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NZDSOS criticises BSA after being listed as a ‘broadcaster’

New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science (NZDSOS) has accused the Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) of overreach after it was briefly listed as a...

Davidson apologises after arriving late and losing Right to Repair Bill

Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson has apologised after her Consumer Guarantees (Right to Repair) Amendment Bill was struck from Parliament’s agenda when she arrived...

How ‘sex became gender’ and why New Zealanders need to know

The pervasive influence of gender ideology In New Zealand brought to light. A disturbing push to redefine human rights laws, and create frameworks for education...

Reflection: The lack of a Constitution in New Zealand

I wrote this piece back in March 2021 during my Masters in Legal Studies at the University of Auckland... …little did I realise back then,...

JP removed from office over misrepresentation of qualifications

Associate Justice Minister Nicole McKee has announced that Fale Andrew Lesa has been removed from office as a Justice of the Peace and a...

Injunctions to continue in Tom Phillips case

An injunction preventing publication of certain details in the investigation into Tom Phillips remains in force after High Court Justice Helen Cull confirmed on...

HelloFresh fined $845,000 for misleading customers

Meal-kit company HelloFresh has been fined $845,000 by the Auckland District Court after pleading guilty to five Fair Trading Act breaches for misleading former...

Peters blasts BSA over move to regulate podcasts and online media

NZ First leader Winston Peters has accused the Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) of “Soviet-era Stasi” censorship after the agency asserted jurisdiction over online broadcasters...

TVNZ warns Talley’s defamation case could cripple NZ journalism

TVNZ has warned that a defeat in Talley’s Group’s defamation case could have far-reaching consequences for the country’s media, including bloggers and independent writers. The...

Bankers ordered to pay $12.1m after court finds dishonesty in carbon offset partnership

A long-running dispute over the collapse of a carbon offset venture has ended with the High Court in Wellington finding bankers Will Leckie and...

Government moves to expand police surveillance powers spark privacy fears

The Government has announced plans to amend the Policing Act to reaffirm police powers to collect and retain images in public places, a move...

Three more nations are ditching the ICC – here’s why

When leaders of Sahel states speak of ‘foreign sponsors of destabilization’, they are referring directly to France, the UK, the US, and NATO. Late last...

Apple’s Siri accused of eavesdropping on users – Politico

French prosecutors have opened a criminal probe into the US tech giant over allegations it recorded users without their consent. French prosecutors have opened a...

Missouri Court upholds $611m Roundup verdict

The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld a US$611 million verdict against Bayer's Roundup weedkiller, reinforcing juries' findings that glyphosate exposure can cause cancer. The case...

Family Court blocks media from publishing details about Phillips children

At a 15 September hearing in Hamilton, Family Court Judge Garry Collin issued wide-ranging interim injunctions to protect the privacy and welfare of Tom...

Identical ACC dispute rulings spark concerns over independence

Lawyers are questioning the independence of ACC’s dispute resolution process after discovering multiple identical rulings issued by the Independent Complaint and Review Authority (ICRA),...

Top U.S. court rejects appeal from Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell

The convicted paedophile’s girlfriend argued that she was shielded from prosecution by an earlier plea deal. The US Supreme Court has rejected Ghislaine Maxwell’s bid...

HDC finds systemic failures in rural hospital toddler death

The Health and Disability Commissioner (HDC) has found major systemic failings in the death of a three-year-old boy at a rural hospital in 2020,...

Chilean worker wins court battle after being accidentally paid 300 times his salary

A Chilean office worker has won a court case against his former employer, Dan Consorcio Industrial de Alimentos de Chile, after being mistakenly paid...

Class action accuses Australia’s ‘Work for the Dole’ programme of discriminating against Aboriginals

The Australian government is facing a major class action lawsuit alleging its Work for the Dole program discriminated against Aborigines. Lawyers from Maurice Blackburn argue...

Fired ANZ trader confronted over ‘offensive’ messages as court battle resumes

A long-running unfair dismissal case against ANZ in Australia has reignited in the Federal Court, with former senior trader Etienne Alexiou grilled over a...

