our personal copies of the Ministerial Duties Manual for future reference

• how taking a turn on a service desk is an excellent way to keep up-to-date and gain confidence in handling a variety of documents; how some associations are analysing the documents handled at service desks to inform their ongoing education programmes; how “pop-up” service desks (one-off pre-arranged visits to a secondary school for example) are meeting a substantial need efficiently

• how through involvement at two international events this year we have been helped to both appreciate the New Zealand justice sys-tem and the place of Justices of the Peace in it, and the contribution of judicial officers the world over to the rule of law - long may both continue.

At Conference 2015, five remits were passed and association dele-gates supported your Board’s Strategic Plan Objectives. This, togeth-er with “business as usual”, created a huge workload for the seven members of the Federation Board and three staff, and the 2015 Com-munications Review Committee.I am pleased to note here that the report to Conference 2016 will de-

tail the achievements and signifi-cant progress against those tasks. Nā reira, tēnā rawa atu koutou ka-toa mō ēnei tino mahi: Thank you all so much.The Communications Review, in addition to fuller reports elsewhere in this Quarterly and to Confer-ence 2016, requires a separate word of appreciation to all of you who responded to the survey. Your feedback1 provided the committee and the Board with confidence to plot a pathway into the future. He tino mihi hoki ki a koutou i tuku o koutou whakahoki ki ngā pātai: Thanks to all who responded to the survey.Justices have regularly asked that other appropriate avenues of ser-

vice be identified. Few are likely to be legislated as was the role for some Justices in the Flag Consideration Project. The Board is explor-ing a “long shot” possibility under the amended Coroners Act 2006. One ministry has approached the Board about the involvement of Justices, and the Law Commission and Justice/Corrections see other possibilities. Time (and political decisions) will tell. There are other openings for interested Justices who are willing to undertake training that may be required and are prepared to take the initiative on the understanding that their involvement would be not as Justices but as respected community members. There are Justices involved in Restorative Justice programmes. Others volunteer to as-sist in police stations around the country. A few others participate on Community Justice Panels and in Te Kooti Rangatahi (cover story), number 14 of which was launched in Taupo in December. You are encouraged to become involved as appropriate.Initially through the Autumn 2014 Quarterly, Justices were invited to participate in our Diversity Project. Disappointingly, just over 2% have provided a photograph for the website – although it’s never too late! Even these few photographs illustrate the mixture of back-grounds and interests of JPs. While there is occasional reference to diversity of membership at AGMs, what is generally missing is any indication that councils have actively sought to ensure a variety of backgrounds in nominations, or have co-opted others where their Constitutions provide for this, or have involved such a range of mem-bers in ongoing education programmes, or have shown a willingness to modify their practice after hearing how things are seen through different eyes. It is still true, in the words of Professor James Liu (2007), that New Zealand is demographically multi-cultural2, formally bi-cultural and with few exceptions institutionally mono-cultural. A political biogra-phy published as I write mentions the respect between two quite dif-ferent MPs: “She [Māori] had the ideas; he [pākehā] had the power”. She could see how things could be improved but “she” needed “he” to make any changes.The theme the Otago organisers have chosen for Conference 2016, “No fear or favour – Justice for all communities”, will provide op-portunities for diversity to be explored further. I look forward to this – and seeing many of you in Dunedin.Mauri ora ki a koutou katoa: Best wishes and good health to you all.

Graeme Kitto

1 The data is available on the website at http://justiceofthepeace.org.nz/MemberServices/Hot+News.html2 A useful report is Our Multicultural Future, Federation of Multi-cultural Councils Inc, 2015

Much achieved in 2015

Past Federation Presidents George Ward (1985, now patron of the Ashburton association), left, and Kevin Geddes

(2011-12) at the Ashburton AGM with Graeme Kitto.

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Dunedin courthouse saved

ON THE COVER: Federation President Graeme Kitto with Hamilton Te Kooti Rangatahi (Youth Court) colleague Lawrence Jensen. The court handles a high percentage of local Maori youth offenders, and recently another such court was established in Taupo, at the initiative of central North Island iwi. Story P4

Patron: His Excellency Lt Gen The Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae GNZM QSO Governor-General of New ZealandPresident: Graeme Kitto JPImmediate Past President: Greg Weake JPVice-President: Denise Hutchins JPNorthern Regional Representative: Rachael O’Grady JPAuckland Regional Representative: Patrick Samson JPCentral Regional Representative: Kath Blair JPSouthern Regional Representative: Gavin Evans JPHonorary Solicitors: Buddle FindlayRegistrar: Alan Hart JPNational Education Officer: Sarah LoftusEditor, NZ Justices’ Quarterly: Geoff Davies JP

SUMMER 2015-16VOL 84 No: FOUR

EDITOR: GEOFF DAVIES JPEmail: merlin81@xtra.co.nz

Phone: 04-472-5566

Telephone 04-918-8447 Fax 04-918-8034Email: registrar@jpfed.org.nz

Website: www.jpfed.org.nzISSN 2382-12164 (print)ISSN 2382-1272 (on-line)

Tribute: ‘Our Helen’ 2Communications survey 3Te Kooti Rangatahi 4From the Registrar 5Education 7-10Salvo 11Crossword 12ACJA conference 13CMJA conference 14Gore turns 50 15New Cyber Security Strategy 16Hubbard inside back cover Appointments outside back cover

Dunedin’s historic courthouse is to be strengthened and restored.The Cabinet decision was an-

nounced by Courts Minister Amy Ad-ams late last year.“The Dunedin courthouse is one of New Zealand’s most notable historic buildings and Cabinet’s decision re-flects its significance, both as a part of the city’s rich cultural heritage and its importance to the region’s legal frater-nity,” Ms Adams said.The project includes earthquake strengthening and restoration, as well as the cost of equipping the buildings to operate as modern court facilities. The project is estimated to cost more than $15 million and this will include seeing the building strengthened to between 60 and 70 percent of the Na-tional Building Standard.“The strengthening project is antici-pated to take two years to complete and the Ministry of Justice will con-tinue to deliver quality services from the temporary court in High St in the

interim,” Ms Adams said. The Ministry of Justice will call for tenders in the first half of this year and it was hoped a main contractor would be appointed later in 2016.Ms Adams said the costings in the business case had been comprehen-sively investigated and peer-reviewed by a number of independent special-ist engineers, and costed by quantity surveyors, before being subjected to a robust review by the Treasury.“The investigations showed that as a category one heritage building, strengthening the courthouse is a com-plex project and requires a significant capital investment. “I acknowledge the deep support lo-cals have shown for the historic court-house throughout this process,” she said.The facility in Stuart St was closed in 2011 after engineers found that parts of the building fell well short of the minimum 34 percent rating required under the National Building Standard.

