9 Nov 2022
WOOD v NEW ZEALAND POLICE [2022] NZHC 2936
- Citation
- [2022] NZHC 2936
- Court
- High Court
The parenting order exception is confined to communications that directly relate to the care or contact of the children; a text solely about divorce did not fall within that exception and was not an objectively reasonable excuse for contravening the protection order, so the District Court conviction and sentence were lawful and must be upheld.