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The Week in Detail: Strippers, truancy, and the Breakers
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
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Diversity in sport: Why the first openly gay All Black matters
Why was it such a watershed moment for a former All Black to come out as gay? Audio
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Entrenchment use under the grill in Standing Orders review
The use of entrenchment in law-making in this country has had a sound grilling at the Standing Orders Committee which is conducting its ongoing regular review of Parliament’s rules. Audio
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Parliament cancels a reservation: explaining 'entrenchment'
Parliament began its final sitting block of the year this week by cancelling a reservation it made two weeks ago. No, it wasn’t for a Christmas function. It was confusing, but we can help with that. Audio
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When courts tell parliament 'no', what next?
The Bill of Rights (Declarations of Inconsistency) Amendment Bill is the sort of legislation that constitutional law experts absolutely love but that may bore us to tears, until we realise it’s… Audio
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Legal challenge over MIQ "complex and tricky": Law Professor
The legal challenge to the government's MIQ system enters its second and final day today. The case is brought by the Grounded Kiwis group which is arguing people have been stranded overseas for far… Audio
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Law with Dean Knight - Public law palooza
A look at some of the major events in public law this year, particularly some very important cases from the courts in the last few months. Dr Dean Knight, is an Associate Professor Faculty of Law and… Audio
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Rushed laws a "constitutional disgrace" - law prof
While the National Party was in the throes of its leadership crisis last Wednesday night, Parliament's Speaker had hours earlier taken the highly unusual step of lambasting the Labour government over… Audio
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Speed shows natural divide
By design there is a gulf between parliaments and governments. It is most obvious when government asks Parliament to go faster. Audio
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A parliament smaller than a select committee
Unsatisfied with select committee grilling and rejecting a virtual parliament, National and ACT will meet Labour in a parliament that's smaller than a select committee.
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Expert analysis: Govt temporarily shuts border to India
Otago University epidemiologist Professor Nick Wilson looks at whether a two week suspension of arrivals from India is long enough, and from the Victoria University School of Law, Associate Professor… Audio
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What's on the government law radar for 2021?
Law commentator Dr Dean Knight joins Kathryn to look at how the legal year in the courts, parliament and elsewhere is shaping up, and some high-profile hearings before the Supreme Court. Dr Dean… Audio
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Covid-19: Police prosecuting rule breaches, but not called in over people defying isolation orders
The police have now prosecuted nearly 1000 Covid-19 related breaches, but are not being called upon to take action against people defying isolation or testing orders.
Recent violations have stoked… Audio
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Constitutional culture through Covid-19
Dr Dean Knight joins Philippa Tolley to look at what the pandemic might tell us about our constitutional culture, the values and instincts of those charged with exercising public power. Audio
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Justified, but unlawful: A ruling on lockdown legality
The High Court has released its ruling into the legality of the first lockdown. Lawyer Andrew Borrowdale had taken the Director General of Health to task, on whether he had the legal authority to put… Audio
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The pandemic and public law
Law correspondent Dr Dean Knight looks at how legal issues and challenges that arose over the lockdown haven't gone away, next week the High Court will hear the legal challenge to level 3 and 4… Audio
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Questions over police powers in lockdown
Police are adamant they enforced lockdown rules appropriately, despite advice from Crown Law they had little to no power to enforce them early on.
Leaked emails show a Crown Law opinion warned the… Audio
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The legality of the lockdown
Law correspondent Dr Dean Knight joins Kathryn to discuss the decision by the Director General of Health to issue an additional section 70 notice under the Health Act 1956 and how it addressed many of… Audio
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What's the legal basis for the lockdown
Dr Dean Knight joins Kathryn to talk about the remarkable suit of legal powers the government has deployed during the coronavirus crisis. What are some of the rule-of-law implications? Dr Dean Knight… Audio
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State of Emergency extended - legal experts call for clarity
The Prime Minister is expected to extend New Zealand's state of emergency for a further seven days this afternoon.
The hasty announcement of the state of emergency last week, and enactment of the… Audio
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Aoteaora beyond the monarchy
Audio 16 Jan 2020The royal family and the monarchy have been all over the headlines this week, but it can easy to forget that we're still ruled by the royal family in New Zealand. Audio
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Reflections on the recent Brexit chapter
Law commentator Dean Knight has been in the UK as a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics and used the time to closely follow the Brexit happenings. He'll join Susie to talk about the… Audio
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Supreme Court 'biggest constitutional mic drop in 50 yrs'
The British Supreme Court has ruled that the decision by the British prime minister Boris Johnson to prorogue or suspend parliament for five-weeks was unlawful. Dr Dean Knight is the co-director of… Audio
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How powerful are judicial reviews?
We hear about lots of cases where people are seeking a judicial review of decisions of ministers, officials or public bodies - such as activist Mike Smith's challenge to the government's decision on… Audio
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Our new Chief Justice in the Supreme Court
Dr Dean Knight, co-director for the NZ Centre for Public Law at Victoria University of Wellington joins Kathryn to discuss the process of swearing in a new Chief Justice. Dame Sian Elias finished her… Audio
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Dean Knight's Top 3 Public law awards for 2018
It's been a busy year for public law, with numerous developments on different fronts. Dr Dean Knight lists his top events of the year including Arthur Taylor and the Bill of Rights, Free Speech and… Audio
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Law: Freedom of Expression
What are the legal interpretations of the cancellations of Stefan Molyneux, Lauren Southern and Don Brash speaking events? Dean Knight - Senior Lecturer at the School of Law at Victoria University -… Audio
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Auckland stadium report controversy takes new turn
There's a new turn in the controversay around Auckland's downtown stadium report with a public law specialist saying councillors should not be restricted in their access to it. Two have complained to… Audio
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Auckland councillors 'have grounds' to see Goff's report
A public law specialist says Auckland councillors may have good grounds to demand full access to a report on a downtown stadium. The mayor Phil Goff ordered the report last year via a council agency… Audio
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Legal commentator Dean Knight
Dean Knight is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Law at Victoria University. Today he discusses two Supreme Court cases relating to the ban on prisoners voting. Audio