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.
Fakasio ha senitā lao faka-komiuniti ki ha fale‘i fakalaoopen_in_new ‘oku ta‘etotongi. ‘E ‘i ai ‘a e loea ai te ne fale‘i koe kā he ‘ikai te ne lava ‘o fakafofonga‘i koe.
Ko e loea ‘a e senitā lao ‘a e komiuniti´ te ne lava ‘o tokoni atu ke ‘ilo‘i pē ‘oku ke ma‘u ‘a e totonu ki he tokoni fakalao´.
Aotearoa Disability Lawopen_in_new is a community law centre that helps Deaf and disabled people.
Ko e tokoni fakalao ko ‘eni´ ko ha nō ‘oku tokoni ki he fakamole ‘a ha loea. ‘O kapau ‘e ‘ikai ke ke lava ‘o totongi ha loea, ‘e malava.
Te ke kole ki ha loea ke tokoni atu ke fakahoko ha‘o lāunga pē to e vakai‘i:
Kimu‘a pea ke fai ha faka‘ilo, feinga ke ke toumu‘a lāunga ki he ‘ōfisi ‘o e Komisiona malu‘i ongoongo pe ‘oku ‘iloa ko e Privacy Commissioner , he ‘oku ta‘etotongi ‘enau ngāue´.
Kumi pe ‘oku fēfē ha tokoni atu ‘a e Komisiona malu‘i ongoongo´.
‘o kapau te ke fie fakahoko ha ‘eke huhu‘i ki ha fakatonutonu ha fehalaaki ki he fakamamahi na‘a´ ke tofanga ai, te ke lava ‘o fili ke faka‘ilo ‘a e pule‘anga´ pē ko e potungāue faka-siasi´.
Ko ho‘o totonu ke fakahoko ‘a e faka‘ilo´ ‘e ‘ikai uesia ia ‘o kapau kuo´ ke fakahoko ‘a e ‘eke huhu‘i ‘i tu‘a (‘ikai ko falehopo) ‘o e hisitōlia ‘a e fakamamahi ‘i he nofo‘anga ‘a e pule‘anga´.
‘Oku ‘ikai pau ia ke ke fakahoko, kā ‘e lava ‘ai ha loea ke ne fakahoko ‘e ia ho‘o ‘eke huhu‘i´. ‘O kapau te ke fili eni, ‘e fetu‘utaki atu leva ‘a e fakafofonga pule‘anga´ mo ho‘o loea´ pea ‘e fakafonufonu atu leva ‘e ho‘o loea´ ‘a e tūkunga ‘oku ‘i ai ‘a ho‘o ‘eke huhu‘i´.
Te ke lava pē foki ‘e koe ‘o fakahoko ho‘o ‘eke´ ‘o kapau ‘oku´ ke ma‘u ‘a e makatu‘unga ‘oku fiema‘u´, kā ‘e kei ‘aonga lahi pē ke fale‘i koe ‘e ha loea.
‘o kapau ‘oku ‘ikai ke ‘i ai ha‘o loea, ‘e to e lelei ange ke ke sio ki ha tokoni ‘e taha. Kumi atu ko e hā ‘a e tokoni ‘oku ala ma‘u´.
Te ke lava pē foki ‘o talanoa ki ho‘o loea´ fakau‘aki mo e ngaahi fokotu‘utu‘u ke fai ‘o kapau te ke fakahoko ha ‘eke huhu‘i ki he fakamamahi he nofo‘anga ‘a e pule‘anga´, kae ‘ikai kē tali ‘a e fakatonutonu ‘oku tuku mai ‘e he fakafofonga pule‘anga´.
Fekumi fekau‘aki mo e fakahoko ha ‘eke‘i ‘a e hisitōlia ‘o e fakamamahi´.
Fakasio ha loea ‘aki ho‘o:
‘o kapau te ke lava, kumi ha loea taukei ‘i he ‘eke lekooti´ mo e/pē ko e ngaahi ‘eke huhu‘i he fakamamahi ‘i he nofo‘anga pule‘anga´.
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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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More Easy Read information is available.
Click here to visit our Easy Read library webpage.
Click here to learn about who made this Easy Read.