Evidence Act 2006 Westlaw Lexis Nexis
Click Evidence Act above to go to s 45 and see below for definitions
s 4
visual identification evidence means evidence that is—
(a) an assertion by a person, based wholly or partly on what that person saw, to the effect that a defendant was present at or near a place where an act constituting direct or circumstantial evidence of the commission of an offence was done at, or about, the time the act was done; or
(b) an account (whether oral or in writing) of an assertion of the kind described in paragraph (a).
voice identification evidence means evidence that is an assertion by a person to the effect that a voice, whether heard first-hand or through mechanical or electronic transmission or recording, is the voice of a defendant or any other person who was connected with an act constituting direct or circumstantial evidence of the commission of an offence
Some Relevant Authority
s 45 Admissibility of visual identification evidence R v Harney 2011 NZSC 107, R v Peato [2009] NZCA 333.
s 46 Admissibility of voice identification evidence: R v Check [2009] NZCA 548.
s 126 Judicial warnings about identification evidence: R v Hohepa [2008] NZCA 316.