New Zealand Criminal Record Check: Requirements, Coverage, and Process

## Who is the source of criminal check data in the New Zealand? Ministry of Justice ## What details are required from the candidate to submit the check? - **First Name** - **Last Name** - **Date of Birth** - **Consent** - **Passport/ID Copy**: can be current or expired within the last 2 years, but cannot be cancelled or defaced and must show the candidate's signature. - New Zealand Driver License - New Zealand Passport - Overseas Passports - **Current Address** - The full current address of the candidate ## What is covered in the criminal check? The copy of the Criminal Record issued by the Ministry of Justice has nationwide coverage, including citizens and foreigners over 18 years of age. The certificate issuance is subject to the candidate’s explicit consent and is intended to serve the particular purpose indicated during the application process. The Ministry of Justice reserves the right to issue or reject the issuance of the certificate after careful assessment and scrutiny of the nature of the request. The Certificate contains information for all of the following criminal convictions or offences, except those deleted by rehabilitation laws or considered spent: - Theft - Robbery - Blasphemy - Apostasy - Adultery, sodomy, fornication - Crimes involving bodily harm - Bribery - Trafficking, and drug abuse - Misuse of public force - Offences committed by public servants - Offences against the public interest - Offences against the private interest - Offences against the public authority, influence, and fraud, perversion of justice, refusal to assist justice - Disobedience to judicial orders - Obstruction of public service - Offences against state guarantees - Usurpation - Guarantee of the national economy - Felonies and misdemeanours against the general interest (e.g., public safety, offences against the public peace, public economy, public health, public decency; public worship) - Felonies and misdemeanours against the private interest (e.g., killing, harm, intentional force, private liberty, sexual offences, personal tranquility, confidence, property, insolvency, children, and family - Simple offences - Violations of Public Decorum including traffic violations (speeding, running traffic lights, drink driving, etc.) The legal prescription of a sentence varies, depending on the type of offence committed and the sentence pronounced. ## Restrictions, Exclusions, Limitations: No Potential Limitations. ## Period covered by the check The records are kept based on the legal prescription and rehabilitation periods applicable for each type of conviction provided by the local regulations in New Zealand. All the records are maintained by The Ministry of Justice of New Zealand. The authority receives the request conducts a detailed review and issues the certificate based on the above. ## What is the expected turnaround time? [Here](https://zincwork.com/turnaround-times). ## Privacy statement The details contained in this report should not be used as the sole reason for making a decision. Zinc Work Ltd is not liable for any inaccuracies or incompleteness in the information appearing in this report since it is provided to Zinc Work Ltd by third parties. This report has been produced for the purchaser of the report and Zinc Work Ltd will have no liability to loss.