Media Centre
Welcome to the Ministry of Justice media centre. The media centre brings together useful information for reporters working on justice sector stories.
Contact details
The Ministry of Justice has several contacts for media enquiries covering different areas of the Ministry.
Corporate and Policy
For enquiries relating to the Ministry, policy, security and legal aid matters:
Phone: (021) 636 416
Email: media@justice.govt.nz
Public Information
For enquiries relating to Courts, including:
- the Supreme Court
- the Court of Appeal
- the High Court
- District Court
- Family Court
- Youth Court
- Environment Court
- Employment Court
- Waitangi Tribunal
- Maori Land Court
- other special tribunals and authorities
- collection of fines and reparation.
Phone: (04) 918 8836 or (027) 689 0667
Email: courts.media@justice.govt.nz
Office of Treaty Settlements
For enquiries relating to settlements of historical Treaty of Waitangi claims being negotiated with the Crown:
Phone: (04) 494 9800 or (027) 483 2295
Email: ots.media@justice.govt.nz
Waitangi Tribunal
For enquiries relating to claims before the Waitangi Tribunal:
Phone: (04) 918 8836 or (027) 689 0667
Judiciary
For enquiries relating to the judiciary:
Phone: (04) 496 3980 or 027 233 7825
Note: You should direct enquiries relating to other justice sector agencies to the responsible agency, for example, Police, Corrections, Crown Law Office, Serious Fraud Office, and so on.
Other core justice-sector agencies
The following is a list of websites for core justice-sector agencies other than the Ministry of Justice:
Child, Youth, and Family
www.cyf.govt.nz
Corrections
www.corrections.govt.nz
Crown Law Office
www.crownlaw.govt.nz
Judiciary
www.courtsofnz.govt.nz
Parole Board
www.paroleboard.govt.nz
Police
www.police.govt.nz
