Te Kāhui Tātari Ture (Criminal Cases Review Commission) is an independent Crown entity that reviews potential miscarriages of justice and refers appropriate cases back to the appeal courts. Te Kāhui Tātari Ture will also undertake outreach and education and from time to time, undertake inquiries into systemic issues found during investigations. As part of our mahi, Te Kāhui reviews cases from the across the criminal justice system in Aotearoa. While Te Kāhui employs a qualified Review and Investigations team, due to the complexity and difficulty of the cases received by the Commission there will always be a need for independent, specialist advice or skills.

Given this complexity and the varied nature of the cases that come before Te Kāhui it is not financially prudent, nor viable, to employ every skill set that may be required to investigate, analyse or provide specialist advice on every case, across our small team. Additionally, as New Zealand has a small, tight knit investigative and legal community there is high likelihood of conflict(s) arising. Given these needs, Te Kāhui will need to engage external specialist advisory to support our mahi and enable us to deliver upon our statutory purpose and requirements efficiently. Please note that for clarity, we are not seeking to procure specialist advisers under section 10 of the Criminal Cases Review Commission Act 2019.

As part of this Registration of Interest (ROI) we are seeking responses from specialists in the following categories:

• Investigators
• Lawyers
• Psychiatrists / Clinical Psychologists
• Forensic Scientists and Pathologists
• Forensic IT Specialists

This is an opportunity to work with a new organisation, the likes of which Aotearoa has not seen before. Te ao Māori is at the heart of our organisation, and we are the first Criminal Cases Review Commission in the world to be established where there is an indigenous population. Working with us gives you a chance to be part of something truly impactful, powerful and ground-breaking in the New Zealand justice system.

Please complete your response to this ROI on the provided template, completing only the sub category section(s) applicable to your response.

For clarity, we expect to run this procurement process as a two stage process:
1. An ROI with pre-conditions
2. Closed RFP to shortlisted participants