Court-referred Restorative Justice

A court-referred restorative justice project is operating in Auckland, Waitakere, Hamilton and Dunedin District Courts. The programme is available for certain criminal offences in the adult court.

What is Restorative Justice?

Restorative justice is a process that aims to put things right for the people who have been victims of offences. It does this through a meeting between the victim and offender called a restorative justice conference. At a conference:

victims can have a say and focus on their needs
offenders can say what they have done and take responsibility for putting things right

Conferences are safe and private and run by trained facilitators.

Victims and offenders are encouraged to have support people with them.

The conference is voluntary. It will take place only if the victim and the offender agree to participate.

More Information

For more information please refer to the booklet and newsletters, available through this website. You can also contact the Restorative Justice Coordinator in each of the courts involved in the project:

Dunedin District Court Lower Stuart Street Private Bag 1925 Dunedin Phone (03) 471 5170	Waitakere District Court Ratanui Street PO Box 21164 Henderson Phone (09) 916 5268
Auckland District Court Corner Kingston & Albert Sts Private Bag 92020 Auckland Phone (09) 916 9224	Hamilton District Court Anglesea Street Private Bag 3060 Hamilton Phone (07) 957 7816

Information is also available from:
The Ministry of Justice
PO Box 180
Wellington

Phone (04) 918 8800