Tribunal lets $350K stillbirth care claim against Health NZ proceed

A woman whose baby was stillborn in 2018 is pursuing $350,000 in damages from Health NZ Taranaki after the Health and Disability Commissioner (HDC)...

The New Zealand Parliament is constitutionally unlawful

There must be a Peoples Referendum to choose a new Constitution. I do not recall what led me to the website of Investigative Journalist Ian...

Love wins — Alanna Ratna

Love is the strongest force the world possesses and yet it is the humblest imaginable. — Mahatma Gandhi Last week, Alanna Ratna, a doctor who...

Australian state broadcaster ordered to pay extra $150K for unfair sacking of presenter over Gaza post

Australia’s Federal Court has ordered the state broadcaster ABC to pay an additional AUD $150,000 in penalties after unfairly sacking fill-in radio presenter Antoinette...

MPs on record that Pfizer’s NZ Provisional Approval was illegal in May 2021

Lawfare under the microscope: how US Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) was suddenly, unethically and undemocratically adopted by the New Zealand Parliament. “I’ve got to say...

Horner leaves Red Bull with reported €60m severance payout after controversial exit

Christian Horner has formally left Red Bull, securing a reported €60m (£52m) severance package after his sacking as team principal in July, one of...

Courageous heart – Alanna Ratna

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. — Martin Luther King This week, Alanna Ratna, a doctor who...

Macron to attempt to prove in U.S. court his wife is a woman

The French leader has filed a defamation suit against US right-wing commentator Candace Owens for alleging Brigitte Macron was born male. French President Emmanuel Macron...

Electronic bail absconds surge thirteenfold in a decade

Figures show electronic bail absconding cases in New Zealand have soared from 64 in 2015 to 832 in 2024, with the absconding rate rising...

Urgent adoption law change risks leaving overseas children stranded

Immigration and adoption specialist Stewart Dalley has warned that New Zealand’s urgent changes to section 17 of the Adoption Act could leave overseas children...

Supreme Court rejects Pascoes’ direct appeal in Mt Messenger Case, directs matter to Court of Appeal

Supreme Court declines to hear Pascoes’ direct appeal of Mt Messenger High Court decision without the benefit of any views of the Court of...

High Court rejects Kim Dotcom’s bid to halt extradition

Kim Dotcom has lost his latest bid to block extradition to the United States after the High Court dismissed his challenge to Justice Minister...

High Court overturns $70K costs order against Poutama Rangatira in Mt Messenger case

The High Court has overturned an Environment Court ruling that ordered $70,000 in costs against three Poutama rangatira and kaitiaki involved in the Mt...

Court grants temporary suppression order in Tom Phillips case

The High Court has issued a 48-hour suppression order connected to the Tom Phillips case after an urgent application by lawyer Linda Clark on...

Lawyer convicted over red paint attacks on National MPs’ offices

Auckland barrister and activist Hannah Lucy Swedlund, 28, has been convicted for orchestrating and carrying out red paint vandalism on National Party electorate offices,...

Resist Gender Education condemns Law Commission proposals on girls’ rights and single-sex schools

The Law Commission’s latest report, Ia Tangata, has drawn strong criticism from advocacy group Resist Gender Education (RGE), which says the recommendations threaten the...

U.S. court rules Google can keep Chrome but must share search data with rivals

A US federal judge has ruled that Google will not have to sell its Chrome browser or Android operating system but must stop exclusive...

NZ Outdoors and Freedom Party pushes for stronger Bill of Rights to protect medical freedom and fundamental rights

NZ Outdoors and Freedom Party (NZOFP) is extremely concerned about the serial undermining of fundamental rights by governments and our courts and supports urgent...

NZ First introduces Bill to protect against ‘Digital ID’ overreach

New Zealand First has today introduced a Member’s Bill that would ensure physical identification remains a valid and equal alternative to fully digital identification. The...

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