Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Notice of Payment into Victims’ Claims Trust Account

A compensation payment has been made to Nuku Te Ari Ngaki Tawa-Winiata in respect of a specified claim under the Prisoners’ and Victims’ Claims Act 2005 (“Act”).

The Act requires that after the Secretary of Justice makes certain deductions from the compensation payment, the surplus remaining goes into the Victims’ Claims Trust Account to enable victims of Nuku Te Ari Ngaki Tawa-Winiata to make claims against it.

Any money left after any victims’ claims have been paid will be paid to Nuku Te Ari Ngaki Tawa-Winiata.

On 14 December 2021, $25,000.00 was paid into the Victims’ Claims Trust Account on behalf of Nuku Te Ari Ngaki Tawa-Winiata.

The money paid into the Victims’ Claims Trust Account is held in trust for Nuku Te Ari Ngaki Tawa-Winiata until it has been paid out in accordance with subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Act.

Any person who has been a victim of Nuku Te Ari Ngaki Tawa-Winiata, in respect of an offence for which Nuku Te Ari Ngaki Tawa-Winiata was convicted in a Court of New Zealand, is entitled to make a claim against the money held in the Trust Account on behalf of Nuku Te Ari Ngaki Tawa-Winiata.

Claims by victims are not limited to the amount available in the Trust Account.

Claim forms, and information on how to make a claim, may be found on the Tribunal’s website (www.justice.govt.nz/tribunals/victims-and-justice/special-claims) or obtained from: The Secretary, Victims’ Special Claims Tribunal, DX SX11159, Wellington. Phone: (04) 462 6660. Fax: (04) 462 6686. Email: PVC@justice.govt.nz

All claims must be filed on or before 11 July 2022.