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.
Saili se community law centreopen_in_new mo fautuaga faaletulafono e aunoa ma se totogi. O se loia i le ofisa tau tulafono e fautuaina oe ae e le mafai ona fai ma ou sui.
O le loia foi i le ofisa tau tulafono e mafai ona fesoasoani e saili pe e te agavaa mo le fesoasoani tupe tau tulafono (legal aid).
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O le legal aid o se tupe nono e fesoasoani i le totogiina o sau loia. A lē gafatia le tau o se loia, e te ono agavaa mo se fesoasoani tupe tau tulafono. O le loia legal aid e fesoasoani e talosaga tupe lea mo oe.
E mafai ona e fesili i le loia e fesoasoani i le faiga o lau faasea po o le lu‘itau:
A o e le‘i filifili e uia ala faaletulafono taumafai e faamuamua ona e faasea i le ofisa o le Privacy Commissioner, e le totogiina la latou auaunaga.
Saili pe faapefea ona fesoasoani atu le Privacy Commissioner
A e fia manao e faaulu sau tagi faaletulafono i le tau faaleleia o mea na tutupu o sauaga na faasauaina ai oe, e mafai ona e filifili pe faasaga i le malo po o faalapotopotoga e faavae i le faatuatua na fitoitonu iai.
O lou aiā tatau e faia ai lea mea e lē aafia pe afai na faia se tagi i fafo atu o le faamasinoga e uiga i sauaga anamua a o tausia faaletulafonoina.
E le faapea o se mea e tatau lava ona fai, ae mafai ona e filifili iai sau loia e faauluina lau tagi faaletulafono mo oe. A e faia, o le ofisa o le malo o le a fesootai i lau loia ma o lau loia o le a faailoa atu pea ia te oe le faagasologa o lau tagi.
E mafai foi ona e faaulu lava e oe lau tagi faaletulafono pe a e agavaa, ae e aoga tele pe a iai se loia e fautuaina oe.
A leai sau loia, atonu o se mea lelei le iai o sau lagolago. Saili o a fesoasoani o iai.
E mafai foi ona e talanoa i lau loia e uiga i nisi mea e tutupu pe a e faaulu se tagi faaletulafono i le faasauaina ao nofo puipuia i le malo, ae le taliaina le taui ua ofo atu.
Malamalama i le faauluina o tagi faaletulafono mo le faasauaina fai fai pea a o tausia faaletulafonoina.
Saili se loia e ala:
A mafai, taumafai e sue se loia e iai le poto masani i le talosagaina o faamaumauga ma/pe tagi faaletulafono ao faasauaina ao puipui faaletulafono.
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This Easy Read is about what to do when you:
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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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