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Attempt to get Auckland father out of jail in controversial case
4+ hour, 15+ min ago (1710+ words) Prefer Newsroom on Google In what could become a significant test of how New Zealand courts deal with disputed medical evidence, an Auckland father at the centre of Melanie Reid’s latest investigation is seeking bail while he appeals his conviction....
Precedent-setting ruling in ‘legal chicken’ with car dealer
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (94+ words) Newsroom Business news in association with A Christchurch car dealership has been ordered to refund a customer the full purchase price of a new Opel Mokka-e EV after she endured a long ordeal of defects and “substandard after-sales service”. Nelson…...
A warm welcome to the next planeload of 501 undesirables
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (553+ words) Prefer Newsroom on Google Detective Superintendent Greg Williams, the director of the National Organised Crime Group, reckons we need to move on from blaming 501s for where we’re at with methamphetamine. It’s true, they had a huge influence on how New…...
A new law, targeting abusers who weaponise their pets
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1153+ words) Prefer Newsroom on Google When his wife and children wouldn’t do what he wanted them to, he lined them up in front of the goldfish tank and tipped chemicals into it so the kids would see their pets die. This…...
My encounter with embattled cop Kevan Verry
2+ week, 3+ hour ago (1378+ words) Prefer Newsroom on Google Note: This article contains graphic descriptions of violence. Comment: Seven years ago, I was a wanted man. Not by police, but by a clan of fringe conspiracy theorists who believed I had prior knowledge of the…...
When taking your child to hospital feels like landing on Mars
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1413+ words) Prefer Newsroom on Google Comment: A father told me recently he’d taken his baby to hospital because of vomiting – and found he’d landed on Mars. The father had brought his son in for vomiting – but he landed in a world…...
Wrongfully accused, wrongfully convicted and still waiting for justice
2+ week, 6+ day ago (846+ words) Prefer Newsroom on Google This article is about how I first came to hear of Zita and Ravi’s plight and became a voluntary advocate for them in their struggle against the many arms of the state. I am still involved,…...
Kiwi families need an agency that does good, not just looks good
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1650+ words) Prefer Newsroom on Google Comment: The statutory mandate governing child protection in Aotearoa New Zealand carries a profound legal and moral weight. Under the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989, a statutory social worker is tasked with an immense responsibility: to “form a…...
'If we think it's abuse, it's abuse"
3+ week, 4+ hour ago (1250+ words) Prefer Newsroom on Google Since at least the 1990s, the idea that certain unexplained injuries in infants are “highly indicative” of abuse has been standard practice in hospital child protection units, including Starship Hospital’s Te Puaruruhau. However, a recent criminal trial…...
The ‘planned obsolescence’ driving our imprisonment industry
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (435+ words) Prefer Newsroom on Google Comment: In these difficult times, when even the Prime Minister regularly intones as a mantra that “we know that many Kiwis are doing it tough” – other Kiwis, that is – it is heartening to see the Government…...