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A group of lawyers in the U.S are investigating what they call an epidemic of police brutality in 25 different states. Audio

A group of minority shareholders in Bougainville Copper Ltd are crying foul over Bougainville's new mining law and say they want billions of dollars in compensation. Audio

Trials have begun to determine whether Australian deaf citizens can be permitted to serve as jurors, with Prof. Jemina Napier from Heriot Watt University. Audio

A lawyer has been censured and ordered to repay $1300 in over-charged legal aid bills, as well as costs of $36,000. Audio

Bougainville passes a transition mining law, which the ABG says ensure the landowners own their resources. Audio

TV3 has bowed to pressure and legal action and decided its minor party leaders debate will go ahead tomorrow as scheduled with the Conservative Party leader Colin Craig. Audio

Fiji's Citizens Constitutional Forum has postponed its series of panel discussions on the elections. Audio

David Cunliffe is promising to block the sale of the 14-thousand hectare Lochinver Station, near Taupo to a Chinese company if Labour is in government after the September election. Audio

The Cook Islands Democratic Party says it is putting together a good case to back up its allegations of bribery and cheating in the election. Audio

The Vanuatu government says it's seeking advice as to whether a Singapore-based company which lost a deal to develop an international airport can claim compensation. Audio

The lawyer for a group of Tamil asylum seekers that were just transfered from Australia to Nauru says he had absolutely no idea what was happening. Audio

A family claiming refugee status because of rising sea levels on their Pacific Island has won an appeal to stay in New Zealand. Audio

A journalist in the Solomon Islands says the creation of a new trade union this week could start a fresh chapter for workers' rights in the country. Audio

Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill says his government remains stable and committed to constructive relationships in the region. Audio

Pacific women at an Auckland human rights think-tank are creating a mobile-phone-app and translating legal language in an effort to combat human trafficking in Pacific Islands. Audio

France's highest court has upheld a major corruption sentence given to the French Polynesian president Gaston Flosse. Audio

Law Society president, Chris Moore discusses the presumption of innocence and the right to silence. Audio

Suggestions that Fiji's military regime leader and Prime Minister will visit Auckland next month to campaign is getting a mixed reaction from groups representing people from Fiji in New Zealand. Audio

Fiji's Sodelpa Party says its manifesto for the upcoming election addresses basic issues like poverty and jobs. Audio

Three overstayers in Marshall Islands have gone to court to fight deportation orders issued by the Department of Immigration. Audio

The global French food company Danone has had its legal action against Fonterra put on hold while the two food titans head to arbitration. Audio

A law professor says Kim Dotcom will have paid millions of dollars in legal fees fighting his extradition to America. Audio

The internet businessman, Kim Dotcom, says there's a 90 per cent chance he'll launch his own legal action against the Government's spy agency. Audio

The internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom says he is 90 percent certain he is going to take a private prosecution against the Government's spy agency over illegal surveillance. Audio

Papua New Guinea's leading anti-corruption unit, Task Force Sweep, will continue to operate, for now, after the National Court adjourned its final decision on the unit's future. Audio