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The holiday home company Bachcare is considering legal action over Auckland Council's new targeted rate for online accomodation providers. The council says the rate will bring those using platforms… Audio

The nineteen Nauru men facing charges over an anti-government protest will have to wait until September 13th to find out if they are free. Audio

Samoa sevens player Gordon Langkilde faces extended wait in San Francisco following World Cup altercation. Audio

We have some interesting court cases to discuss with Dunedin barrister Anne Stevens. A man's sentence was reduced despite aspects that immensely troubled the high court judge. Police aren't laying… Audio

In the third part of Venus Envy - made in association with Are We There Yet?, the new women's suffrage and equality exhibition at Auckland Museum - lawyers Zoe Lawton and Hayden Wilson weigh in on… Audio

Samoa sevens player Gordon Langkilde is released from police custody, awaiting trial, in San Francisco following altercation at the World Cup. Audio

A former Chief Judge of the Employment Court says it would be "worthwhile" for independent contract courier drivers to take class legal action if they can prove they earn less than the minimum wage. Audio

19 Nauruans, who have been facing charges over a protest three years ago, are seeking a permanent stay on those charges. Audio

After banning Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux from speaking at Council-owned venues Auckland City is now facing legal action from the Free Speech Coalition. Human Rights lawyer Michael Bott… Audio

A free speech advocacy group raised 50 thousand dollars in less than 24 hours in a crowdfunding campaign to take legal action against Auckland Mayor Phil Goff. Mr Goff last week announced that a pair… Audio

A lawyer representing ACC claimants says the corporation has been acting illegally by contracting out its dispute resolution services to a private company. Dunedin barrister Warren Forster says this… Audio

A lengthy criminal case in Nauru is set for further delays as the government says it will appeal a Supreme Court ruling that a recently passed law is unconstitutional. Audio

Increasing the understanding of Pacific legal issues is the aim of the Pacific Law and Culture Conference held this week at New Zealand's Canterbury University. Audio

Tonga's King has appointed Laki Niu as the first Tongan to the Supreme Court bench in over 100 years. Audio

A Supreme Court judge in Nauru has declared legislation passed earlier this month 'null and void'. Audio

The police chief in Papua New Guinea's Manus province has defended the use of an overnight curfew for refugees in Lorengau. Audio

A phone helpline for women experiencing violence in Papua New Guinea says thousands have used the service but the problem continues to affect nearly every woman in the country at some point during her… Audio

Tonga's finance minister is confident that the drawn-out process of passing his Budget will be completed within the next 24 hours. Audio

A legal expert says it is "unprecedented" for the Deputy Prime Minister to sue public servants, but New Zealand's constitutional arrangements are flexible enough to cope with the tension. Winston… Audio

June 14 marks a year to the day since a deadly blaze at the 24-storey Grenfell tower block in London, in which 72 people died. The Auckland Council has confirmed 116 buildings in the city use a… Audio

Winston Peters is going ahead with legal action against a bevvy of civil servants and Opposition MPs. Otago University's Andrew Geddis joins us to talk about his possible motives, and whether the… Audio

New Zealand First has put the brakes on Labour's plan to repeal the three strikes law. Justice Minister Andrew Little says he told the Prime Minister on Friday that he would have to pull the Cabinet… Video, Audio

A third of women lawyers say they've been sexually harassed at work and more than half of all lawyers say they've been bullied. Some lawyers are on the defence saying their behaviour is no worse than… Audio

The Samoan community is still reeling from last weekend's unrest on the island of Savaii. Audio