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Helen Silverwood is sadly missed by Alan Hart and myself in the office, Board members, association regis-

trars and presidents and all those Justices of the Peace and others in our sector with whom she had contact. Many heartfelt condolences from associations have been conveyed to her family.Helen was born in Wellington in 1960 and lived in the area most of her life. She was married to Lee and they have an adult son and daughter. Helen had relatives in the Netherlands and had visited there a few times, most recently during Christmas of 2013. She was a keen walker and through-out 2015 had spent her Wednesdays with a local walking group, returning to work with enthusiastic stories of the tracks and beaches the group tackled. As a child, Helen attended St Bernard’s primary school in Brooklyn, Erskine Col-lege in Island Bay, then undertook a sec-retarial course at Wellington Polytechnic. She worked for the Automobile Associa-tion as a secretary before heading overseas with a school friend for a short OE.On her return she worked for Salmond In-dustries, again as a secretary, and married the “love of her life”, Lee. As their children grew she undertook further office-based courses extramurally from Newlands Col-lege in Wellington and then successfully completed a Certificate in Business Ad-ministration and Computing as well as a Certificate in Business – Executive Sec-

retarial Services at Whitireia Polytechnic.While she and Lee were raising the family Helen undertook voluntary work with the Mana Education Centre then the DARE Foundation. She moved to a part-time paid role with DARE in 2006, then joined the Federation to retain the ability to work part-time. Following the passage of the Justices of the Peace Amendment Act in 2007 Helen set up systems for recording and filing Justice of the Peace nomina-tions, completion of training, judicial stud-ies details and JP retirements. Helen was also responsible for much of the Federation’s database administration and had more recently learned many aspects of website administration. Over the years she had dealt with many hundreds of individu-als JPs via phone and email, and there is no doubt they all found her courteous, cheer-ful and patient. All roles require particular skills, and Hel-en’s administrative skills were absolutely outstanding. For all of the five years we worked together, I was in awe of Helen’s ability to focus on one task at a time. She worked absolutely methodically. For ex-ample, she kept separate records of each step completed in the process for each task so that she could return to the office the next day and pick up exactly where she left off.

Helen was invariably patient and cheerful; I learned a lot from her, and we worked to-gether with a perfect combination of com-pany and concentration.Registrar Alan Hart was Helen’s manager for all of her eight years with the Federa-tion. In his tribute to her at the funeral, he said that she always went “the extra mile” to ensure tasks were completed on time. “She was caring and compassionate and her communication skills were excellent. Helen was the epitome of a team player in our small team with high standards, and contributed valuable insight into systems to capture Justices of the Peace member-ship and training/education information.“Her first job reference said in part that ‘pride in work presentation has been con-sistently evident. Helen is a neat, tidy and organised worker, and has the remarkable quality of always remaining cool, calm and collected’. That was ‘our’ Helen,” he con-cluded.

On either side of the river was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. – Revelation 22:2

‘Our Helen’: epitome of a team player

TRIBUTE

Federation administrator Helen Silverwood died tragically on Sunday December 6. Her colleague SARAH LOFTUS in the Federation office wrote this tribute to her . . .

Sarah Loftus (left) and Helen Silverwood.

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In August 2015 the Board carried out a survey of members related to communications.5633 members were emailed the survey and a further 211 were posted a hard copy. Forty per-cent of Justices of the Peace who were surveyed responded. This extremely pleasing return rate enabled the review committee to have complete confidence in the validity of the data.

In reporting back to the Board the committee accepted all responses to the survey in good faith and no further validation was sought. An example of the reporting of the data to the Board is dis-played in the graph below, which shows that the responses to the question were overwhelmingly in favour of email.

The following are the final recommendations made to the Board relating to the Justices’ Quarterly and the website. The full report is available in the members section of the website.

Communicating with our membersBy Central Regional Representative KATH BLAIR

The committee recommends:• That the Board phase out the hard copy of the

JQ by 2020. (See Q4 and Q6.) In the phas-ing-out period there needs to be a drive to encourage members to switch to electronic. It was noted from feedback received that the current mechanism to switch to electronic has problems, for example that requests to only receive the JQ electronically are not actioned or a hard copy continues to be received as well as the electronic version. The commit-tee notes that once hard copy is phased out, the organisation loses its ability to connect with stakeholders in the current form, such as hard copies being sent to MPs, and made available in waiting rooms and other public places.

• That the printed format, look and feel is mod-ernised in the interim, with a view to evolv-ing into electronic form only.

• That the electronic format be updated to suit the electronic medium with hyperlinks and title summaries in the manner of stuff.co.nz . (See Q7 and Q8.)

• That the content of the JQ is updated - less popular material and departments to be re-placed with content that has been identified by survey respondents. (See Q8.)

• That the education pages regularly include content to increase website awareness and usage, in particular awareness of the educa-tional material available on the website. (See Q9 and Q10.)

The following are the final recommendations made to the Board relating to communica-tions with associations. The full report is avail-able in the members section of the website.

The committee recommends:• That the Federation

communicates with associations pre-dominantly by email, minimising hard copy deliveries. (See Assoc Q3 and JP Q6.)

• That the Federation remains sensitive to individual associations’ relevance and relation-ships to their members. (See Assoc Q9.)

• That the use of social media be investigated by the Federation with a view to education material being devel-oped. (See Assoc Q12.)

The Board sincerely thanks the very dedi-cated review committee: Stewart Robertson (West Coast), David Waine (Waikato), Alan Goddard (Central Districts) and Ric Carlyon (Auckland) for the time and energy so willingly given to this process. The analysis of the results and the com-pilation of the final report with recommendations to the Board was the result of many hours of work. The survey results have provided a wealth of information which the Board will continue to work with. Results will also be reported on at Conference in Dunedin at the end of February 2016.

The Federation website

The Justices’ Quarterly (JQ)

Associations SurveyedThe 29 associations making up the Federation were sent a separate communications survey, also on August 20, to which 26 associations responded.

An example of the reporting of the association data to the Board is shown in the graph below. As was the case for individual Justices, asso-ciations were overwhelming in favour of email.

The committee recommends:• That association trainers be coached in how

to upskill their members to use the website effectively. (See Q14.)

• That interactive tools and webinars be con-sidered as part of the website, including vid-eo conferencing. (See Q17.)

• That the content be refined to improve func-tionality and flow in order that the full poten-tial of the website is realised. (See Q17.) The committee notes that further work will be re-quired to ascertain how this will be achieved.

• That more education is provided on what as RSS feed is and how to use it. (See Q14.)

