New President installed at Waitangi

Justices’
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QUARTERLY
FIAT JUSTITIA
RUAT CAELUM
Autumn 2014
Volume 83
Number 1
New President
installed
at Waitangi
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PRESIDENT’S PAGE
Making history again
Whakataka te hau ki te uru.
Cease the winds from the west.
Whakataka te hau ki te tonga.
Cease the winds from the south.
Kia makinakina ki uta.
Let the breeze blow over the land.
Kia mataratara ki tai.
Let the breeze blow over the ocean.
E hi ake ana te ata kura
He tio, he huka, he hauhunga.
Let the red-tipped dawn come with a
sharpened air, a touch of frost, promise of
a glorious day.
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ith these words spoken on
Te Tii Marae early on Friday
February 28 2014, kaumatua
Wiremu Wiremu launched the
Federation’s 86th Conference
on its journey. As he spoke we looked
across the water where numerous canoes
were moored to Kororareka. History was
about to be made again over three glorious days where much of the history of
our nation began. From comments made
throughout the Conference, I doubt there
was anyone who left without having acquired more knowledge and appreciation
of both the history of New Zealand and
the continuing practice of tikanga Maori.
Ko tenei te mihi aroha ki nga iwi me nga
hapu o Te Tai Tokerau, ki te hau kainga o
Te Tii/Waitangi hoki. For all at the Conference, I salute the tribes and sub-tribes
of the north and the guardians of the area
where we gathered for all they did to welcome, guide, assist, support and provide
hospitality for the record number of people to attend such a Conference.
The aim was to have 200 JPs gather at
Waitangi to celebrate 200 years of service
by JPs to New Zealand. This target was
“over-subscribed”. Justices, their partners
and our guests numbered over 300. This
put pressure on both the facilities and the
organising team from the Far North association (assisted by Northland). We salute
them for their planning and preparation
and for the way they managed the logistics of the Conference. Throughout nothing was any problem. Our late Past Federation President Ian Knox, who promoted
this particular Conference venue, would
have been delighted with the result.
The powhiri on the Treaty grounds,
handled in an inclusive way by tangata
whenua, was a first for many in attendance. The presence of kaumatua and kuia
Federation President Graeme Kitto
accorded the Conference due recognition.
The guidance of Tamati and Maaki Howard ensured that the manuhiri met their
obligations during the ritual encounter.
Tena rawa atu korua.
The report of the Conference in the pages
that follow will highlight the decisions
of the AGM and the contributions of the
invited speakers who honoured us with
their presence. “Thomas Kendall” may
not have had much to say, but by sharing her personal thoughts “Jane Kendall”
captured all of us and heightened our appreciation of the circumstances under
which the first JP in New Zealand lived
and worked.
And to conclude the conference, Bishop
Te Kitohi Pikaahu led worship which included the guidance of the prophet Micah
(6:8) which starts with the words: “Do
what is fair and just to your neighbour…”.
They have a certain ring about them for
JPs recalling the Judicial Oath they took.
Attending this Conference meant considerable expense for associations and individuals. Thank you all for your significant
support. It did not go unnoticed. Three
other groups which deserve our thanks
too are patrons whose presence, experience and wisdom honour our associations,
partners/family who are so often the ones
who take the messages and accommodate
arrangements made with clients, and employers who recognise that sometimes JPs
need to provide their service during work
hours. We are grateful to all of them.
Immediately following Conference the
Board met to commence the year’s work.
Each member has assumed leadership of
different areas of responsibility.
• Denise Hutchins: strategic planning
and funding bid 2015-2018
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• Rachael O’Grady: all matters judicial
• Wallis Walker: Emerging Leaders
Project
• Kath Blair: Year of the JP, communications and Ministerial education
• Gavin Evans: Finance
• Greg Weake: Board manuals,
webmaster
• Graeme Kitto: Justices’ Quarterly.
Registrar Alan Hart is monitoring the
introduction and passage of legislation
which could impact on the work of JPs.
On March 13, Rachael, Greg, Alan and I
made an oral presentation to the Judicial
and Electoral Select Committee in support of the Board’s written submission
on the Judicature Modernisation Bill. The
Federation was commended for the clarity and coverage of its written submission.
We thank Rachael for her considerable
work in preparing this paper.
Work has begun on following up the decisions of the AGM at Waitangi. We have
had the opportunity to flag informally to
the Minister and the ministry some of the
topics that we will seek to discuss further
in the months ahead.
Since Conference, some association councils have arranged for local publicity promoting the 200th year of service to New
Zealand by JPs, and others are firming up
arrangements to bring this message to the
public and celebrate this Year of the JP.
This publicity is both achievable and effective in reaching the communities that
we serve.
Association councils are presently working through their own processes to identify suitable nominees for the Emerging
Leaders Project. We acknowledge the
financial support of the Gallagher Charitable Trust which has enabled the JP Education Trust to launch this project in 2014.
In conclusion, I place on record our thanks
for the contributions made by those who
have now left the Board – Past Federation President Kevin Geddes, Auckland
Regional Representative Pat Samson and
Southern Regional Representative Bill
Saxton. Their input, service and leadership is acknowledged and appreciated.
And I welcome Wallis Walker, Kath Blair
and Gavin Evans to the Board for 20142015. Collectively we undertake to promote and advance the role and recognition
of JPs in New Zealand as we conclude
two centuries of service.
Naaku i runga aku mihi ki a koutou.
Graeme Kitto
NEWS1
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EDITOR: GEOFF DAVIES JP
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 04-472-5566
Telephone 04-918-8447 Fax 04-918-8034
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Website: www.jpfed.org.nz
Successful
crime-fighting pilot
to be expanded
A
successful Justice sector frontline
pilot which saw a dramatic drop in
total crime in the Hutt Valley will
benefit three other areas, Justice
Minister Judith Collins announced this
month.
“I’m pleased to announce that a ‘Flagship
Programme’ to reduce crime and re-offending has been rolled out to Papakura,
Hamilton and the East Coast,” Ms Collins
said.
The Flagship Programme is based on the
successful Hutt Valley Innovation Project.
