X v The King

[2025] NZHC 104

NOTE: PUBLICATION OF NAME, ADDRESS, OCCUPATION OR IDENTIFYING PARTICULARS OF APPLICANT PROHIBITED BY S 200 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2011. SEE

IN THE HIGH COURT OF NEW ZEALAND AUCKLAND REGISTRY

I TE KŌTI MATUA O AOTEAROA TĀMAKI MAKAURAU ROHE

CRI-2024-404-000044

[2025] NZHC 104

BETWEEN

X

Applicant

AND

THE KING

Respondent

Hearing:	On the papers
Appearances:	D P H Jones KC for Applicant E J Hoskin for Respondent
Judgment:	10 February 2025

JUDGMENT OF ANDREW J

[Further take-down orders]

This judgment was delivered by me

on 10 February 2025 at 3.30 pm, pursuant to r 11.5 of the High Court Rules

Registrar/Deputy Registrar Date:

X v R [2025] NZHC 104 [10 February 2025]

Introduction

[1]                 In my judgments dated 29 April 2024,1 15 May 20242 and 14 October 2024,3 I made takedown orders and granted the applicant permanent name suppression.

[2]                 By memorandum dated 31 January 2025, counsel for the applicant has advised that further URLs have recently become visible which need to be disabled, together with the corresponding Google search results for a website and an image, in order to give effect to my judgment of 29 April 2024.

Decision

[3]                 For the reasons given in my earlier judgment of 29 April 2024, I grant the further orders sought. I order that the entities set out below take down the URLs on their sites:

These subparagraphs are redacted and will be omitted from all copies of this decision, other than the original on the Court file and the copy delivered to counsel.

Andrew J

1      X v R [2024] NZHC 983.

2      X v R [2024] NZHC 1205.

3      X v R [2024] NZHC 2986.