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Kia ora e te whānau: blessings to the Justices of the Peace family.I am excited to be part of Te Kooti Rangatahi (Youth Court) at

Kirikiriroa Marae in Hamilton. In Sep-tember 2015 we celebrated our fifth an-niversary.Recently I read the Modernising Child, Youth and Family Expert Panel: Interim Report (July 31 2015), available online by googling Modernising Child, Youth and Family. The panel was established by Minister of Social Development Anne Tolley (one of the three Justices of the Peace in Parliament), to review and develop a plan for Child Youth and Family (CYF) to better support children and their whānau. The report makes sad reading. The panel found that Māori children were “over represented” among CYF’s clients. Approximately 57 percent of children seen by CYF by the time they are aged five are Māori, while 30 percent of chil-dren born in New Zealand are Māori. They are nearly four times more likely to have had a parent who was involved with CYF as a child. The report finds that: “The over representation of Māori children in-creases the further they become involved in the system with six out of every 10 children in care [being] Māori…”.What has been clearly outlined in the Interim Report is the lack of consist-ent support families receive. Researched evidence clearly identifies strategies that Māori respond to. Strengthening their cul-tural identity and connection with their whānau is one of these strategies, and Te Kooti Rangatahi goes some way to ad-dressing this. A day’s sitting starts with a pōwhiri (for-mal welcome) on the marae. Once the manuhiri (visitors), the rangatahi (youth), their whanau and the other stakeholders (the judge, police, lawyers, social work-ers from CYF and other agencies, mentors and lay advocates) have been welcomed by the tangata whenua, they move into the whare kai (dining room) for a “cup of tea”. I often watch with personal satisfaction

as kaumātua and kuia (male and female elders) mingle with the rangatahi and their whānau talking with one another. It is a great atmosphere and a good way to start the court proceedings. Then, in the whare tīpuna (ancestral house), the whakawhānaungatanga (intro-ductions) occur with the participants shar-ing who they are and where they are from. This can be an anxious moment for some but is an important part of the collective process. Next, the court is in session, with the judge presiding over up to six cases at each fortnightly sitting. Te Kooti Rangatahi in Hamilton handles a high percentage of local youth offenders, the others opting for the “regular” Youth Court. Each case is heard separately with the rangatahi and their whānau being sup-ported by their social and community workers. The whakatikatika process (to “right the wrong” as one judge put it), aid-ed by the contributions of the kaumātua who speak to each young person at the conclusion of the hearing, has begun. This is a critical part of tikanga Māori (living by collective Māori values). Three reasons why I believe Te Kooti Rangatahi is a better alternative for ranga-tahi Māori are:

• The marae is inclusive, where tikanga Māori (living by collective Māori val-ues) is embraced and modelled.

• The rangatahi are not just seen as in-dividual offenders isolated from their whanau, but as part of a collective. Everyone in the meeting house be-comes part of the extended whanau and is held accountable for helping correct the wrong that was done.

• It provides an avenue to practise “Koha mai, koha atu”, giving back that which has been given to help others. It is also an opportunity to re-connect these young people with their culture, whānau and community, and to pass the goodness on to others.

In closing, I want to acknowledge Fed-eration President Graeme Kitto, who has been a stalwart kaumātua at the marae. He has shown me what servant leadership is. There is a whakataukī (proverb) that best sums up my thoughts – Kotahi ano te kau-papa, ko te oranga o te iwi: The one pur-pose of our work [Te Kooti Rangatahi] is the health and the well-being of the peo-ple.

‘To right the wrong’LAWRENCE JENSEN profiles Te Kooti Rangatahi (Youth Court) which sits at Kirikiriroa Marae in Hamilton

Above, a new rangatahi court was launched in Taupo by central North Island iwi late last year. Radio New Zealand reported that the Para-mount Chief of Ngati Tuwharetoa, Sir Tumu Te Heuheu, said the Taupo marae-based court will provide his iwi and the authorities with a prime opportunity to make a difference to the lives of young people. At far left is Judge Denise Clark, who often presides over Te Kooti Ranga-tahi in Hamilton.

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Amongst the various items we are currently dealing with on behalf of associations and members the following may be of interest.

Conference 2016Just a reminder to send registration forms back to the Otago association ASAP (registration details are also on the website in Member Services/Conference Documents).The following nominations for the Board were received:President: Denise P HutchinsVice-President: Rachael J O’GradyNorthern Regional Representative: Peter L OsborneAuckland Regional Representative: Patrick A SamsonCentral Regional Representative: Terence J Byrne S Alan Goddard Karen L SmartSouthern Regional Representative: Gavin D EvansAccordingly, there was a requirement for an election for the office of Central Regional Representative as provided for in the Federation’s Constitution and Rules. This resulted in the election of Terence (Terry) J Byrne of Nelson Tasman Justices of the Peace Association.The election (confirmation) for President and Vice-President will take place at the AGM as provided for under rules 6 and 17 (b) of the Constitution. Five remits have been submitted and will be formally included in the Conference papers with the reasoning as provided. Full details of these and the remits have been circulated to associa-tions for preliminary discussion and they will also be on the website in full.Conference will also be asked to note in terms of rule 42 an ad-justment of the boundaries of the Taranaki and South Taranaki Justices of the Peace Associations which has been agreed be-tween those associations.

Notices of motion and remitsFull details including rationale have been included with the Circular and will appear in the Conference papers.

Notices of motion (Rule 22)The Board will move: 1. That Rule 31 Banking and investment be de-

leted and replaced in its entirety as follows: “All moneys received by or on behalf of the Federation shall be deposited to a Bank approved by the Board, and all accounts shall be paid in a manner approved by the Board.”

2. Treaty of Waitangi: That the following be add-ed to the commencement of the Constitution: “Royal Federation of New Zealand Justices’ Associations

Incorporated recognises Te Tiriti o Waitangi, The Treaty of Waitangi and endeavours to adhere to its principles.”

Remits: Rule 20 (a) viii1. Auckland Justices of the Peace Association will move:(i) Policies

That RFNZJA Policies be able to be amended at the AGM by notice of motion from any member Justices of the Peace association.

(ii) “Active and Current”That the Royal Federation of New Zealand Justices of the Peace 2016 Conference endorses the attached “Active + Current” Proposal and recommends asso-ciations adopt it as policy as best meets their needs.(The attachment has been separately circulated to as-sociations.)

2. Bay of Plenty Justices of the Peace Association will move:(i) JP (Retired) status:

That the Royal Federation of New Zealand Justices’ Associations approach the Minister of Justice to seek an amendment to Section 3C (2) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1957 to give the Secretary for Justice dis-cretion when considering and deciding applications by Justices of the Peace seeking retired status and who have served less than 10 years’ service.