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Education 7-10
Celebrating diversity 13
Chair in Restorative Justice 14
Salvo
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Crossword
Hubbard Appointments 16
inside back cover
outside back cover
Patron: His Excellency Lt Gen The Rt Hon
Sir Jerry Mateparae GNZM QSO
Governor-General of New Zealand
President: Graeme Kitto JP
Immediate Past President: Greg Weake JP
Vice-President: Denise Hutchins JP
Northern Regional Representative:
Rachael O’Grady JP
Auckland Regional Representative:
Wallis Walker JP
Central Regional Representative:
Kath Blair JP
Southern Regional Representative:
Gavin Evans JP
Honorary Solicitors: Buddle Findlay
Registrar: Alan Hart JP
National Education Officer: Sarah Loftus
Editor, NZ Justices’ Quarterly:
Geoff Davies JP
“From June 2011 to September 2013 in
the Hutt Valley total crime is down 23%,
violent crime is down 21% and youth
crime is down 36%. Prison sentences are
decreasing and fewer new cases are being
managed by the District Court,” she said.
“The Hutt Valley Innovation Project ran
between September 2012 and December
2013 with frontline service providers in
the Hutt Valley formally collaborating on
10 initiatives to provide better services for
the community.
“As a result they have found better ways
to target the causes of crime and support
high risk families.”
Ms Collins says the key to the Flagship
Programme is increased collaboration
between Police, Justice, Corrections and
other service providers to focus on the
specific needs of communities and vulnerable families.
“The Flagship Programme is about bringing agencies together to identify local solutions to local problems such as alcohol
in Papakura; reintegration of youth offenders in Hamilton; and family violence
Justice Minister
Judith Collins
on the East Coast,” Ms Collins said.
“In addition to localised initiatives, the
three areas will focus on joint case management, better service delivery, driver
licensing, youth violence and local causes
of crime.
“The programme’s potential to reduce
crime and re-offending has been proven
in the Hutt Valley and it’s fantastic the
Justice sector will be tailoring it to fit the
local needs of a further three communities.
“The initiatives in Hamilton, Papakura
and the East Coast are now under way and
we expect to see impacts on the ground in
the coming months.”
Moving with the times
Readers have the option of receiving the Quarterly as a PDF rather than
a hard copy. To take up this offer please advise the editor by email at
[email protected]. Telephone requests will not be processed.
ON THE COVER: New Federation President Graeme Kitto and his wife
Lalita Hari after his installation at Conference 2014 in Waitangi … the
korowai he is wearing was made by Lalita for their family use. Story P12
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Fulfilling ‘a promise
of two peoples’
By Northern Regional Representative RACHAEL O’GRADY
Pictures: NOEL LOWE
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his year’s Federation Conference was a particularly noteworthy occasion as we celebrated the 200th year since
Justices started work in New Zealand.
A hundred years ago, the centenary of
JPs in New Zealand was not marked by
any celebration, lending extra significance to the 2014 event.
The Conference was held under one
roof at the Copthorne Hotel and Resort
Bay of Islands at Waitangi over February 28-March 2.
With the sun shining down on us for the
duration of the Conference, the 300metre scenic walk from the hotel to the
Treaty Grounds on Friday morning provided a wonderful opportunity to take
in the scenery, enjoy the company of
fellow JPs and revel in the wonderment
of the occasion.
The message of two groups coming together at the powhiri on the National
Marae was a symbolic part of this Conference. On behalf of our large group,
President Greg Weake accepted the
rautapu (symbolic offering) as part of
the wero (challenge) before the karanga
(call) onto the marae. The kai-korero
(speakers) for the tangata whenua (local hosts) were gracious in the warmth
and depth of their welcome to our group
and in their tribute to Thomas Kendall’s
pioneering efforts in preserving te reo
Maori. Speakers for the manuhiri (visitors) acknowledged the honour extended to us in this welcome.
The hongi, singing of waiata and the
giving of koha all completed the joining together of tangata whenua and
manuhiri.
Delegates and guests then had the opportunity to walk around the different
areas of the Treaty site in groups as the
tangata whenua explained these areas,
finishing at the shelter where the waka
is stored.
Back at the hotel, delegates were able to
mix and mingle while also taking time
to indulge in this year’s “sandpit”- a
display of new police technology. The
police are now equipped with a technological arsenal that helps them and
the community by providing quicker
and more effective communication. It’s
very impressive!
The Conference officially began after
lunch, with opening speeches, Conference business and regional meetings. A
BBQ dinner concluded the first day’s
events. Saturday commenced with
presidents and registrars meetings and
a short business session followed by a
series of speakers covering the Past and
the Present. The formal dinner was held
on Saturday night, before the final day
of Conference. Sunday’s programme
included a final business session before
the speakers on the Future. Invitations,
valedictories and the Presidential handover were carried out before Bishop Te
Kitohi Pikaahu led delegates in worship
as the Conference came to a conclusion.
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CONFERENCE OPENING
e were very lucky to have a
Master of Ceremonies who
effortlessly had all delegates
and guests wearing a smile.
That takes a special someone, and that
someone was Pio Terei. Not only did
Pio keep the Conference programme
running to schedule, he also delighted
us with many witty anecdotes and engaged with speakers and delegates in
such a way as to make everyone feel
part of the Conference. He managed
introductions superbly, and included
his own impromptu comments on some
speakers’ content as he made a seamless transition between one speaker and
the next.
The line-up of Conference opening
speakers began with the president of the
Far North association, Roger Barnard,
welcoming everyone to the area and inviting us to share in the hospitality that
his association had to offer. Far North
Deputy Mayor Tania McInnes extended
her own welcome to the Far North district. Roger and Tania were thanked by
Federation President Greg Weake, who
went on to welcome all delegates and
guests on behalf of the Federation.
Officially opening the 86th Conference
was the Chief Justice, Dame Sian Elias,
who talked about “law
mindedness” as the strong
social glue of our society
- that we all have responsibility for law and order,
and JPs are a measure
of the rule of law in our
country. She emphasised
the importance of lay participation in the administration of justice throughout New Zealand, and acknowledged
the role of Justices of the Peace in that.
Immediate Past President Kevin Geddes, in thanking Dame Sian, reminded
us that the work which JPs do is about
justice by the community, within the
community and for the community.
The historical scene for the Conference
was set by Rev Amanda Neil, who is
also a Justice of the Peace and a fourthgeneration descendant of our first Justice, Thomas Kendall. Aware that there
have been historical accounts of Kendall’s life that paint him in an unfavourable light, Rev Neil provided some balance to those accounts by presenting an
outline of the difficult conditions for the
first missionaries and the relationships
which developed between the missionaries and Maori, and reminding us that
Kendall should be commended for his
work in interpreting
and writing the first
phonetic rendition of
the Maori language.
