Te ke lava ‘o kole ho‘o lekooti´ ‘i he malumalu ‘o e lao ki he malu‘i ‘o e ongoongo´ pe ‘oku ‘iloa ko e Privacy Act (pē ko ha to e fakamatala fekau‘aki mo koe) mei´ ha ngāue‘anga ‘oku ‘i ai ho lekooti´, kau ai mo e ngaahi potungāue ‘a e pule‘anga´.
Fakatatau mo e lao´, ‘i he taimi ‘oku´ ke ‘eke ai ho lekooti´, kuo pau ke faka‘atā atu ‘e he potungāue pe kautaha´ ke ke sio he lekooti ‘oku kau ai ho fakamatala fakafo‘ituitui´ (hangē ko eni´, ko hono ‘oatu ‘a e tatau ‘a ho‘o ngaahi lekooti´).
Fekumi ki he fakangatangata fakatatau ki he ngaahi ‘uhinga fakalao ‘e ‘ikai lava ke faka‘atā ai koe ki he ngaahi lekooti´.
‘Oku ‘i ai ho‘o totonu fakatatau ki he lao malu‘i ‘o e fakamatala fakafo‘ituitui´ ke ke ma‘u ho‘o lekooti´ ‘i he fokotu‘utu‘u te ke fiema‘u´, mo e ngaahi fakangatangata pē ‘e ni‘ihi. To e fekumi ange fekau‘aki mo ho‘o totonu ke ke sio ki ho‘o lekooti´ ‘i he fōtunga pē te ke fili´open_in_new.
‘I hono ma‘u ho‘o kole´ ‘e he potungāue´ pe kautaha´, ‘e fiema‘u leva kenau ngāue ki ai ‘i loto he ‘aho ‘e 20 ki hono tuku atu ha tali pē ‘oatu ha tatau ho lekooti´ mo ‘enau fakafuofua ki he fuoloa pea ke toki ma‘u atu´.
‘E lava pē ke fuoloa ange ‘i he ‘aho ‘e 20 ‘enau ngāue ki hono tuku atu ha tatau ho‘o lekooti´.
‘O kapau he ‘ikai ke nau tuku atu ha ngaahi fakamatala, kuo pau kenau ‘oatu ha ‘uhinga (hangē ko ‘eni´, ‘o kapau kuo mole ha konga ia ho lekooti´ pē ‘osi faka‘auha).
Ko e ngaahi konga ho lekooti´ ‘e vali ‘aki ha vaitohi ‘uli‘uli (‘osi hono to‘o ‘a e fakamatala´), mo e konga ‘e ‘ikai ‘oatu kiate koe koe‘uhi´ ko ha ngaahi ‘uhinga fakatatau ki he lao malu‘i ‘o e fakamatala fakafo‘ituitui´. ‘I he ngaahi keisi ‘e ni‘ihi, kā ‘oku tātāi taha ‘ene hoko´, ‘e hilifaki atu hā totongi kae lava ke toki ma‘u ho lekooti´.
Ka e pangoo´, ko e lekooti ‘a e kakai ‘e ni‘ihi te nau toki fakatokanga‘i na‘e ‘ikai tokanga‘i fakalelei pea kuo mole, maumau‘i, pē faka‘auha ia.
To e fekumi ange´ ki he ‘uhinga ‘e si‘isi‘i pe kehe ai ‘a e lekooti te ke ma‘u´ mei´ he me‘a na‘a´ ke ‘amanaki ki ai´.
To e fekumi ange´ ki ho‘o ngaahi totonu´ fakatatau ki he lao ‘o e fakamatala fakafo‘ituitui´ pe Privacy Act.open_in_new
Fakatatau ki he lao faka‘ofīsiale ki he ma‘u‘anga fakamatala´ pe ‘oku ‘iloa ko e Official Information Act (OIA) ‘oku ‘i ai ho‘o totonu ke ke kole ha ngofua ke sio ki he fakamatala ‘ofīsiale ‘oku tauhi ‘e he ngaahi potungāue ‘a e pule‘anga´.