(ii) Workshops at ConferenceThat the Federation education policy includes: That a workshop of up to half a day be provided for Educators and Trainers at Regional and National con-ferences.

3. North Otago Justices of the Peace Association will move:Conference frequency:

That after the Canterbury Conference in 2018 the na-tional Conference be held every 2nd year and the re-gional conference be held in the intervening years i e every 2nd year as well.

Financial recommendations (i) NZ Justices’ Quarterly

That the price of the NZ Justices’ Quarterly remain at nil to members (2014-15 $nil).

(ii) Communication GrantThat for the financial year commencing on November 1 2015 the Communication Grant payable to affili-ated associations is budgeted at $3 (exclusive of GST

FROM THE REGISTRARRegistrar ALAN HART reports from the Federation National Office

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where appropriate) per head, based on membership as at August 31 2015 (2014-15 $3).

(iii) Capitation FeeThat for the financial year commencing on November 1 2016 the Capitation Fee payable by affiliated asso-ciations pursuant to Rule 3(a) of the Constitution and Rules be set at $15 (exclusive of GST) per head, based on membership as at August 31 2016 and payable in one instalment by February 1 2017. (Currently $13)

Workshop topicsThere will be workshops on the Ongoing Education Module, the Best Practice Manual, Treaty of Waitangi/Diversity, Web-site Sub-hosting, the JP Education Trust, Mental Health/Inca-pacity and a session for Justices of the Peace who undertake court work.The North Otago association has also asked that discussion on the concept of annual, biennial or other frequency of Confer-ence be a topic apart from their specific remit.

Policy papers for considerationThe Board recommends acceptance of an addition to the poli-cies covering the Judicial Studies Course to allow for aegrotat passes where appropriate. Full details have been provided to associations and are with Circular 8/2015 on the website.

Annual Report and Conference papersThese will be available both through associations and also on the website by the beginning of February 2016.

Helen Silverwood: Administration Officer 2007-2015I regret to advise that Helen died after a tragic incident on De-cember 6 2015. A full tribute appears earlier in these pages – but we miss her.

Deep peace of the running wave to you.Deep peace of the flowing air to you.Deep peace of the quiet earth to you.

Deep peace of the shining stars to you.Deep peace of the gentle night to you.

Moon and stars pour their healing light on you.

National Education Officer The National Education Officer has advised that she has ac-cepted a new role commencing in early March 2016. A formal advertisement for the position has appeared in the usual media outlets, and also appears below. The role is Wellington-based and full-time. If interested please contact Federation Registrar Alan Hart for further information.

NATIONAL EDUCATION OFFICERWe are seeking applications for the position of National Education Officer. This position provides ongoing training support for Justices of the Peace in their ministerial and judicial duties through member associations together with training and support for Visiting Justices and Issuing Officers. It is based in Wellington.

It requires:• high level of communication and liaison skills• excellent skills with all aspects of Microsoft Office suite• competency in writing and basic editorial skills• the ability to develop, organise, and deliver as necessary, training and educational programmes • experience in education and/or a training background particularly adult education• an ability to work unsupervised with a high level of self-motivation and initiative.

The position has a salary expectation in the $50-$60,000 range, depending on experience. The role involves some limited travel and weekend work.

For all enquiries and full job description contact The Registrar, Royal Federation NZ Justices’ Assns,

P O Box 5005, Lambton Quay, Wellington, ph 04-918-8447 email registrar@jp.org.nz

To be considered for the role applicants need to supply: • a current CV • a supporting cover letter • three referees.

Applications close February 6 2016

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From the National Education Officer

‘Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day.’ – Sally Koch

By SARAH LOFTUS: trainer@jp.org.nz 04-918-8445 SUMMER 2015-16

In these education pages:

If you have not received your new Ministerial Manual (published in June 2015), please contact your association registrar. You can find his/her details on the Contacts page of the website (in Auckland, contact your support group co-ordinator). Here’s a screenshot of the page:

Your JP number P7 Legality of copying passports, driver licences and banknotes

P8-9

Receiving a JP stamp upon appointment P7 The point of a declaration P9-10Pre-signed declarations – update your new manual

P7-8 Australians witnessing Australian documents P10

Making copies for clients P8 Certificate of Appreciation presented P10

New Ministerial Manual

Many thanks to all the Justices who have written in during the past year with comments and queries about the Justices’ Quarterly education pag-es. Including your questions as well as general topics means that the information supplied in these pages is directly related to the real and

current concerns of Justices. You are welcome to email or phone at any time– the details are always to be found at the top of the education pages, and are on the website in the Contacts page.We trust you have all had a happy Christmas and New Year festive season and a restful holiday.

Paragraph 1.4.2 of the new manual states that it is best practice to write your JP number when signing as a Jus-tice of the Peace. Some Justices have queried this as they are not sure they even have a number let alone what it is! Your number was generated by the Ministry of Justice when you were nominated. The JP number is not an official identifier but some agencies believe it is and will not accept docu-ments without the number (see para-graph 4.10 of the manual). It is there-fore courteous to your client to write your number when signing. Some JPs include their number on their stamp. If you don’t know your JP number you are welcome to email or phone any of the Federation office staff. See the Contacts page of the website (or get in touch with us using the Na-tional Education Officer’s details at the top of this page).

Your JP number

Paragraph 4.9.1 of the new manual states that Justices are given a stamp with their details on it upon appointment. This practice began about 10 years ago and approximately 2000 Justices have been appointed and received a stamp since then. Of course, those Justices appointed before that did not receive a complimentary stamp, so that sentence in the manual did not necessarily make sense to them. It is, however, the current practice and that’s why it is mentioned in the manual.

Receiving a JP stamp upon appointment

Point 4.1 of paragraph 7.5 of the new manual discusses what to do when a client has signed their stat-utory declaration before coming to you, as follows:

Pre-signed declarations4.1 If the declarant has signed the declaration before presenting it to the Justice, the Justice should ask the declarant to cross out the original signature and re-sign the declaration in front of the Justice. The Justice and the declarant must initial this alteration. That way, when the declarant declares the truth of the contents of the declaration, their signature is included (see also paragraph 7.6)

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SUMMER 2015-16The statement in that paragraph is true. However, it is also acceptable for the client not to re-sign their document. It is still the case that when the person declares that their declaration is true, their signature is included. You may decide to alter the question you ask the declarant to include refer-ence to the signature thus:

“Do you solemnly and sincerely declare that the contents of this your declaration are true and that you signed this declaration yourself?’ (or simi-lar).

