In some cases, diversion may still be available even if this isn’t your first offence, or if you’ve had diversion before, or if you’ve been to the Youth Court – for example:
if the new offending is the result of an underlying problem (for example alcohol or drugs) that’s likely to respond to counselling
if the consequences of not offering you diversion would be out of proportion to the seriousness of the offence
if the previous offending involved quite different offences or was a number of years ago.
For information about the Youth Justice system, go to www.youthlaw.co.nz