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A new, interactive artwork that was prompted by the mosque-attacks in Christchurch last year - plots how some communities in New Zealand have become over-policed, and others not scrutinised enough. Audio, Gallery

The World Wide Web is an international phenomenon with few rules, and no one stepping up as global sheriff. Can New Zealand's new internet legislation have an impact on its worst excesses without… Audio

Consumer NZ says it wants law changes fast-tracked because Air New Zealand is dragging its heels over giving passengers refunds for cancelled flights.

Consumer NZ met with Air New Zealand to discuss… Audio

Diane Goldstein is a 21-year veteran of the Redondo Beach Police Department. She says the recent deaths of Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd highlight the structural racism that is rife in both the US… Audio

The public will get to have its say on proposed changes to the lawyers' code of conduct that aims to tackle bullying and sexual harassment in the legal community.

The Law Society has launched a… Audio

The public will get to have its say on proposed changes to the lawyers' code of conduct that aims to tackle bullying and sexual harassment in the legal community.

The Law Society has launched a… Audio

An Indonesian court has ruled the government violated the law by cutting the internet in West Papua last year during widspread protests. Audio

A select committee is hearing evidence from submitters on a bill which would give more clarity to screen industry workers' employment status by reversing parts of the 2010 Hobbit law. Audio

Following on from the riots in the US, Waikato University of Law Professor Al Gillespie joins The Panel to discuss the laws surrounding rioting and peaceful assembly. Audio

A Māori law expert says the police minister is off the mark in saying the police is not a systemically racist organisation. Stuart Nash says while the police may have issues with unconscious bias… Audio

The government is pushing ahead with its landmark freshwater reforms that will introduce tough new rules to clean up the country's waterways.

However, some concessions have been made since the draft… Audio

Legal correspondent Simon Jefferson joins Kathryn to talk about why he believes adoption laws are long overdue for an overhaul. He says the outdated model hasn't kept pace with the evolution of… Audio

Pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong have been met with tear gas and water cannons by police, as a new wave of protests has erupted in the semi-autonomous territory.

The protesters took to the… Audio

New research shows that there's not a majority of support for a cannabis law change. Christchurch Health and Development Study director Professor Joe Boden led the study, he talks about what they… Audio

A transtasman law project was set up to look at how the lock downs in both Australia and New Zealand impacted on how the civil justice system worked. Dr Bridgette Toy-Cronin was leading the New… Audio

The Law Society says immigrants can be reassured that changes to urgent legislation will not used to disadvantage them.

The fast-tracked immigration bill passed through parliament in a week and… Audio

The Government is set to pass legislation under urgency today, giving extraordinary powers to itself and police to combat Covid-19.

 Victoria University law professor, and former law commissioner… Audio

The Government is set to pass legislation under urgency today, giving extraordinary powers to itself and police to combat Covid-19.

The law gives the Health Minister the power to issue orders which… Audio

Parliament continues in urgency this morning so MPs will meet under urgency this morning to continue debating extraordinary legislation granting the government sweeping powers to combat Covid-19.

The… Audio

A new law providing a legal framework for Covid-19 Alert Level 2 will be introduced and debated today, with criticism there's been no time for proper scrutiny of the bill. Audio

A law change is desperately needed to stop non-Māori artists using Māori faces and traditional facial tattoos in their work. 

That's the view of a specialist in Indigenous cultural property, Aroha… Audio

Another week is underway in our curtailed Parliament which is demonstrating the scattergun impact achievable through omnibus legislation. Audio

The Minister of Social Development is under growing pressure to do more to help migrant workers in desperate circumstances after losing their jobs due to Covid-19 lockdown and who are unable to access… Video, Audio