So, please add a note in your own manual under-neath point 4.1 of paragraph 7.5 to read some-thing like this:

4.1 If the declarant has signed the declaration before presenting it to the Justice, the Justice should ask the declarant to cross out the original signature and re-sign the declaration in front of the Justice. The Justice and the declarant must initial this alteration. That way, when the declarant declares the truth of the contents of the declaration, their signature is included (see also paragraph 7.6)

Also acceptable not to re-sign.

Declare as usual. May add ‘and that this is

your usual signature’ or ‘and that you signed

this declaration yourself’ to the question.

In the Spring 2015 education pages, we discussed whether or not it is ac-ceptable to receive reimbursement for the cost of making a copy of a document for a client. Most agree it is acceptable to do so. One Justice

pointed out that as he runs a business which includes the making of copies, when a person receiving his JP ser-vices asks him to make a copy they simply buy one from him in the same way as other customers do. The JP

is clearly not receiving payment for the subsequent service he provides to that person as a Justice, and nei-ther would a Justice making a copy at home.

Making copies for clients

The piece about copyright in the Spring 2015 education pages brought a query about whether a JP should photocopy a passport, driver licence, or banknote. Many people believe it is illegal to do so.

It is not illegal to photocopy a passport. Indeed, the De-partment of Internal Affairs states on its website:

“You should take a photocopy of the photo page of your passport with you when you are travelling and leave a copy of it with a relative or friend who can be contacted in the event you lose all your baggage while overseas.” www.passports.govt.nz/Emergency-travel-document---personal-details

It is not illegal to photocopy a driver licence, either. Agen-cies frequently request certified copies of both passports and driver licences as they want copies of identification that contain a photo. In the case of banks and financial

Legality of copying passports, driver licences and banknotes

As for banknotes, it is a little closer to illegal to photocopy them, but only if the copy is made so that “it so nearly resembles or has such a likeness to a banknote or coin as to be likely to be confused with or mistaken for it” (see section 30(1)(b) of the Reserve Bank Act 1989).

Therefore, an average person who photocopies money is not committing an offence - a standard photocopy is not likely to be mistaken for the real thing! We do not know of any reasons a client would come to a Justice of the Peace asking to have a copy of a banknote made or certified. However, if you have had this request, please let the Fed-eration know of the circumstances and whether or not you carried out the task.

institutions, they ask the Justice of the Peace to look at the person and the photograph and check that they (appear to) match.

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Making or using a photocopy of any document for fraudulent purposes is definitely illegal (see section 29A of the Pass-ports Act 1992 and sections 257-258 of the Crimes Act 1961). However, a Justice who made or certified an ordinary photocopy could not be held accountable even if the client then used the copy for a fraudulent purpose, unless the JP had actual knowledge of the intended fraud when making or certifying the copy.

Remember that when certifying a copy, you should always place the wording very near or just touching the print of the copy so that the image cannot be cut off and used separately for a fraudulent purpose. (See manual paragraph 5.4.1, point 5. Examples below).

The Oaths and Declarations Act 1957 provides a statutory mechanism for people who need to make a true state-ment in a formal way, and prescribes the wording that must be used. Some declarations do not conform to the statutory wording provided in the Oaths and Declarations Act 1957, be-cause their wording has been author-ised by the Chief Executive of a de-partment (or similar) under separate legislation. An example is in section 81(1D) of the Tax Administration Act 1994, which reads: “For the pur-poses of subsection (1), before an In-land Revenue officer performs their first official duty as an officer, they must make a declaration of secrecy and fidelity in the form prescribed by the Commissioner.”

Sometimes a form simply says “I declare” or “declared” and then asks the applicant to give some details and sign the form. Justices of the Peace don’t see these because there is no requirement for the declaration to be made before an authorised person.

The point of all types of declaration is that the person is formally stating that the information is true and can thereafter be held to that statement if anything is found to be untrue.

What are the consequences if the

information is untrue? The person will not receive the service or benefit sought, i e he or she may be sacked, removed from a roll, not allowed to enrol, not allowed to graduate, not receive a visa, not receive a re-bate, asked to leave, asked to pay or give something back, and so on. An agency is far more likely to take one of these steps than it is to complain to Police under section 111 of the Crimes Act 1961, “Making a false statement or declaration”.

Sometimes a form that originally re-quired a statutory declaration to be made before an authorised person is revised so that it no longer requires one. People who were familiar with the earlier version of the form may still bring it to you, wishing to make a statutory declaration. If you can’t find a statutory declaration require-ment, that particular form might be an example of the revision. Check the wording carefully. The person

may be able to simply sign it and there will be nothing for you to do.

Some declarations can now be made by just ticking a box! Because the box is preceded by a sentence such as “I declare the information I have giv-en on this form is true”, when ticking it the person is making a formal dec-laration and can thereafter be held to account if the information is untrue.

An example is the application form for when someone wants to home-educate (also known as home-school) a child. This form no longer contains a statutory declaration in the Oaths and Declarations Act 1957 format. The application form is available as a “fillable PDF” which can be com-pleted entirely on the computer, and also in a printable format which can be printed and signed.

The declaration on the fillable PDF looks like this:

The point of a declaration

SUMMER 2015-16

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SUMMER 2015-16When the person clicks the box with their mouse, the tick appears.

The declaration on the paper version looks like this:

The point of declaration is the same: at least one parent/legal guardian is formally telling the agency that the in-formation is true and accurate and that they give the stated permission. Therefore the point is not how the declaration was made, but that it was made. If the information is not true and accurate, there may well be a repercussion on the parents.

Although the Oaths and Declarations Act 1957 provides

a consistent method of making a formal declaration, it’s clear that as technology progresses different forms of dec-laration will become more common, especially those elec-tronic formats.

The form discussed above can be found at http://parents.education.govt.nz/primary-school/schooling-in-nz/home-education/

As you know, a New Zealand Justice of the Peace cannot witness a statutory declaration made under the Australian Oaths and Declarations Act 1959.

However, if an Australian person who is authorised happens to be in New Zealand that person may witness Austral-ian declarations while here. The Austral-ian Attorney-General’s Department website states:

Former Wellington association registrar Eoin Wimsett received a Ministry of Justice Certificate of Appreciation recently.

Eoin is pictured with his daughter Gillian Cross, who is also a JP, and treasurer of the Wellington association. (Picture: MINISTRY OF JUSTICE)

Interestingly, the long list of persons who are authorised to witness Australian declarations includes chiropractor, psycholo-gist, bank officer and minister of religion. The important point is that the person must be connected to Australia to be eligible.

