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In today's visit to the sound archives of Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, Sarah Johnston takes us back to listen to how we thought about cannabis, its use and its legal status over past decades. Audio

Otago landlords with rowdy tenants are being told to give them the boot now, before a law change makes that even harder to do.

Among the new changes to tenancy rules coming into effect next February… Audio

The Government's top legal adviser believes proposed drug driving laws trample all over the Bill of Rights.

Police would be free to conduct random roadside drug testing similar to what already exists… Audio

Feathers are being ruffled over a potential law change that could allow land owners to charge people to shoot pheasants.

It is currently illegal to charge people to hunt game birds on private land… Audio

Auckland University Law Professor Bill Hodge joined Indira Stewart to talk about how sending the gunman back to his home country to serve out his sentence - might work out. Audio

Professor of Criminal Law Warren Brookbanks on the the longest sentence handed down in New Zealand History. Audio

As sentencing gets underway for the Christchurch mosque shooter, law professor, Al Gillespie believes there is a case for serve his time in an Australian prison. Audio

The sentencing of the Christchurch mosque gunman begins today at the Christchurch High Court. The hearing is to be held over the next four days. The gunman is being sentenced on 51 counts of murder… Audio

The Justice Minister will consider the need for stalker legislation - after finding out police said they couldn't act after people were stalked and photographed. It comes after First Up aired the… Audio

A Coalition of agencies advocating for the safety of women and children is calling on the government to urgently introduce Stalker legislation, saying this year's lockdowns have heightened their… Audio

Covid-19's possible impact on election day has been on the mind of one professor since the virus started to make serious inroads in New Zealand in mid-March.

The Prime Minister will make an… Audio

Long awaited changes to tenancy law have been made - are they really the landlord-killers that some make them out to be?  Audio

A section of provisions under the Oranga Tamariki act, allowing for the removal of subsequent children, are set to be repealed. Currently, if a parent has had a child previously removed from their… Audio

New Zealanders flying into the country for a short trip home can now be charged for their stay in managed isolation.

But the actual regime won't come into place until at least next week.

Here's RNZ… Audio

New tenancy law which aims to strengthen renters' rights is expected to be pushed through Parliament under urgency this week.

Associate Housing Minister Kris Faafoi has promised to overhaul the… Audio

New tenancy laws which aim to strengthen renters' rights is expected to be pushed through Parliament under urgency this week. The Residential Tenancy Amendment bill would make tenancies more secure… Audio

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Nathan Law left the city recently and decamped to the UK. A long-time thorn in the side of the Beijing government, Law has been arrested many times and imprisoned… Audio

New law before parliament to give police powers to carry out random roadside drug testing of drivers. Dr Fiona Hutton,  Associate Professor in Criminology at Victoria University talks about the law… Audio

Public law expert, Eddie Clark talks to the Panel about the investigation into the leaking of COVID-19 patient details by Michelle Boag to MP Hamish Walker. Audio

China has accused New Zealand of "gross interference in China's internal affairs" after the government here suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong.

New Zealand says the law that criminalises… Audio

Charging returning New Zealanders for isolation is a complicated proposition, according to a public law expert who recommends the government pass a completely new piece of legislation to get the job… Video, Audio

An international law professor says New Zealand needs to watch China's response after suspending its extradition treaty with Hong Kong.

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters made the announcement… Audio

The legality of the alert level four lockdown is to be debated in the coming days. Law Professor Al Gillespie joins the show to talk about the arguments he's expecting to be made both for and against… Audio

Last night MPs passed the pay equity law that makes it easier for women to be paid the same as men even if they work in different industries.

Employers are already required to pay employees in the… Audio

The Panel is joined by Dr David Law from the NZ Initiative as part of a special focus on tax and how New Zealand will pay for Covid-19. Audio