A Guide to Ministry of Justice Criminal History Checks
Guide for employers wanting to use the Ministry of Justice criminal history check process.
READ: Why get a check
READ: How to use the service
LINKS: Other useful guide
Why get a check?
You can get a check done if you want to be aware of any convictions a potential candidate has. These are useful in high trust roles.
Please note a criminal history check is not the same as a police check. A police check shows all police information on a person and can only be accessed if you require these under a relevant act e.g. Vulnerable Children's act.
How to use the service
This is a service run by the Ministry of Justice, MyHR cannot run this process for you.
To find out about the service go here; https://www.justice.govt.nz/criminal-records/get-someone-elses/
We have linked two useful guides at the top of this article.
Other useful related guides:
https://www.justice.govt.nz/assets/Third-Party-User-Guide-FINALv2.pdf
https://www.justice.govt.nz/assets/Third-Party-Administrator-User-Guide-FINAL.pdf