Find out more about Australian statutory declarations, in-cluding the full list of authorised persons at:

http://www.ag.gov.au/Publications/Pages/Makingastatu-torydeclaration.aspx

Australians witnessing Australian documents in New Zealand

Certificate of Appreciation awarded

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Greetings readers. I hope that 2016 has begun in an appro-priate manner for you all.I am starting this article with

a bit of a rant about the news media, and especially its practice of using the opening phrase of “…if it bleeds, it leads…” , said to be the driving doctrine of many a news editor’s pol-icy of maximising the bloody and the gory to ensure that a reader’s “inter-est” is grabbed from the very begin-ning. I mean, let’s face it, how else will a newspaper, radio station, tel-evision newsroom etc sell their news and thus keep their name in the mind of the public (and their share price as high as possible)?For example, I am continually agi-tated by the frequency with which an offender’s name is published in the news media. At the outset of public interest in their behaviour their name and identity need to be made public - they are, after all “the news” - but with the passage of time why does the media continue to give them publicity which I believe they do not deserve?How would you feel if, on opening your morning paper, or turning on your radio/TV, you were confronted with a media report which not only references the name of your loved one who was, many years previous-ly, murdered by the offender, but also mentions the name of that offender? Such publicity is what I call fear-based journalism and is perhaps one of the reasons why the public’s belief that the crime rate in New Zealand is far worse than it actually is. But so long as the mantra of “if it bleeds, it leads” is the driving philosophy at a news editor’s desk, I doubt we can expect any respite.As an example there were the recent news clips of the beheadings by Isis broadcast by most television news stations – albeit with a warning alert-ing the viewer to an upcoming item. How Isis must have welcomed that publicity!Wouldn’t it have been better jour-

nalism if the media had refused to broadcast, i e publicise, such atrocious behaviour by making verbal reference to it but not actu-ally showing any footage? Terrorists, and other crimi-nals, watch the TV news too, and like others they rejoice in hearing their names, and those of their associates, be-ing broadcast around the world. Some even maintain scrapbooks of news clippings about their activities. Most people like to see their name in lights, irrespective of the reason why, which is one of the reasons why letters to the editor are among the most read sections of the print media. But I digress.The continual publishing of an of-fender’s details can only serve to cause ongoing anguish and pain to victims’ families, and to me serves no useful purpose. Indeed, in one particular high-profile murder case I understand that members of the vic-tim’s family, when speaking to the media afterwards, absolutely refused to say the offender’s name.I am not advocating that the media never make public an offender’s name. Far from it. Publishing that data, plus other information as to his/her identity can often be useful and can assist the police in their investi-gation. But the successful resolution of the investigation and the incar-ceration of the offender for a lengthy period of time should, in my view, be a signal to the media to consign the offender’s name to the rubbish bin of history. I want, and believe the public need, to know, remember and honour the name of the victim – not the name of the offender.As a final example of this type of needless, hurtful, publicity, I note the recent news item about a (named) of-fender who is going to languish in jail for a few more years as our decrepit parole system chugs along, allowing him continual, and unnecessary, ap-peals. The news article included a colour photograph of the offender,

and republished the fact that he had “… abducted, raped and murdered his school age victim … “.Why no photograph of the victim? Hers is the face who the public need to be forever reminded of – not the mur-derer’s.And speaking of publicity of offenders’ details, I was rather taken with a recent ar-ticle from China which said

that their “… top tourism authority has added more names to a list pub-lished online that attempts to name and shame ‘uncivilised behaviour’ by Chinese tourists when they travel abroad”.Now isn’t that a good idea! New Zealand could begin by setting up a similar database, starting off with driving offences, especially of the fatal kind!This actually raises some interest-ing questions, especially for vehicle rental businesses. Such as: when you rent a vehicle to a foreign visi-tor how does your company know that the licence proffered by the in-tending driver is a current licence? How do you know that the intended driver is not a disqualified driver in any other country? Given that many foreign licences are printed in a lan-guage other than English how do you know that the licence used by the hirer is appropriate for the type of vehicle the hirer intends to drive in New Zealand? And lots more, in-cluding – but not limited to – matters such as knowledge of the New Zea-land Road Code!Whilst it is too early to claim the pro-gramme is a success it has highlight-ed behaviours which, up until now, might have failed to attract official sanction, such as an economy class passenger who had to be removed from a Shanghai to New York flight for repeatedly trying to sneak into a vacant first-class seat!(And don’t get me started about the passenger in front of you who, with-

‘If it bleeds, it leads . . .’Trevor

Morley JP

SALVO

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out warning, decides to adjust his seat back to the recline position!)The upshot of all this is that back in 2013 China enacted a “tour-ism law” which obligates Chi-nese tourists travelling abroad to respect local customs. Chinese people are now amongst the most-travelled people on Earth, with 98 million of them travelling abroad in 2013, more than any other na-tionality. That nation’s new-found and escalating wealth has enabled more Chinese to travel more fre-quently, and further, then ever be-fore.Looking back I see that I have managed to traverse two quite dis-tinctive – but, in my view, linked – topics. The first was to do with not publishing serious offenders’ names and identity details but rather placing a greater emphasis on a name that we should not for-get, that of their victims, and the second is publishing the names of airline passengers who flout the rules of good behaviour when travelling.If everyone followed these sug-gestions, surely we would all be living in a safer, and saner, envi-ronment. • The opinions expressed in Salvo are those of Trevor Morley and do not represent those of the Fed-eration or the editor. Mr Morley can be contacted at salvo@clear.net.nz

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Federation Vice-President DENISE HUTCHINS reports on the 2015 Australasian Council of Justices’ Associations AGM

With Federation President Graeme Kitto and Registrar Alan Hart, it was my pleasure to attend the 2015 Australa-

sian Council of Justices’ Associations (ACJA) AGM in Canberra last October. At the opening session we were wel-comed by a representative of the local indigenous people, and the Minister for Justice, Michael Keenan, formally opened proceedings. The usual busi-ness of an AGM was achieved with some significant changes to the ACJA Constitution being discussed and agreed to. These changes will, amongst other things, enable improved continu-ity on the executive of the organisation. A constantly changing executive over

recent years appears to have inhibited development and follow-through on a number of initiatives.It would be fair to say that the Federa-tion Board’s question “what value are we getting from participating in this organisation”, was on the minds of the majority of representatives at the meet-ing. This led to a useful discussion about its future and the need for strategic planning for the ACJA. Having decided that, the meeting then prioritised the key initiatives that the executive should focus on in the strategic plan process.The Board will have the opportunity for input into the planning process when the ACJA executive forwards a draft plan for consultation this year.

