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The almost completed new Ruatoria courthouse and Heartland Services Centre was burnt to the ground last night by fire, Courts Minister Matt Robson says.

Extra funding for the Waitangi Tribunal will see inquiries covering historical claims completed by 2010, four years earlier than expected.

Extra funding for the Waitangi Tribunal will see inquiries covering historical claims completed by 2010, four years earlier than expected, Courts Minister Matt Robson said today.

The thirteen courts at Dargaville, Warkworth, Te Kuiti, Opotiki, Wairoa, Waipukurau, Taihape, Marton, Feilding, Rangiora, Balclutha, Queenstown and Gore will remain open, providing the current registry services, as they do now. The two courts at Ranfurly and Lumsden, which have not sat for a number of years, will close.

An innovative new service set up last year to help Pacific youth appearing before the Youth Court at Manukau will receive $127,000 to continue it for a further year.

‘Pay up or we will track you down’ is the message to people who refuse to pay fines and reparations to victims, Courts Minister Matt Robson said today announcing $36 million additional funding over four years to expand the Fines Collection Call Centre.

Work that took months to complete can now be completed in days, Minister for Courts Matt Robson told a gathering at Parliament tonight celebrating the success of the Mäori Land Court modernisation.

15 February 2002Media Statement

Matt Robson welcomes first Pacific Island judge.

Courts Minister Matt Robson today welcomed the appointment of Judge A’e’au Semi Epati to the District Court bench.