Ko e ‘Fakamatala faka‘ofīsiale´’ pe ‘oku ‘iloa ko e 'Official information' ko e fakamatala ‘oku tauhi ‘e he va‘a ngāue ‘a e pule‘anga´. ‘E fakakau ‘ai ‘a e:
Ko e fakakātoa´, ‘i he taimi na‘a´ ke fakahoko ai ‘a e kole ki he fakamatala faka‘ofīsiale´, na‘e totonu ke hanga ‘e he va‘a ngāue ‘a e pule‘anga´ ‘o faka‘atā atu ‘a e fakamatala ‘oku ma‘u´ kiate koe tukukehe kā ‘oku ‘i ai ha ‘uhinga lelei ke ‘oua ‘e fakahoko, hangē ko ia ‘oku fokotu‘u atu ‘i he lao faka‘ofīsiale´ pe OIA.
‘I he ngaahi keisi hāhāmolofia ‘e ni‘ihi ‘e ‘i ai ‘a e fiema‘u ha totongi kā te lava ‘o ma‘u ‘a e fakamatala faka‘ofīsiale´.
To e fekumi ange ki ho‘o ngaahi totonu ki he fakamatala mei´ he ngaahi potungāue ‘a e pule‘anga´open_in_new.
Ko e lao faka‘ofīsiale´ pe OIA ‘oku to e ngāue‘aki ki he:
Teke lava ‘o kole ‘a e lekooti fakau‘aki mo e fāmili´ (kāinga pē kakai mei he matakali tatau etc = whānau) ‘oku nau kei mo‘ui´ pē kuo nau ‘osi malōloo´.
Kā neongo ia, kapau ‘e ‘ikai te ke ma‘u ha ngofua mei´ he kau mēmipa ho fāmili´ ke fakafofonga‘i kinautolu pē ma‘u ha mafai fakalao ke ke fakafofonga‘i kinautolu, he‘ikai tuku atu ‘e ha potungāue pe kautaha honau lekooti´ kiate koe.
Ko e angamaheni´, fakatatau ki he kupu‘i lao ki he malu‘i ‘o e fakamatala fakafo‘ituitui´ pe Privacy Act, ko e fakamatala pē ‘oku ‘i ai ho‘o totonu ki ai´ ‘a ē ‘oku fekau‘aki mo koe´.
To e fekumi ange pe te ke lava ‘o ma‘u ha fakamatala fekau‘aki mo e fāmili´ fakatatau ki he Lao Malu‘i ‘o e fakamatala fakafo‘ituitui´ (Privacy Act).open_in_new
‘O kapau ‘oku te‘eki ai ke fakamafai‘i koe ‘e he kau mēmipa ‘o e fāmili´ pē ko ha tohi fakamafai fakalao, te ke kei lava pē ‘o sio ki ha konga ‘o e ngaahi fakamatala mei´ he potungāue kehekehe ‘a e pule‘anga´.
Fakatatau ki he Lao Fakaofīsiale ki he Ma‘u‘anga Fakamatala´ pe (OIA), ‘e faitu‘utu‘uni pē ‘a e ngaahi potungāue ia ‘a e pule‘anga´ ki hano faka‘atā koe ke ke sio ki he lekooti ‘a ho fāmili´ ‘oku kei mo‘ui´ pē kuo nau ‘osi pekia´, ‘o fakapalanisi ai ‘a e ngaahi totonu ‘o e kau mēmipa ho fāmili´ ki he malu‘i kinautolu ‘aki ho‘o totonu ko e kāinga ofi.
‘O kapau te ke kole ha lekooti mei´ ha falehopo, ‘i ha keisi ‘oku ‘ikai koe taha faihia´ koe pē tokotaha mamahi´ ‘e lava pē ke ‘ikai tali ho‘o kole´ ‘e he Fakamaau´.
‘O kapau te ke ‘eke ha lekooti hopo mei ha feitu‘u kehe, hangē ko ha ngaahi potungāue pe kautaha tokoni ki he kau faingata‘a‘ia´, ‘e ngāue‘aki leva ‘a e lao angamaheni´ ki he malu‘i ‘o e fakamatala´ mo e lao faka‘ofīsiale´ pe OIA. ‘I he taimi ‘e ni‘ihi ‘o kapau kuo ‘i ai ha tu‘utu‘uni mei´ he fakamaau‘anga´ pē ko ha tu‘utu‘uni ke ta‘ofi hono tukuange atu ‘a e ngaahi lekooti´ kia koe´.