From my perspective it was excellent to see the meeting focus on what is pos-sible in the fragmented, state-focused Australian system, and thus where the ACJA’s effort and impact is more likely to be successful, rather than focusing on things like harmonisation of Justices of the Peace jurisdictions/tenure etc in state justice systems, which is unlikely to occur in Australia any time soon.New Zealand has much to be grateful for in terms of our co-ordinated Justice of the Peace systems and processes. I came away from the meeting in a more positive frame of mind in terms of the ACJA’s future, its usefulness to Justice of the Peace activity in New Zealand, and our continued participation in the organisation.

Future focus at ACJA meeting

ACJA delegates assembled for the conference dinner: Federation Vice-President Denise Hutchins is third from left in the front row, with ACJA president Rod Nicholls on her left. Federation President Graeme Kitto is at extreme left in the back row.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

‘We don’t know how lucky we are’National Education Officer SARAH LOFTUS attended the Commonwealth Magistrates’ and Judges’ Association conference held in Wellington in September. Federation President Graeme Kitto, Northern Regional Repre-sentative Rachael O’Grady and Registrar Alan Hart were also present.

Delegates to the conference were judges at all levels including Chief Justices of many jurisdictions. Jus-

tices of the Peace were represented by delegates from Jersey, Scotland, and Aus-tralia as well as New Zealand.Some 42 of the 53 Commonwealth coun-tries were represented, ranging in size from the tiny Turks and Caicos (a British Overseas Territory, population 31,000) to Nigeria with its 174 million people. It was difficult to imagine what Wellington might seem like to someone from Kenya, Malawi, Lesotho, Wales, India, Guyana - and most of the visitors unfortunately would have seen only the inside of air-ports, taxis, hotels and the conference venue (though they did have a day off on the fifth day).I did gather a few impressions, though. One man mentioned to me “your Prime

Minister is very relaxed” and a woman asked me “what colour are Maori peo-ple?”, before laughing heartily at the idea of having only two or three children, and standalone houses with gardens and lawns, not apartments. She then asked, quite naturally, “And do you have fam-ine?” That really brought home the vast differences in life experience around the world.

Difficult decisionsAs you might expect, the main topics at the conference were judicial independ-ence, court administration issues, cyber-crime, youth, and family courts and so on.There were other topics discussed which are unknown or unfamiliar in New Zea-land, and it was startling to hear the real experiences of judges who must regularly grapple with these, including:• how to allow for conflict between tradi-

tional practices and a nation’s law - one example was the role of witchcraft in murder

• imposing a mandatory death sentence - managing the feelings this may en-gender in judges, and whether and how death sentences are carried out by gov-ernments

• issues arising from human trafficking

including sexual slavery and exploita-tion.

Ex tempore judgmentsSome Justices may remember their Latin well enough to recognise that this is what Justices do nearly all the time. Others (in-cluding your National Education Officer) needed to look it up to find out that in a legal context, it means “at the time”.Most of the time judges do not make de-cisions directly at the conclusion of the hearing. When and whether to make ex tempore judgments was a topic of quite hearty debate among those at the work-shop I attended - should they do it, and if so when, why and how to do it.This paragraph from the conference pa-pers may explain some of the reasons be-hind that lively discussion:“An ex tempore judgment is given while the evidence and arguments are fresh in the mind of the judge, it gives the parties an immediate result and in general will in-volve far less judicial time than a written judgment. It also reduces the opportunity for corruption in places where that is an issue. Furthermore it provides a safety factor for judicial officers in places where personal security is an issue and does not allow someone the time to attack or assas-sinate a judicial officer.”

It’s disappointing but ageism is alive and thriving.For some time now I’ve been guilty

of listening uncritically to repeated ref-erences to how old JPs are getting and how vital it is to get younger people ap-pointed.Well I’ve changed. The reference to the age demographic of an association as being expressed as “good” or “bad” has got me hot under the collar. Some-one with time to spare is wasting it and doesn’t mind upsetting old people.So I think we should start again.We all want JPs who do the job well.That being the case, first, let’s carefully examine the suggestion that age acts against good performance.For every one ageing person who oc-casionally shoves a foot into the wrong

hole of their underwear, I’ll show you 1000 young folk whose intellectual ca-pacity is exhausted by sharing with the world the minutiae of their daily exist-ence.With age comes the wisdom of experi-ence of years of relating to others and coping with crises. Appointing JPs be-cause they are young has only one ben-efit, which is that they won’t have to be replaced for a long time. Me? I’d look for experience at the expense of con-venience.But back to the age demographic … it’s an easy diversion from the difficult job of finding out who is actually doing a good job as a JP.I’m a West Coaster and what really got my goat was hearing that we had the “worst” demographic for age. Really? Come down here and establish some

real metrics. You’ll find we have the best and most focused education ses-sions - undiluted by cups of tea, nibbles and guest speakers. You’ll find we have one of the best attendance records at these sessions: 50 percent of our mem-bership, a membership spread out over 200km of the South Island.Perceive us as old if you will, but we’re damned good.Of course the focus should be on per-formance and to be fair, the move to accreditation could well result in en-couraging non-performers of all ages to move along. By that time we will be assailed with and judged by stats on our accreditation profile rather than our ages.Bring it on!Stewart Robertson (73)

Ageism: it’s alive and well

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The Gore association’s 50th birthday celebrations last September began with the piping of the haggis, after which it was addressed with Robbie

Burns’s famous lines by Federation Past President John Falconer, thus providing a stirring start to the evening (cover picture, Spring issue). This was followed by a very tasty sample of haggis, accompanied by a nip of Hokonui Whiskey. About 90 people attended the evening, held at the Heartland Hotel Croydon. Guests in-cluded members of the Federation Board and Registrar Alan Hart, and their partners, and representatives of the Canterbury, South Otago and Southland associations. During the evening a toast was proposed to the Queen by Jim Copland, and to the Gore association by Federation President Graeme Kitto. Gore association president Bruce McLeod responded to the latter. The jubilee cake was cut by retired JP Ivan Elder, who at an agile 97 years of age is the oldest person who had been involved in the organisation.Karl Cummins, the Deputy Secretary for the Ministry of Justice, was the speaker for the evening. Mr Cummins is a former Commanding Officer of the New Zealand Defence Force’s main Special Operations unit, 1 NZSAS Regiment, and is based in Wellington. In his speech he focused on the role of a Justice of the Peace and the job we do within the community, noting that we are often one of the faces of the justice system most accessible to communities through tasks such as signing of documents and court work. Justices do a fantastic job, he said, and are particularly valuable in places like Gore.Mr Cummins presented long service cer-tificates to John Kirk of Gore for 43 years’ service; Ian McClintock of Riversdale (38 years); Jack Hillis of Edendale (37 years); Julie Tattershaw of Gore (33 years) and Rex Shallard of Gore (32 years). Another long-serving member, Colin Robertson, was un-able to attend, and was to receive his certifi-cate later.Nola Affleck, who is stepping down as registrar of the association, was presented with a gift to honour her 18-year contribu-tion. She has been variously described as an anchor, friendly, unfailingly supportive, knowledgeable, unflinchingly efficient and tireless. Nola will continue to organise the Court Roster. – Mairi Dickson

Half-century marked in style

Retiring Gore association registrar Nola Affleck (left, with Mairi Dick-son and association president Bruce McLeod) was feted for her 18 years in the job at the Gore association’s 50th birthday celebration.