The historical scene
was brought more to
life through the sketch
presented by Anton
Norman and Laurel
Gregory, two young
people dressed in period outfits representing Thomas and
Jane Kendall. Laurel is Rev Neil’s niece
and thus also a descendant of Thomas
Kendall.
For a BBQ, it was a very sophisticated
affair, but also a wonderful opportunity
for delegates to relax and enjoy good
food, good company and excellent entertainment. With Pio to introduce performers and speakers the night flowed
smoothly. The Kaikohe Intermediate
School choir (below left) sang beautifully before local MP Mike Sabin made
a brief appearance prior to our speaker
for the evening, Judge Greg Davis.
Judge Davis concluded with a waiata
with his own ukulele accompaniment
(above). The Hatea Kapa Haka Group
(below right) entertained us as we continued to dine and socialise.
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THE PAST
Dame Claudia Orange
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Dr Philip Harkness JP
elegates were treated to quite
an account of the judicial history of New Zealand, beginning
with Dame Claudia Orange.
Dame Claudia is a New Zealand historian best known for her 1987 book The
Treaty of Waitangi, the first comprehensive study of the Treaty. Covering
our country’s history up to 1840, Dame
Claudia gave us a more technical presentation of the legal aspects and timing
of various events involving Thomas
Kendall and the community of early
settlers. She pointed out that Kendall
had the authority of a JP magistrate,
but lacked a police/military presence to
support him, plus no lock-up, leg irons
or food for prisoners, which meant his
ability to provide justice and peace was
limited, and at times very difficult. Possibly, these difficulties were part of the
reason he traded in muskets.
Sir Grant Hammond
Law Commission President
Philip Harkness, who has researched
the history of JPs widely and written
a thesis on the lay magistracy, provided
an insight into the role of the JP over
the years, from Norman times through
to today. Philip had with him an original copy of the JP manual from 1864,
a book containing some 800 pages of
script written in old English. JPs with
the powers of magistrates were appointed to virtually every active settlement and town throughout New
Zealand and were expected to deal
with many situations including a need
to “read the Riot Act” should a major
disturbance of the peace occur. Failure
to do so could result in imprisonment
for up to two years. This act was only
repealed in 1961.
Sir Grant Hammond, the president of
the Law Commission, while reminding us that there has been 1000 years
of judicial authority, reflected on more
THE PRESENT
Minister for Courts
and Associate Justice
Minister
Chester Borrows
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Chief District Court
Judge
Jan-Marie Doogue
aturday afternoon’s programme
concluded with a number of officials who spoke of the present in
reference to the justice system and
JPs.
They were our Minister, Chester Borrows, Associate Minister of Justice
and Minister for Courts; Tony Fisher,
General Manager District Courts at the
ministry; Chief District Court Judge
Jan-Marie Doogue; and Police Assis-
Assistant
Commissioner
Upper North
Allan Boreham
recent JP activities. His references to
Hansard and comments made by MPs
in the 1950s indicated that the Federation was not performing in a relevant
manner, and Parliament moved to drastically reduce the role and powers of
JPs. It has taken 50 years of hard work
by successive Federation leadership
groups to rebuild the trust and sincerity of commitment from our organisation with the appropriate officials and
Governments.
With more relevance to the present, Sir
Grant made specific mention to cyberbullying and that it is a major concern
for everyone involved in the administration of the law.
Michael Cheshire and John Carstairs,
representatives from the Australasian Council of Justices’ Associations,
joined us for this Conference. They
completed the line-up of speakers on
the past.
General Manager
District Courts
Tony Fisher
tant Commissioner Upper North, Allan
Boreham. Each of these speakers provided a clear and consistent message.
They sincerely appreciate the role of the
Federation and the work of JPs. Reference was made to the huge amount of
work that has been done right across the
justice sector reforming legislation and
systems. As Mr Borrows pointed out,
changes to court systems have moved
from focusing on courthouses to a focus on people.
Michael Cheshire
ACJA representative
Labour Party Justice
spokesperson
Andrew Little
Most notably for the police and the
courts, statistics are showing that the
new procedures have drastically reduced the numbers of offences being
heard in District Courts and accelerated the speed with which justice is
dispensed. Justices of the Peace were
commended for the “common sense”
role they play in dealing with many of
the lower end cases, freeing Judges to
hear the more serious ones.
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he Saturday evening dinner included entertainment from the
Hatea Kapa Haka Group, including their choral section and male
vocal group. The eloquent and humorous speaker for the evening was Erima
Henare, chairman of the Maori Language Commission.
Earlier in the evening Police Minister
Ngapuhi Kaumatua
Anne Tolley was presented with a bouquet of flowers and a cake in recognition
of her birthday that day. Following the
installation of new Federation President
Graeme Kitto, who was presented with
a beautiful korowai made by his wife
Lalita (see P12), thanks were warmly
extended to the Far North organising
committee, and photo opportunities
Flowers and
a birthday
cake for Anne
Tolley – from
left, Mrs Tolley, Gisborne
association
president Karen Johansen
and Far North
organising
committee
chair Joy
Quigley
taken with Past Federation Presidents.
Special mention was made of late Past
President Ian Knox who had initiated
the Far North move to host the Bicentennial Conference. Ian’s widow Beren
was present at the Conference and delegates had an opportunity to thank her
for the Conference satchels that she had
kindly sponsored.
Greg Weake and Graeme Kitto
Graeme Kitto and Beren Knox (far right) with Past Federation Presidents
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THE FUTURE
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ur speakers on the Future were
two of the five MPs who are
also JPs. Anne Tolley, the Minister of Police and of Corrections was the first of the invited guests
to speak about the future. She spoke
with a great deal of pride about the
initiatives that are being put in place
to provide the police with the resources they need, the prison construction work that is in progress and the
schemes that are being established to
overcome the problems that are often
Remits
overwhelming for those that populate
New Zealand’s prisons.
Scott Simpson MP really did take us into
the future when he reminded us that the
internet only began to be commercial
and freely accessible in the mid-1990s.
