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Question 19427 (2026)
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Deborah Russell
List MP · Labour Party
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Has he received any advice on whether any comparable jurisdictions internationally have retrospectively legislated to extinguish an active climate change tort proceeding that had been reinstated by its highest court, and if so, what does that advice say?
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Hon Paul Goldsmith
List MP · National Party · Minister of Justice
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I have received a range of advice from the Ministry of Justice officials on tort related issues. This advice has been proactively released on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.justice.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Publications/Proactive-release-Policy-decisions-on-proposals-for-targeted-statutory-reform-of-public-nuisance-tort.pdf