Ministry of Justice Deputy Secretary Karl Cummins, the guest speaker, with Gore association president Bruce McLeod, left, and

Federation President Graeme Kitto.

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Ensuring New Zealanders are safe, resilient and prosperous online is at the heart of the refreshed na-tional Cyber Security Strategy

launched by the Government at the end of last year.The strategy was launched by Justice Minister Amy Adams as Minister of Communications, one of her other port-folios, with an Action Plan and a Na-tional Plan to Address Cybercrime.“The Government is building infra-structure and investing $2 billion into our Ultra-Fast Broadband and Rural Broadband Initiative programmes be-cause we want New Zealanders to en-gage in the digital economy,” Ms Ad-ams said in a press release.“While New Zealand has benefited enormously from the innovations of-fered by technology, it has also led to new vulnerabilities. The threat to New Zealanders and the economy from cy-ber intrusions is real and growing, and there are serious implications for our economic wellbeing and national secu-rity.“The pace of change and emergence of new and complex threats mean constant vigilance is required. By refreshing the action plan each year we will keep pace with any emerging threats.”While New Zealand has yet to experi-ence a significant cyber attack, esti-mated economic losses in 2014 alone reached $257 million.According to research, 56 percent of New Zealand businesses experience an information technology security attack at least once a year and only 65 percent of businesses are confident that their IT security systems are effective. “Unlike traditional threats, we need to

Cyber Security Strategy safeguards the economy

understand that New Zealand’s geo-graphical position offers no protection against cyber threats. New Zealand is experiencing cyber incidents, including growing cybercrime, in the same way as countries around the world,” Ms Ad-ams said.

“The Government and private sector need to work together on cyber security. The private and public sectors must find ways to share information and expertise to address cyber security risks and this strategy relies on a close and active public-private partnership to ensure New Zealanders remain safe online.”A key action in the new strategy is the development of a national Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) to reduce harm from cyber security inci-dents and improve New Zealand’s abil-ity to deal with attacks. The CERT will act as a single entry point for organisa-tions or individuals needing assistance, and provide information to businesses, including small and medium enter-

prises, government and individuals so they can protect themselves from cyber threats.“New Zealand’s key international part-ners each have a national CERT of some form, and creation of our national CERT brings us into alignment.” Ms Adams said the CERT is intended as a partnership between the public and private sectors, and will work with companies and government agencies depending on the nature of the issue. The Cyber Security Strategy contains four areas of work:• Cyber resilience is about the ongoing

protection of New Zealand’s most important information infrastruc-tures.

• Cyber capability involves building the skills of New Zealanders, busi-nesses and government agencies to protect themselves online, spear-headed by the Connect Smart public-private partnership.

• Addressing cybercrime will focus on building police capability to deal with cybercrime.

• International co-operation will allow New Zealand to maintain a voice in-ternationally on the promotion of a free, open and secure cyberspace, and involves international engagement on cyber security issues.

Ms Adams also announced New Zea-land will host its first ever Cyber Secu-rity Summit in the first half of 2016 in Auckland. The Cyber Security Strategy can be found at https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/dpmc/publications/nzcss

• Ninety percent of New Zealand households and 96 percent of businesses now have an inter-net connection.

• In the 12 months to 31 Decem-ber 2014 the National Cyber Security Centre recorded 147 cyber incidents. 132 incidents were recorded in the first six months of 2015.

• Connect Smart 2014 research found 83 percent of New Zea-landers have experienced a cyber breach.

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THE NZ JUSTICES’ QUARTERLYPublished in January, April, July and October

Opinions expressed in this journal, whether editorially or by contributors, do not necessarily represent the views of the Royal Federation of New Zealand Justices’ Association (Inc). Contributions on matters affecting Justices and their associations are particularly welcome, but all contributions are subject to the discretion of the Editor.Contributors are requested to forward matter to the Editor, Geoff Davies 81 Warwick St, Wilton, Wellington, 6012, Phone 04-472-5566, email merlin81@xtra.co.nz, to reach him not later than the last day of November, February, May and August to be available for publication in the upcoming issue. Readers are requested to promptly inform the registrar of their local Justices of the Peace association of any change in their address. Numerous Quarterlies are returned marked “gone no address”, “Redirection order expired” “Deceased” or “Not a box holder on rural delivery”, etc.Published by the Royal Federation of New Zealand Justices’ Associations, typeset and designed by Word for Word, Titahi Bay, and printed by Beacon Print Hawke’s Bay.

PURSUANT to section 3 (1) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1957, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint the following persons to be Justices of the Peace for New Zealand.

Asi, Jonathan, AucklandBuschl, Glenda Mary, RichmondCarter, Brian Rex, BullsCodlin, Michael Eric, AucklandCreswell, Scott William Charles, BlenheimCrombach, Aida Fiona, AucklandDanilo-Garbacki, Jan Olgierd, KerikeriDevereux, Judith Eveline, TapanuiGordon, Edward Bruce, MartonHamer, Joyce Allyson, NapierHarvey, Diane Robyn, New PlymouthLandsman, Kathleen Lydia, AucklandLeslie, Nicola Maureen, ChristchurchLyons, Patrick John, Christchurch

The name of one of the appointees on the list dated August 12 2015 and published in the Spring issue of the Justices’ Quarterly was incorrect in the New Zealand Gazette announcement. The appointee’s correct name is McGiven, Kristy Maree, of Te Aroha.

Manukau, Hatete Joe, KatikatiMarshall, Steven Thomas, ChristchurchMunro, Raewyn Anne Hughes, GorePowick, Rita Keka, PictonSchoeller, Claire Helen, AucklandSyme, John William, ChristchurchTai, Henry Robert, TaurangaTaiuru, Karaitiana Nathan, ChristchurchTate, Nigel Phillip, HamiltonTe Kanawa, Lorrene Huriana, Te KuitiThompson, June Beryl, SeftonWatmuff, Wilhelmina, Christchurch

Dated at Wellingtonthis 5th day of November 2015Hon Simon BridgesAssociate Minister of Justice

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