It is frightening to consider that “emailing is for oldies”! Anyone now under
the age of 25 or so has absolutely no
knowledge or experience of a life lived
without access to the internet – they are
known as “digital natives”. Scott made
a point of advising that JPs do have to
change to meet the changed world, not
expect the world to change to suit us or
our traditional methodologies.
CONFERENCE BUSINESS
Remit 1: The Rotorua and Districts association moved:
That the Royal Federation Board implement the Accreditation process for
JPs as adopted at its November 2013
meeting with effect from 1st January
2014. – Lost
Remit 2: The Auckland association
moved:
(i) Accreditation: That the policy re
Accreditation be withdrawn until such
time as it is presented to the member
associations at the Annual General
Meeting of the Royal Federation of
Justices of the Peace. – Withdrawn
(ii) Justices’ Quarterly: That the Justices’ Quarterly magazine be discontinued and that the Education and
Registrar’s sections be disseminated
electronically to all associations so
each association can forward them to
their members in the most appropriate
manner and that this method, as outlined, be trialled by associations in the
2015 calendar year.
Withdrawn on the grounds that a full
review of the Justices’ Quarterly magazine is undertaken by the Royal Federation Board
(iii) Service desks: That if the Royal
Federation Board decides that a policy
is necessary for Service Desks then
such a policy be discussed with associations before the policy is promulgated and that such policy is debated
at the Annual Conference of the Royal
Federation. – Carried
(iv) Policy by stealth: That the Royal
Federation be reminded that all proposed policies must be debated by all
associations and decided on by vote
by all associations at Conference level. – Carried
(v) Competence through training:
That the Royal Federation be encouraged to seek change to the Justices of
the Peace Act to the effect that Justices
of the Peace shall be required to attend
ongoing training in order to maintain
and update their knowledge and therefore perform Justice of the Peace duties effectively. Justices of the Peace
who maintain membership of a JP
association and undergo required
training as determined by Federation
at least once every two years would
be issued with a renewable “right to
practice”. If an appointed Justices of
the Peace is unable or unwilling to
regularly update as required then they
should be moved to the category of
Justice of the Peace (Retired) and be
so designated.
Motion to amend:
That the Royal Federation be encouraged to seek change to the Justices of
the Peace Act to the effect that Justices of the Peace shall be required
to attend ongoing training in order to
maintain and update their knowledge
and therefore perform Justice of the
Peace duties effectively.
Amended remit carried
Remit 3: The Hutt Valley and Districts
association moved:
That Royal Federation makes strong
representations to the Minister of the
Crown in charge of Justices of the
Peace requesting the Government introduce the necessary legislation that
would ensure that all persons nominated to become Justices of the Peace are
required to be New Zealand citizens.
– Lost
Remit 4: The Marlborough association
moved:
That the Royal Federation explore expeditiously with the Ministry of Justice and other relevant agencies e g
the police the diminishing case load of
judicial Justices with a view to ensuring that they deal with all cases falling
within their jurisdiction, and the extension of that jurisdiction where possible.
– Carried
Presidents meeting
Graeme Kitto convened the usual presidents’ session, which covered a range
of topics from constitutional, policy and
legislative matters, through contracts
for courthouse services, the funding bid
for 2015-2018, the Emerging Leaders
Programme and the Judicial Studies
course. Associations were encouraged
to work on their historical records in
preparation for the 2024 Conference.
Mention was made of the Judicature
Modernisation Bill submission. Graeme finished by stressing the importance
of maintaining good communication
systems both nationally and locally.
Registrars meeting
The meeting of 23 association registrars was chaired by Federation Registrar Alan Hart. Five new registrars were
introduced. The meeting covered many
items ranging from Accreditation, court
procedure for driving while forbidden,
court management agreements, and advices of membership changes, training
claims and other returns, communications, complaints and discipline and the
Best Practice Manual in relation to new
members.
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EDUCATION
By SARAH LOFTUS: [email protected] 04-918-8445
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AUTUMN 2014
‘Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it
takes to sit down and listen.’ - Winston Churchill
From the National Education Officer
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reetings to all Justices of the Peace. I hope the year has begun positively and I’m sure it will bring challenges, not the least of which will be the new requests from people coming to you for JP services. Do
send in your anecdotes, especially where there is a question or point that you think would be valuable
for other Justices.
Take a
minute
to laugh
Caption competition
“My fake plants died because
... I forgot to pretend to water
them.”
“I always wanted to be somebody ... but maybe I should have
been more specific!”
“I was taught to respect my elders ... but it’s getting harder and
harder to find one!”
Congratulations to Barbara Redfern
of the Waikato association who
submitted the caption below for the
photo of me patting an elephant.
Thanks to all the Justices who
entered. Your entries were enjoyed
and judged by two independent visitors to the Federation office. Barbara has received a book voucher
prize.
“Aaah, that’s better, thank you madam. Just a little higher up, under the ear
please – that spot’s always itchy.”
Other finalists:
“And I worry about MY wrinkles!” Russell Atkinson, Otago
“So now I know what they mean by ‘the elephant in the room’!” – Cathy
Cooney, Rotorua
Thesaurus challenge
How many words of the same or similar meaning (and in different contexts) do you know for each word?
Aim for at least 10 before referring to sources outside your own memory!
For example, white: pale, icy, ivory, cream, off-white, snowy, silvery ...
Dangerous
Harmful,
Safe
Secure,
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EDUCATION
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AUTUMN 2014
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE ROLE
Quick guide to acceptable document for marriage/civil union dissolution applications
At right you will see the titles of the three possible
documents that people bring to accompany their application for dissolution. The two titles highlighted
in green are acceptable to the Family Court. The
title highlighted in red is not acceptable and the application will be rejected.
(certified copy, certificate), and the unacceptable document
does not.
You may find it helpful to note that the acceptable
documents contain a word starting with “cert” –
Copy of Particulars of Marriage
Certified Copy of Marriage Entry
Marriage Certificate
Certified copies scenarios
Always keep in mind that the basis of certifying a copy is that the
agency simply wants someone they trust to look at an original document because they can’t see it themselves.
It is the agency’s prerogative to require copies to be certified, as
well as to state who is acceptable to them as a certifier. Justices are
nearly always acceptable. In the past, having the letters JP after your
name was enough, but nowadays, many agencies ask more of you,
such as your printed name, JP number, phone number and so on. It
is a courtesy to your client to provide these when requested. After
all, your details are publicly available already, but this saves anyone
looking you up.
