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Pacific law expert agrees Samoans living abroad shouldn't vote in Samoa's elections. Audio

Former Gloriavale residents say they're sceptical about government plans to pass a law banning modern slavery, saying nothing has been done to stop the practice over decades at the West Coast… Audio

Community Law Aotearoa says they are happy the government has imposed a list of standards to emergency housing providers.

Although they're not mandatory, if providers follow the standards they will… Audio

A clinical psychologist and domestic violence specialist is calling for a specific law to tackle stalking, saying the current piecemeal approach isn't working for victims. Stalking and harassment are… Audio

Almost a hundred people gathered in Auckland Central on Monday night for the National Party's first Law and Order meeting of the election campaign.

Residents and store owners shared stories about… Audio

A promised shakeup to the law governing charities is being criticised as a missed opportunity to make real changes and has instead delivered additional layers of complication. The Charities Amendment… Audio

It's been decades in the making, but there will be major changes to the way we regulate medicines, medical devices and natural health products.  Audio

National is promising to change the longstanding GE laws if it becomes the government, so which sectors might move first in response? Audio

A bank manager discovers his fiancée's parents may not be who they say they are in The Out-Laws. (Streaming on Netflix) Video, Audio

A Pacific community leader wants the government to fast track law changes to ban immigration dawn-raids.

An independent report is calling for a ban or restrictions on arresting overstayers in their… Audio

PNG's anti-corruption agency doubtful over law changes for domestic terrorists Audio

A criminal lawyer says the National Party's law and order policies, announced at its national conference over the weekend, are a bit shallow.

Those ideas include a 40 percent limit on a judge's… Audio

National Party justice spokesperson, Paul Goldsmith, says his party's plans to crack down on crime will send a strong message to criminals.

He says the policy will reduce crime and admits it will put… Audio

Technology correspondent Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about the Commerce Commission's Telecommunications Monitoring Report and why rural telecoms is now the main political and regulatory… Audio

Legislation tackling a power imbalance in the grocery industry is among several bills that wound their way through the committee stage in Parliament this week. Audio

Let's begin in Australia - joining Nathan Rarere from Brisbane is our correspondent Pam Corkery. Audio

Government officials are warning there are serious flaws in plans to disaster-proof critical infrastructure like phones, power and roads. Legislation to ensure there isn't a repeat of the crippling… Audio

Fulbright scholar becomes the first Kanak to graduate from Harvard Law School. Audio

The Government has announced a crackdown on the sale of vapes to curb the numbers of young people using them From August, vapes will need to have batteries and new shops won't be able to open within… Audio

Time now to head to Japan for the latest from our correspondent Chris Gilbert. He told Nathan Rarere Japan's loneliness epidemic is getting worse so the government is battling it by passing… Audio

A law aimed at stopping freedom campers leaving number twos around the country side is crap according to opponents who say they will continue fight it.

The Self Contained Motor Vehicle… Video, Audio

Long sought change is on the horizon for surrogate parents and families. The government has announced it will fast track a bill, introduced by Labour MP Tamati Coffey, which is currently before Select… Audio

The Government is calling for a bipartisan approach to the reviewing of New Zealand's security and intelligence laws.

There are 52 recommendations in a new report on the country's spy agencies.

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"Nothing to do with us." That was the conclusion of Crown Law staff after "a cursory glance" at new evidence strongly suggesting Alan Hall was innocent.

Hall had his conviction for the 1985 murder of… Audio

An independent report has cleared Crown Law of any wrongdoing despite it failing to act on evidence of Alan Hall's innocence four years ago.

The Supreme Court last year cleared Mr Hall of the 1985… Audio