Law
Fast Track Approval Bill: Watchdogs seek substantial curbs on ministers' powers
The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment says the role of ministers as decision-makers should be scrapped.
Fly tipping a massive problem in Tairāwhiti
Fly tipping is a huge problem in Tairawhiti which is on track to hit 700 tonnes of illegally dumped waste this financial year. Gisborne District Council's solid waste manager Phil Nickerson speaks to… Audio
Watch: Three strikes policy to return with tweaks
The coalition will reintroduce the sentencing law later this year - but it will be slightly different than last time.
US passes financial aid package, potential US TikTok ban
US lawmakers worked overtime on Saturday - passing three bills in a wide-sweeping foreign aid package. The BBC's Thomas Mackintosh spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio
Call for law affecting people with limited decision-making ability to be axed
The legislation requires such significant reform it needs to be replaced, the Law Commission says.
No stalking law is 'embarrasing'
The Panel talks to CEO of Women's Refuge Dr Ang Jury about how dangerous stalking is, and how the police need it to be a criminal law for things to improve. Audio
Call for a specific law to address stalking
A call tonight for a specific law to address the crime of stalking. It follows revelations police failed a young Auckland law student who was later brutally murdered by a man she'd complained to them… Audio
Calls to make stalking a crime after student's murder
The current law isn't fit for purpose, a clinical psychologist says. Audio
The Panel with Nuwanthie Samarakone and Allan Blackman (Part 1)
Tonight on The Panel Wallace is joined by panellists Nuwanthie Samarakone & Allan Blackman to discuss the governments plan for fast track consents. They also discuss whether the public sector job cuts… Audio
Tech: Where does software fit in the right to repair movement?
Technology commentator Alex Sims joins Kathryn to discuss the issue of the right to repair, which also covers the right to use and maintain goods. As more of what we use comes to rely on software to… Audio
Corrections knew of solitary confinement law breach
A scathing report by the prison inspectorate has found inmates in three units at Auckland jail at Paremoremo were not allowed out of their cells for the minimum requirement of an hour a day… Audio
Corrections broke law over solitary confinement
Corrections has been repeatedly breaking the law, effectively putting dozens of men into solitary confinement - some for more than two hundred days, according to a report by the prison inspectorate… Audio
Draft code of conduct for lobbyists 'watered down, meaningless'
Transparency International says a draft code of conduct for lobbyists has been so watered down from the initial version, it is meaningless. Audio
Judge finds Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins, defamation case fails
Australia's Federal Court has found, on the balance of probabilities, Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins at Parliament House in 2019.
Whakaari White Island owners to have appeal heard in August
The High Court in Auckland has set a date of 12 August for the hearing, for four days.
I Was There When: The Ngāi Tahu claim was settled
Back in 1998, Otākou kaumātua and key Ngāi Tahu negotiator Edward Ellison was sat in the public gallery when his iwi's landmark settlement was passed in parliament. Audio
Lifting rapist's name suppression would ignite 'firestorm', lawyer argues
A judge earlier rejected permanent name suppression - but let it continue to allow an appeal.
Lawmakers worry tobacco companies will outsmart ban
Lawmakers are worried tobacco companies will outsmart the government's looming ban on disposable vapes. The ban is set to come into force by the end of the year - along with new retailer restrictions… Audio
Swiss women win unprecedented climate change case
"We are not made to sit in a rocking chair and knit," said one of the older Swiss women who won.
Convicted Cook Islands politician appeals sentence
Convicted Cook Islands politician appeals sentence. Audio