In every case your obligations are:
• to do your truthful best for the agency
• to find a pragmatic solution if the task requested is unusual or
onerous on you.
‘But what is an original?’
In general terms:
It is the version that originated at an
agency, institution or other official
body or business:
• made or printed by the agency or institution
•issued, emailed or sent out by the
agency or institution
•accessible via log-in access on the
website of the agency, institution or
business.
What if the original is very long – say 200 pages?
In some cases you can skim
through such a document without having to certify every page
separately, but in other cases you
must do so. The client may have
some knowledge of how rigidly
the agency requesting the copies
enforces the need to certify every
page. In this case you are looking
for a pragmatic solution (especially if you are working in a busy
JP service centre, or have some
other pressure on your time).
Your options include:
• Stamping and certifying each page
separately as per usual. (Many Justices do this for many hundreds of
pages per year.)
• Explaining to the client that it will
not be possible to certify each page
separately right now but if they could
come back shortly, or another time,
or wait until fewer people are in the
queue, or make a new appointment
with you, you will complete the
task then.
• Writing on the copy (for example): “… true copy of [document] containing pages numbered 1-200 with 16 pages of
appendices …”.
• Having the client make a statutory declaration as to the number of pages and that the copy
is a true copy.
What if the ‘original’ is a copy of a photocopy?
You should discuss this with the client and whether there is any point to certifying the document, and if they are
adamant they want the copy certified you can write “… copy of a photocopied document sighted today …”. (Do not
write “original sighted”). This is clearly not ideal but in some situations the client is quite content that the agency will
accept it. The client might be better to add a statutory declaration about why the original is not available.
What if the original is a typed-out voice message from a cellphone?
What do you think? Many Justices would find this was going too far in the way of certifying a “copy”. Surely a
statutory declaration (or affidavit if the message is part of legal proceedings) is the answer for this one. However, if
the client is sure – or adamant – that this typed-out message will suffice in their situation, there is no harm in writing
“…a true transcript of the words of a message I heard on the cellphone of [name]…”.
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What if the original is two separate pages, but the copy is double-sided?
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Provided the content of the two pages is exactly the same, most Justices would simply certify the double-sided copy.
If you are particularly concerned you could write “... true copy of document sighted today except that the original
was two separate pages”.
Even if you use a stamp that says ‘Original sighted; certified true copy”, or similar, there is no reason you can’t add
a note underneath if there is something you want to clarify.
What if the original is in another place and you are asked to look at it on a live video-phone connection
(e g Skype) on the person’s cellphone?
We believe in this situation you should have the person make a statutory declaration about the copy rather than certifying it.
What if you have once seen the original, but it is not before you today?
Say it is a colleague’s degree. It is currently being
framed but she needs the copies certified to send away
for a scholarship application. You saw the degree six
weeks ago when she graduated.
Some JPs would answer “absolutely not”; others
might say “well, I might on that occasion but not usually”. Remember, you are looking to do your truthful
best for the agency and to find a pragmatic solution for
the client. If you can honestly say “original sighted”
– that is, you can clearly remember that you saw it,
when you saw it and what it was – then you can prob-
ably go ahead in good conscience. If the person was
a client you had seen some time last year (among the
hundreds) who says that you saw her certificates but
you can’t remember, then no, we do not think you can
certify that you sighted the original.
Of course best practice is and always will be that you
have the original before you every time. A situation
such as the one outlined above should be very rare,
and if one occurs it will be up to your own conscience
as to whether or not to accept the copy for certification.
The truth is . . .
It’s a truism to say that Justices of the Peace have a
strong interest in the truth – pun intended! Affidavits,
statutory declarations and agencies’ forms all require a
person to tell the truth, and Justices are keenly aware
that in administering these forms of truth-telling, they
have a vested interest in the legitimacy of the person’s
statement. However, you are not responsible for the
person’s truth, or lack of it – how could you be? Nor
can you know if it is “the truth, the whole truth and
nothing but the truth”.
Unless you have actual personal knowledge of the
matter and you know the client is telling or not telling
the truth, there is no obligation on you with regard to
the content of the other person’s statement.
The JP’s obligation is to administer the formalising of
the statement according to the law (affidavits and statutory declarations) or the requirements of the agency
(forms).
However, many Justices remind the person that there
are penalties for making a false declaration or filing a
false affidavit: sections 110 and 111 of the Crimes Act
1961. There are penalties for making false declarations in other statutes as well, including s342 of the
Immigration Act 2009: providing false or misleading
information to an immigration officer, which carries a
possible penalty of a term not exceeding seven years,
a fine not exceeding $100,000, or both.
Between now and the next issue of the Quarterly (when
there will be a further article on the point) you may be
interested to think about the following questions:
Do you feel the methods of telling the truth listed below should be in any order (for any reason)?
If so, why?
a Saying something to someone
b Filling in a form which contains a statement that is
a declaration (or verification) under an Act of Parliament which provides for an offence of making a
false declaration
c Giving oral evidence in court having sworn (or affirmed) that you will tell the truth, the whole truth
and nothing but the truth
d Writing it down and signing it
e Filling in a form which includes a statement called
a “declaration” but is not made under a legislative
provision (e g for a new library card)
f Making a statutory declaration under the Oaths and
Declarations Act 1957
g Writing it down on a piece of paper
h Swearing (or affirming) an affidavit
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An unbiased judicial role
By Dame
DAWN LAMB
H
istorically
Justices of the
Peace visited
prisons for a
variety of functions
under the Penal Institutions Act. In 2004
that legislation was
replaced by the Corrections Act which set
up a system whereby
senior prison staff act
as hearing adjudicators for minor internal
misdemeanors, leaving
appeals against sentence/conviction and
the more serious transgressions to the Visiting Justice (VJ).
Those appointed as VJs must either be lawyers or Justices of the
Peace.
Currently the majority of the 26
VJs appointed by the GovernorGeneral to deal with offences
against discipline and who hold
investigative powers regarding
the “treatment and conduct of
prisoners” are lawyers. However
hearings are robust (not trials per
se) and the skills I find most useful
as a VJ are those honed by practice in the hearings we administer
as judicial Justices in the District
Court. Lawyers do not have that
advantage, having always acted
on one side or the other.
