What the check is?
Provides a criminal record check showing convictions in New Zealand.
What the value is?
Confirms a candidate’s criminal history in New Zealand.
What does it check?
Ministry of Justice records for convictions.
Why do you do it?
Helps make informed hiring decisions and manage risk, especially in trust-heavy roles.
How often does it need to be checked?
At hire; regularly (every 1–3 years) for regulated or high-trust roles.
Is this industry specific? If yes, what industries?
Healthcare; aged care; education; financial services; government; high-trust sectors.
Risk of not doing it?
You risk hiring someone with undisclosed convictions.