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Bosses can ask but workers do not have to tell - that is the legal advice on whether employees have to disclose if they have had the Covid-19 jab or not.

MBIE has developed guidelines based on… Video, Audio

University of Canterbury's John Hopkins and Toni Collins explain disaster law and shortcomings in NZ's legal system highlighted by the Canterbury earthquakes. Audio

A professor of international law says foreign ministry officials may have breached their human rights obligations when they granted permits for weapons exports to Saudi Arabia.

Documents obtained by… Audio

The Resource Management Act is destined for the scrap heap but its main replacement is two years away.

Successive governments have grappled with the complex and cumbersome planning law that was… Audio

It's been announced the Resource Management act is going to be scrapped and replaced with three new laws. Jesse speaks to Dr Bryce Wilkinson from the New Zealand Initiative about why it had to change.

National Party leader Judith Collins isn't backing moves to protect Māori wards in local government, after a bill preventing citizen-initiated referendums on the wards passed its first reading on… Audio

A tenants' advocacy group is seeing a rise in the number of renters who are having their tenancies prematurely ended.

It comes as new rules for tenants and landlords set in this Thursday, bringing an… Audio

A sweeping new tenancy rights law is coming into effect, giving more power and protection to tenants. Changes to the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 are being greeted as the biggest tenancy law reform… Audio

The government is to introduce legislation to uphold council decisions to establish Maori wards. Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta made the announcement yesterday afternoon - appropriately… Audio

Pressure is piling on the government to urgently fix a law so companies caught dumping contaminated waste water down the drain can be fined.

It comes after RNZ revealed hundreds of companies have… Audio

Dog trainer and behavioural expert Lisa Sturm says the Dog Control Act is outdated and dog owners need more clarity. Audio

University of Otago student Ruby Parker says it's important to talk about abortion. She is in conversation with researcher Emma Harcourt. Audio

Lawyer Michael Bott discusses whether New Zealand's name suppression laws are outdated in a digital age. Audio

US President Donald Trump is denying he plans to introduce martial law in the United States, after multiple news organizations reported there was a "screaming match" at the White House over the issue… Audio

New MPs are declaring what they'll focus on during their time at Parliament including housing, living wages, firearms law, and poverty.  Audio

Tonga's legislature has now passed its new cyber bullying bill, known officially as the Electronic Communication Abuse Offences Act. Audio

An Oxford University report, commissioned by the Human Rights Commission, has highlighted the problems with law surrounding solitary confinement in our prisons. Jesse speaks to lawyer, Amanda Hill. Audio

The Royal Commission into the Christchurch mosque attacks has recommended the creation of a new offence under the Crimes Act, which would make it illegal to intentionally stir up hatred against racial… Audio

Australia correspondent Karen Middleton looks at the Labor opposition pressing for an inquiry into right-wing extremism, the last of Australia's internal border closure has lifted, the Government has… Audio

The National Party leader Judith Collins is urging caution over the changing of hate speech laws.

Among the recommendations in the Royal Commission into the Christchurch Mosque Attacks is to broaden… Audio

The government isn't yet considering new laws to tackle hate crime, despite clamour from the police association and justice advocates.

While broader hate speech legislation is expected to be… Audio

The 800-page report from the Royal Commission of inquiry into the Christchurch terror attacks is finally being made public today.

It looks at what could and should have been done to prevent the… Audio

A volunteer group that tests drugs at festivals says the new pill testing law passed this week is too late to make any difference to young people this summer. The interim law ensures that volunteer… Audio