The VJ appointment process is
lengthy, with an interview panel
headed by a District Court judge
considering those who are shortlisted. There is a two-day training
session run by the Federation (as
well as annual seminar days), but
as there is no formal mentoring or
professional assessment structure
it is fairly much sink or swim.
And, of course, the VJ sits alone.
The Corrections Act 2004, unlike the Land Transport Act 1998
and its myriad of regulations, is
fairly straightforward and offences are mostly strict liability.
There are 13 offences listed under s128. Possession of an illegal
item such as a cellphone counts
for 10% of hearings and offences
against good order another 12%.
Section 129 relates to drug-related offences, which are endemic.
Smoking-related offences remain
high on the list and have led to
other concerns when wires have
been stripped back and placed
in electrical sockets to generate a spark to light a makeshift
cigarette which may be made of
a nicotine patch and a page from
the Old Testament.
The investigative role is really
limited to one of inquiry about
individual cases, as there are no
enforcement provisions, and the
Act also established a separate
Prison Inspectors’ office which
prisoners can access via a free
telephone link.
Hearings proceed as they did in
the days of depositions
and prisoners/defendants are entitled to all
common law rights and
the same courtesies as
anyone appearing in
court. An interpreter is
available and prisoners are entitled to ask
for legal representation. When it comes to
penalty the “mitigating
circumstances” can be
interesting. One gentleman, currently residing in Paremoremo,
claimed he was upset
by the death of his
mother, forgetting that
he had used that excuse twice before.
I have sat in seven of
our 19 prisons. The biggest problem for the prisoner is boredom,
and for the administrators gang
strictures would be high on the
list. There are some great educational and rehabilitative programmes available for those who
qualify, but with 7000 new entrants a year they cater for the tip
of the iceberg.
The VJ role is a challenging one.
I always feel nervous but never
unsafe which is testimony to the
Corrections staff involved. Now
that Corrections prosecutors are
trained the hearing process has
become increasingly streamlined,
though there are some anomalies
like the archaic Punishment Book
which simply records the offence
details, the penalty and nothing in
between!
As a system, however, I think it
works. A prison is a closed community and good order is essential for both prisoners and officers. To maintain that, when issues
arise, an unbiased judicial role
has to be played and that is the
role of the VJ.
CONFERENCE 2014
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New Board
The Federation Board for
2014-2015:
back row, from left,
Gavin Evans (Southern
Regional Representative),
Wallis Walker (Auckland),
Kath Blair (Central),
Greg Weake (Immediate
Past President);
front row,
Rachael O’Grady
(Northern),
Graeme Kitto (President),
and Denise Hutchins
(Vice-President).
T
A SPECIAL HISTORICAL EVENT
of one another’.” Personally,
his Conference was
I was left with an enormous
a special historisense of having been part of
cal event for New
something important where
Zealand JPs as we
unity prevailed.
celebrated the introduction
of law enforcement in New
Special mention needs to be
Zealand some 200 years earmade of the organising comlier and the interfacing of two
Conference gift
mittee from the Far North ascultures.
sociation, with backup from
Northland, who very capably combined
As Gisborne association president Kaa huge celebration with a Conference in
ren Johansen remarked: “This Confersuch a stimulating and interesting way,
ence was a beautiful example of what
Bishop Manu Bennett described the
while also catering for a large group
Treaty of Waitangi as ‘a promise of two
of delegates, partners and guests, and
peoples to take the best possible care
providing opportunities for delegates
The Presidential
handover
to renew old friendships and forge new
ones. The parting gift of a specially engraved kauri tea-candle holder was a
lovely gesture.
We’ll leave the very last words to Joy
Quigley (right), on behalf of the organising committee:
“Thank you for
coming to our
2014 celebration Conference.
Our goal was to
give you a memorable experience with a traditional Ngapuhi
welcome
and
farewell, a fresh
look at the work
of our first Justice of the Peace
Thomas Kendall, wonderful
social events combining entertainment
with learning and an opportunity to
greet old friends and make new ones.
“Thank you, farewell and come again
soon.
“Until we meet again in
Auckland!”
Due to space constraints part
two of Philip Harkness’s article
on the history of JPs in New
Zealand will now be published in
the Winter issue
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CONFERENCE 2014
All eyes on korowai
The korowai
placed on the
shoulders
of new
Federation
President
Graeme Kitto
at his
installation at
Conference
was a star
of the show.
It was made
by his wife
LALITA HARI
for their
family . . .
I
t all started in 2007 when
my friend Tuaine Bailey
and I were asked if we could
make a korowai for a family
to give their mother on her 50th
birthday. Noting that it would be
a first, we agreed to do so.
Tuaine and I were attending raranga
(weaving) classes together and this
we saw as an extension and application of what we were learning. Our
first korowai was duly completed
and presented to a delighted and surprised 50-year-old.
Tuaine has made many more since
then. Her skill and experience proved
very useful as I worked on my own
first korowai for use by members of
our family.
These days there are a wide variety
of resources available, meaning that
many hours of work in preparing
muka (flax fibre) can be short-circuited. However, there are no shortcuts
to deciding on the design, involving
mathematics and sheets of graph paper, or to collecting and preparing the
feathers to decorate the cloak.
The pattern I decided on was one
that would recognise our ancestors
– Maori, Indian and Pakeha - and
specifically the individuals living
now, including the two women who
helped me undertake this task, my
friend Tuaine and our tutor Tuahana
Clark.
Apart from Graeme and myself, the
five children in our blended family
and the five grandchildren we share
are all represented in the pattern. By
implication, future generations are
provided for through descent from
these individuals.
The use of the black, white and red
thread represents a tongi (prophetic
saying) by a Maori king in response
to Te Heuheu of Ngati Tuwharetoa:
Kotahi ano te kohao o te ngira e kuhuna ai te miro ma, te miro whero,
te miro pango. A muri I a au kia mau
ki te ture, ki te whakapono, ki te
aroha. Hei aha te aha. (There is but
one eye of the needle through which
the white, red and black threads must
pass. After me, hold fast to the law,
faith and love. Forsake all else.) In
this instance, it illustrates the coming
together of the strands of our family
who first came to Aotearoa by waka,
by sailing ship and as steerage passengers on cargo ships.
Finishing it in time for Graeme to
wear as he was installed as Federation President at Waitangi, where
I have family connections on my
mother’s side, provided the incentive
to ensure it was completed – after a
very long time in the making!
