You do not need a lawyer to request your records. But sometimes having a lawyer can be useful, especially if you are thinking of making a claim.
Rapua tētahi pokapū ture hapori mō te tohutohu ture kāore nei he utu. Ka taea e tētahi rōia kei te pokapū ture hapori te tuku tohutohu ki a koe, engari kāore e taea e ia te whakakanohi i a koe.
Ka taea hoki e tētahi rōia kei te pokapū ture hapori te rapu haere mehemea e māraurau ana koe ki te pūtea āwhina ā-ture.
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Ko te pūtea āwhina ā-ture, he momo pūtea taurewa hei āwhina ki te utu i ngā nama o te rōia. Mehemea kāore e taea te utu tētahi rōia, tērā pea ka māraurau koe ki te pūtea āwhina ā-ture. Ka taea koe te āwhina e te rōia pūtea āwhina ā-ture ki te tono atu ki te pūtea āwhina ā-ture.
Ka taea te pātai atu ki te rōia māna e tuku amuamu, e wero rānei:
I mua i te kōkiri i te mahi ā-ture, me whakamātau te tuku amuamu ki te Mana Mātāpono Matatapu i te tuatahi, kāore nei he utu o tēnei huarahi.
Rapua ngā kōrero mō te āwhina ka taea e te Mana Mātāpono Matatapu.
Mehemea kei te hiahia koe ki te tuku i te kerēme mō te utu paremata mō te tūkinotanga i rongo ai koe, ka taea te kōwhiri me whai i te huarahi ture ki te akiaki i te tari kāwanatanga, i te whare rānei nō te hāhi e whai takohanga ana.
Mehemea kua oti i a koe tētahi kerēme nō waho i te kōti mō te tūkinotanga i te whare kāwanatanga, kāore tēnei e whai pānga ki tō tika ki te tuku i te kerēme mō te utu paremata.
Ehara i te mea me pēnei, engari ka taea e koe te kōwhiri mā tō rōia e tuku i te kerēme mōu. Ki te pēnei koe, ka taki kōrero te tari kāwanatanga ki tō rōia, mā tō rōia tonu e whakamōhio i a koe mō te haere o tō kerēme.
Ka taea hoki e koe te tuku te kerēme mehemea e māraurau ana koe, engari he pai tonu te whai rōia ki te tohutohu i a koe.
Mehemea kāore tonu tō rōia, he pai tonu te whai i tētahi tautoko kē. Rapua ngā kōrero mō te tautoko e wātea ana.
Ka taea hoki te kōrero ki tō rōia mō ngā kōwhiringa mehemea kei te kerēme koe i tūkinotia koe i te whare kāwanatanga, engari kāore koe I te whakaae ki te utu paremata ka tukua e te tari kāwanatanga ki a koe.
Ākona he kōrero anō mō te tuku kerēme mō te tūkoinotanga nō mua.
Rapua tētahi rōia mā:
Mehemea ka taea, me rapu tētahi rōia e whai wheako ana ki ngā mahi tono i ngā pūranga kōrero, ki ngā mahi e pā ana ki te tuku kerēme mō te tūkinotanga.
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Here records means the information an organisation has kept / made about a person.
Here in the care or guardianship of others means when an organisation is put in charge of a person and decides things like:
A guardian is an adult put in charge of the care of a person.
A guardian should:
Redress means to make something right when something wrong has been done.
Redress for a person who has experienced abuse in care can include things like getting money:
Click here to learn more about Kōnae - My Records Guide.
You can get free legal advice from a Community Law centre.
Legal advice is when a person like a lawyer tells you information you need to know about the law.
A law is a rule made by the Government that everybody must follow.
A lawyer at a Community Law centre:
Here represent is when:
Click here to find a Community Law centre near you.
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Legal aid can support you to pay for a lawyer if you need legal services.
Legal aid is:
Here a loan is when you:
A Community Law centre lawyer can support you to find out if you can get legal aid.
Click here to find a legal aid lawyer.
Click here to find out more about legal aid.
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You can ask a lawyer to support you to make a complaint if you do not get the records you have asked for.
A lawyer can support you when:
Redact means hiding / taking out some information in a document.
This could be because there is information about other people in your records.
This is often done with a thick black line.
You have to pay to get legal services from a lawyer.
If an organisation has not given you the information you asked for you can complain to the Privacy Commissioner before you contact a lawyer.
The Privacy Commissioner deals with complaints about your rights to get your personal information.
The Privacy Commissioner knows why an organisation may not be able to give you the information you asked for.
These reasons are set out in the Privacy Act.
The Privacy Act is a law that tells organisations how information must be:
Click here to learn more about making a complaint to the Privacy Commissioner.
Here a claim means you have asked a government agency for redress.
You can make a legal claim for redress about the abuse you experienced when you were in care at a:
Faith-based institutions are run by religious groups like churches.
You can agree to a lawyer doing this for you.
Click here to find out more about making a claim for redress.
You do not have to use a lawyer to make a claim for redress.
If you decide to use a lawyer:
You should get support if you decide to make your claim by yourself.
Click here to find out about support you can get.
You can talk to a lawyer if the Government has:
Click here to find out more about making a claim about abuse in government care.
You can ask someone you trust to tell you if they know a good lawyer.
There are lawyers listed on websites like:
Here are some ways you can find a lawyer.
Click here to go to the New Zealand Law Society website
Click here to go to the Law Association website.
Click here to find out how to contact your local branch of the New Zealand Law Society.
Try to find a lawyer who has experience in:
Working with a lawyer to get your records about when you were in care can make you feel lots of things.
It can be good to have someone to talk to about it.
You can talk to your:
Kōnae has information on where to get support you if you want to talk about how it feels to get your records.
Click here to find out what support you can get.
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