To e fekumi ange´ fekau‘aki mo e ‘eke‘i ‘a ho lekooti´ ‘i he fakamaau‘anga´.
Kimu‘a hono paasi ‘o e lao ki he totonu ‘a e mātu‘a totonu´ mo e fānau pusiaki´ pē ohi´ ki honau fakamatala fakafo‘ituitui´ (na‘e toki ngāue‘aki ‘a e kupu‘i lao ia he ‘aho 1 ‘o Ma‘asi 1986), ‘e fie fili ‘e he mātu‘a totonu ‘a e toko taha ohi´ ke ta‘ofi hano tukuange ‘ena fakamatala fakafo‘ituitui´.
‘Oku ‘uhinga ia ki ha fakamatala pē ‘e lava ‘o ngāue‘aki ke tuhu‘i pau ‘a e ongo mātu‘a totonu´ ‘oku ‘ikai fakangofua ia ke tukuange mai ki he tokotaha ‘oku ohi (pē pusiaki‘i).
Fakatātā ‘aki eni, ‘o kapau ‘e tapu‘i ke fakaatā ‘a e fakamatala fekau‘aki mo kinaua´, ‘e ‘ikai lava leva hona hingoa´ ke ‘asi ‘iho tohita‘u´ kimu‘a hono ohi koe´.
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This Easy Read webpage is about what your rights are when you want to access your records from the time when you were in the guardianship and care of others.
Here access means being able to get the information you want about the time you were in the guardianship and care of others.
Here records means the information an organisation has kept / made about a person.
Here in the care and 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 change of the care of a person.
A guardian should:
Here a legal right means there is a law that gives you the power to do something like ask for your records.
A law is a rule made by the Government that everybody must follow.
You have the right to ask an organisation like a government agency for your personal information.
Personal information means information about you.
You have the right to access your records under the Privacy Act.
The Privacy Act is a law that tells organisations how information must be:
When you ask for your records organisations should give you:
Click here to learn about the reasons you may not be given access to your records.
There may be some information missing in the records you get.
Sometimes some information may have been redacted from your records.
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.
Click here to learn more about redactions.
There may be reasons under the Privacy Act why an organisation cannot give you all the records you have asked for.
Sometimes you may be asked to pay some money to get your records.
People have told us that their records:
Click here to learn about why you might not get all the information you asked for.
You can contact the Privacy Commissioner if you have not been given the information you asked for.
The work the Privacy Commissioner does is guided by the Privacy Act.
Click here to find out more about your rights under the Privacy Act on the website of the Privacy Commissioner.
This website is not in Easy Read.
You have the right to ask for information from a government agency.
Government agencies must follow the Official Information Act.
The Official Information Act tells government agencies what to do with official information they have.
The Official Information Act is called the OIA for short on this website.
Official information is information the government has that is not personal information.
You can ask for official information.
Official information:
Official information you might get can be things like:
Here policies are the rules that organisations follow to do their work.
Other official information you might get can be complaints made to a government agency about:
Some other organisations have to follow what the OIA says.
These other organisations:
Tertiary education is about education that happens after high school like university.
A school board is a group of people that makes decisions about running a school.
A government agency may let you see information about your whānau / family under the OIA.
They have to decide if it is the best thing to do for your family member.
Usually if you ask for official information it should be given to you.
Click here to find out more about your rights to get information from government agencies on the Ombudsman website.
Information held by a court is not covered by the:
A court is a place where legal things about the law are worked out.
The court may decide not to give you the records you have asked for.
This can be because you were not part of the legal matters that took place in court.
You can ask for court records from other organisations like Disability Support Services.
These places should follow the rules set out in the:
They cannot give you the information if there is a reason like the court has said no.
Click here to learn more about asking for court records.
A law was made in 1986 called the Adult Adoption Act.
Here adoption is a legal word that means:
Before 1986 a birth parent could say no to putting their information on your birth certificate.
Birth parents are the parents when the baby was born.
A birth certificate is a legal document that has information like:
This means if you are the adopted person you:
A pre-adoptive birth certificate is the birth certificate of a baby before they were adopted.
Click here to find out more information about how to ask for a pre-adoptive birth certificate.
Getting your records about when you were in the guardianship and care of others 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 if you want to talk about how it feels to get your records.
Click here to find out what support you can get.
These webpages are not in Easy Read.
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.