NEWS
Page 13
I
Celebrating diversity
n this year of celebration of 200
years of service in New Zealand,
all JPs are invited to participate in
a project that will highlight our diversity.
To do this, we are asking that you send
in a photograph of yourself:
• dressed for work
• dressed to participate in a community
activity such as:
– sporting – as a player or referee/
umpire or staunch supporter
– cultural – festival/celebration or
performance or practice
– carrying out JP duties – in court or
at a service desk or with a client
elsewhere (but please do not show
the client’s or anyone else’s face as
we do not want to have to enter into
agreements to use their photo)
– taking part in the activities of another organisation such as church
or service club or interest group
• in the vicinity of a geographic or
man-made feature recognisable to
many from outside that location
• enjoying your hobby – quilting, painting, photography, modelling trains/
aircraft, whatever.
The photo should show head and shoul-
The Bicentennial Series
ders. If it is necessary or desirable to
show more of the body to highlight
your particular clothing, that’s fine.
The intention is that these photos could
be used for a display/displays and perhaps even photobooks to mark this Year
of the JP. So in submitting your photograph, you are agreeing that it be used
in this way.
While this is not intended as a fundraiser, should any use of the photos generate any income, it will be donated to the
JP Education Trust.
Please submit your photos in .jpg format to [email protected], preferably by June 20 2014. Please provide
your name and the association of which
you are a member.
If you are not sure about .jpg format,
just ask around a bit – there are lots
of others in your family, neighbourhood, or association and elsewhere
who will be pleased to assist you. –
Graeme Kitto for the JP Education
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Regaining trust key to
restorative justice
I
n his inaugural professorial lecture
last month, Chris Marshall, Victoria University of Wellington’s first
Professor of Restorative Justice,
has argued that the need to regain trust
is at the core of restorative justice.
Professor Marshall, who is internationally acclaimed for his pioneering work
in the restorative justice arena, and is a
qualified restorative justice facilitator
and trainer, took up the new position at
the beginning of this year. His inaugural
lecture was entitled “Restoring what?
The practice, promise, and perils of restorative justice in New Zealand”.
He said that restorative justice provides
the mechanisms to enable a victim to be
able to regain trust in a person who has
done them wrong - something the mainstream criminal justice system doesn’t
always do.
“Rebuilding trust requires such things
as honest explanation, apology, accountability to others, making good the
damage done in some way—the sorts
of things you would do in any relationship.”
Professor Marshall said that international research on the restorative justice
approach often shows a reduction in reoffending rates.
“However, its greatest success lies in
the high satisfaction rates of victims
who participate in it. The healing for
victims this approach can deliver is
hugely significant.”
He said that while restorative justice
has its roots in the youth jurisdiction,
use of restorative justice “conferencing” is now well established throughout
New Zealand’s criminal justice system
and is increasingly employed elsewhere
as well, including in schools, workplaces, the military, social work and human
rights work.
“This expansion of application is great,
but it creates real problems for how we
define the field. Some advocates emphasise the ‘justice’ part of the label,
while others emphasise the ‘restorative’
part.”
Restorative justice has received increased funding in recent budget
rounds, signalling increasing government interest in the approach.
“It still remains somewhat on the margins though. A major challenge for
theorists is to explain how what takes
place in a private encounter between the
victim and the offender relates to the interests of the larger justice system.”
The Chair in Restorative Justice, based
in Victoria’s School of Government,
provides a focus for collaborative research and teaching on restorative justice theories, policies and practices.
Objectives include undertaking interdisciplinary research, contributing to
public policy discussions, forging national and international collaborations,
offering professional development opportunities for practitioners and professionals, and providing teaching and
postgraduate supervision in restorative
justice theory and practice at the university.
Initial funding for the chair in Restorative Justice has come from a private family trust, the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Social Development,
Ministry of Education, Department of
Corrections, the New Zealand Police
and the New Zealand Defence Force,
through the Victoria University Foundation.
New Waikato Justices sworn in recently by Judge Phil Connell (with Graeme Kitto as the Waikato
association induction trainer at far left and Janet Williams, association senior vice-president at far right) are,
from left, Trevor Harris, Shirley Tuteao, Paula Southgate, and Banafsheh Ahmadi. Ms Southgate took the oaths
as an ex officio JP in her capacity as chair of the Waikato Regional Council.
OPINION
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First, do no harm
M
edical practitioners are
bound by what is colloquially referred to as
the Hippocratic Oath
and which, traditionally, is believed
to begin with the phrase “First, do no
harm …”.
During my research for this article I
discovered that those words do not
actually appear in the Oath, but what
does appear in another of Hippocrates’ associated writings (his Epidemics) is the phrase “… to do good
or to do no harm …”.
Hippocrates (460BC-370BC) was
a Greek physician during the Age
of Pericles who wrote many essays
on medical care, and spent some 20
years in prison for his trouble.
So what brings me, a person with
no medical expertise or experience,
save the occasional stint in hospital,
to research the life of Hippocrates
- the originator of the “First, do no
harm” philosophy?
Well, you’ll get an inkling from
this headline in a recent edition of
the New Zealand Herald: “Legal
highs linked to psychosis”. The introductory paragraph reported that a
Waikato dairy farmer who smoked
synthetic (read “legal”) cannabis became so paranoid that he thought his
cows were going to kill him, which
sent me to the legislation website for
a thorough perusal of the Psychoactive Substances Act 2013, which
came into force on July 18 2013.
The purpose of the Act, it says, is
to “… regulate the availability of
psychoactive substances in New
Zealand to protect the health of, and
minimise harm to, individuals who
use psychoactive substances …”.
Doesn’t it seem strange, to say the
least, for a government to have to
enact a law to protect its citizens
from something, in this case psychoactive substances, which that same
government, in passing the law, acknowledges are or have the potential
to cause harm to the populace?
What’s a psychoactive substance anyway? Generally speaking, it’s anything that can be, or is capable of, inducing a psychoactive effect, by any
means, in an individual who
Trevor cannabis, what is not widely
uses it. As an aside, note that
known is that it cannot be
the Act only refers to the “in- Morley JP detected by any current drug
dividuals who use psychoactests. As one US media report
tive substances”, and not that
said, back in November 2013,
individual’s family, friends,
“… harmful as it is, synthetic
associates etc who might be
cannabis is increasingly bejust as, or even more severecoming the hallucinogen of
ly, affected by the use of the
choice for many users – its
psychoactive substance by
ability to bypass urine drug
that individual.
tests likely a major factor
…”.
