Notes from December Council Meeting

• AJPA is grateful to be the recipient of a funding grant from the lotteries commission
• Royal Federation Conference 2026 will be held in Dunedin from 27 February to 1 March.  AJPA will provide some funding to support three five Justices to attend the conference. See the call for expressions of Interest.
• There have been amendments to legislation that directly affect Justices of the Peace
  • Family Proceedings (Dissolution of Marriage or Civil Union for Family Violence) Amendment Act 2024
  • Oaths and Declarations Act 1957

Further information is available on our website www.jpauckland.org.nz, on the Ministry Of Justice website https://www.justice.govt.nz/  and will be provided in training workshops in 2026.

• We need more Justices to support the Manurewa, Ōtara, Ōtāhuhu, Manukau, Māngere, and Papatoetoe service desk rosters. Please email  Don Graham don@jpauckland.org.nz if you are available to assist in one or more of these areas.
• AJPA Registrar’s office will be moving from level one to level 4 of the Auckland District court on Monday December 15th. There may be some temporary interruptions to communications due to this move
• Holiday hours for services desks across the city will be posted on the AJPA website.