Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Notice of End of Process for Making and Determining Victims’ Claims

Take notice that, pursuant to part 2 (subpart 2) of the Prisoners’ and Victims’ Claims Act 2005 (“Act”), compensation awarded to Stanley Hinga was paid to the Secretary for Justice on 26 April 2018, and the surplus was paid into the victims’ claims trust account on 9 May 2018 on behalf of Stanley Hinga to enable any victims of that offender to make claims against it.

And that notice was given by publication in the New Zealand Gazette, 15 May 2018, Notice No. 2018-go2260, in the daily newspapers in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin on 12 May 2018, and on the website of the Ministry of Justice on 11 May 2018, of the sum of money paid into the trust account, and the entitlement of victims of the offender to claim against this money and the manner to do so.

Under section 32(1)(b) of the Act, the Secretary for Justice has now paid out all of the money held in the trust account on behalf of Stanley Hinga.

Further Queries Should be Directed to: The Secretary, Victims’ Special Claims Tribunal, DX SX11159, Wellington 6146. Phone: (04) 462 6713. Fax: (04) 462 6686.