Law
Hearing on judge should continue on public interest grounds, panel told
A hearing to determine whether a judge accused of misconduct should be investigated, despite the fact they no longer hold office, has wrapped up this afternoon.
The Panel with Niki Bezzant and Raj Chakraborti (Part 2)
Panellists Niki Bezzant and Raj Chakraborti discuss the common law movement, the 2022 Community of the Year, and talk to the Dunedin barber hanging up his clippers after 68 years. Audio
Employment law matters around vaccination mandates
Vaccination mandates will be removed for all but Health, Corrections and Border workers from midnight tonight and an employment law advocate says she's never been busier Today is also the last day… Audio
Why one council is trying to change electoral law
Explainer - Rotorua's council is pushing for an electoral law change. How did we get here?
Top UK judges resign from Hong Kong's highest court
The judges say China's new national security law has made their role on the highest court untenable.
Behind the story: The secrecy around how we police the police
RNZ investigative journalist Guyon Espiner explains to The Detail the secretive the workings of our police watchdog, the Independent Police Conduct Authority. Audio
Covid: Can employers force you back to the office?
Changes to vaccination mandates and who is covered by them will kick in next week, but what impact might that have on private employers considering their own vaccination policies? And as the omicron… Audio
Australia federal government planning to toughen migration laws
The federal government in Australia says it is confident it has the numbers to toughen up its migration laws when the Senate votes on it either this week or in May.
If passed, the Migration Amendment… Audio
Unvaccinated surgeons fined $12,000 for seeing patients
Two eye surgeons have been fined for breaching Covid-19 health orders by seeing patients without being vaccinated.
Number of children harmed in state care rising
The number of children being harmed in state care is rising.
The latest figures from Oranga Tamariki show eight percent of all children in state care - up from six per cent in 2018.
VOYCE Whakarongo… Audio
Improvements have been made for children in care, despite abuse rates rising - Oranga Tamariki
An Oranga Tamariki manager says improvements have been made despite the number of children abused in state care rising.
Its latest figures are the worst since the Ministry for Children began… Audio
Advocate on NZ taking refugees from Australia
A backdown from the Australian government that will see hundreds of refugees allowed to resettle here.
New Zealand will take 150 a year for three years under a deal that's been nine years in the… Audio
Amnesty International on Australian detention centres
Amnesty International is a longtime critic of Australia's treatment of refugees.
It has described the treatment of asylum seekers in detention centres as abbhorrent and amounting to torture.
New… Audio
Australian backdown ends limbo for refugees
An extraordinary backdown by the Australian Government will see hundreds of refugees loosed from limbo and allowed to resettle in New Zealand.
But the near-decade delay means the breakthrough brings… Audio
Green Party reacts to Australia letting NZ take refugees
In a major u-turn, Australia has accepted a longstanding offer from New Zealand to take refugees from detention centres in the Pacific.
As a result, this country will take 150 refugees a year for… Audio
Cabinet agrees to 'a landmark change' in engineers' regulation
Law changes aimed at cracking down on poor engineering are being hailed as a landmark.
'Lawful and reasonable': Employers can insist on workers being office-based
Don't expect to continue working from home if your boss wants everyone back in the office, a lawyer says. Audio
"Complaints process too slow"- volunteer firefighter
A volunteer firefighter who made a complaint of sexual harassment against a senior officer has been stood down for two years waiting for the case to be resolved, while the respondent involved has… Audio
Covid-19: Lawyer on company rights after mandates end
Many of us have become comfortable with working from home in our pajamas during the Omicron outbreak, but those days are now limited with Covid-19 restrictions being eased.
Employment lawyers say… Audio
The limits on lawyers’ pro bono work
The Detail looks at why thousands of lawyers face restrictions on whether they can do pro bono work.