To be a little more precise,
medically speaking, a “psyDespite the number of US
choactive substance” is a chemical
states which have made synthetic
substance that crosses the bloodcannabis a psychoactive substance
brain barrier and acts primarily upon
and banned its manufacture, sale and
the central nervous system, where it
use, Associate Minister of Health
affects brain function, resulting in
Peter Dunne says that it is not posalterations in perception, mood, consible to enact a law in New Zealand
sciousness, cognition and behaviour.
which will cover any new psychoSuch substances can be deliberately
active substances as they come on
used to alter one’s consciousness, for
to the market, as the distributors
a variety of reasons and purposes.
change the chemical composition of
Thus, many psychoactive substanceach new batch of the drug to try and
es are abused, i e used excessively,
evade the law.
or without medical intervention, e g
But if they can do it in Puerto Rico
by prescription or doctor’s direction.
how come we cannot do it here?
With sustained use a dependence –
Surely it must be possible to draft a
read “addiction” – can result and
law which says, in effect, that if you
develop.
wish to be involved in the manuBut back to that Herald article, which
facture, sale and distribution of any
continued “… New Zealand is the
psychoactive substance, before you
only country in the world to adopt
do so you must first guarantee that
a pre-market clinical trial regime for
you will “do no harm” by manufacrecreational drugs … other countries
turing, selling or distributing your
are still applying … a straight ban,
psychoactive substance. At the moworded widely enough to cover all
ment the Health Ministry just resynthetic cannabis …”.
quires that the substance be of “low
Additionally, other media reported
risk” – whatever that means!
that over 40 US states, plus Puerto
How our politicians can believe that
Rico, have banned all dealing in
the legalising of psychoactive subsynthetic cannabis and totally outstances – of any type - was a good
lawed all dealing in any number of
idea baffles and confuses me. It was
synthetic psychoactive substances.
a decision that has had – and conSo why has New Zealand taken
tinues to have - momentous consesuch a drastic step in the opposite
quences not just for the users but
direction, by passing a law which,
also for their families and friends,
in effect, legalises the sale and use
as numerous media reports have atof what can only be described as a
tested. And if you missed some of
psychoactive substance and which –
them, and you found the notion of
as you can see from the above – can
the farmer who thought his cows
have such a devastating effect on a
were about to kill him was someuser and his/her family?
what unique, consider these reports
of people who had quite strange reIndeed, one of the effects of “legal”
actions to their use of a psychoactive
cannabis is that whilst in some aspects it mimics the effects of illegal
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and this might, in part, be blamed
on the growth of the synthetic cannabis market, i e “if the use of real
cannabis could get me a jail sentence why not use some of this legal
synthetic stuff?” So by legalising
genuine cannabis, which is what the
users would prefer, the market for
the more dangerous synthetic cannabis could wither and die.
Another side-effect of the decision
legalising the manufacture and use
of psychoactive substances is that
by legalising synthetic cannabis
politicians have given the users
the “excuse” that if it is legal then
it must be safe – why would the
Government have made it legal if it
wasn’t? As shown above, it isn’t.
Make no mistake, New Zealand’s
strategy of legalising the psychoactive substance synthetic cannabis
makes us a unique country. Outraged citizens have vented their an-
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4 Judicial decision that serves as a rule for
similar cases
5 The (Maori)
6 South African Olympian charged with
murdering his partner
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8 Radio DJ who upset listeners with derrogatory comments about Kiwi women
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are those of Trevor Morley and do
not represent those of the Federation or the editor. Mr Morley can be
contacted at [email protected]
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ger in protests from North Cape to
the Bluff. It is to be hoped that wiser
heads will prevail before too long
Perhaps we should introduce a Hippocratic Oath for members of Parliament to swear that, upon being
elected, they “will do no harm”!
Or we could, of course, adopt one
of the philosophical adages of that
great Scottish reformer William
(Billy) Connolly, who once said that
the expression of a desire by someone to be a politician should automatically exclude that individual
from ever becoming one.
I
• From previous page
substance, i e synthetic cannabis:
• a 23-year-old male committed
suicide in Tauranga after smoking
synthetic cannabis
• a teenager died after smoking K2
(a form of synthetic cannabis) –
an inquest concluded the cause of
death was his use/consumption of
synthetic cannabis
• a man trying to “surf” on top of a
moving bus fell off and died - he
was high on K2 at the time
• in the US the number of emergency room admissions nationwide due to the use of psychoactive substances rose from just 13
in 2009 to a whopping 567 in the
first six months of 2010.
It is interesting to note that some US
states are now decriminalising the
growing, sale and use of cannabis,
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JUSTICES APPOINTED
PURSUANT to section 3 (1) of the Justices
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Governor-General has been pleased to appoint the following persons to be Justices of
the Peace for New Zealand.
Abbott, Alistair Roderick, Hawera
Bredenbeck, Kim Maree, Huntly
Christmas, Jeremy John Lusk, Rotorua
Eagle, Casi Helen, Hokitika
Ewers, Gayle Teresa, Richmond
Gardiner, Ian Robert, Auckland
Gardiner, Davey Henare, Rotoiti
Harris, Leonard Phillip Wiremu, Kaiapoi
Johns, Andrew Arthur, Blenheim
Lanauze, Judith Ellowynne, Chatham
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Lindsay, Mary Teresa, Southland
Mason, Colin Bruce, Hamilton
Rahr, Peter Viggo, Otaki
Thelning, Carolyn Joyce, North Otago
Unwin, Noel Robert, Wairoa
Ure, Alison Veronica, Wyndham
Virk, Rupinder Singh, Hamilton
Waihi, Georgina Myrtle, Hastings
Watson, Susan Linda, Opotiki
Whaitiri, Dale Iona, Chatham Islands
Whiteman-Thorne, Raewyn Gladys,
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Hon Chester Borrows
Associate Minister of Justice
Above, led by President Greg Weake (front, nearest camera), Justices and partners attending Conference 2014 approach Te Whare Runanga (the House of Assembly) at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds for a powhiri (formal welcome)
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