22 Sep 2018

The Week In Review for week ending Fri Sept 21 2018

From The Week In Review, 1:00 am on 22 September 2018

A review of the week's news including... people suffering seizures and heart attacks admitted to hospital after smoking synthetic drugs, Massey University's Deputy Pro-Vice Chancellor is disappointed his university manipulated the truth about why it banned Don Brash from its campus, Housing New Zealand's pledge to compensate out-of-pocket tenants booted from their homes over dodgy meth testing, the Government to hike the refugee quota, two possible taxes on capital being considered by the government, Maori make up more than half of people warned or charged following police pursuits, directors of the failed construction giant Mainzeal appear in court, the SIS sweeps offices at the University of Canterbury, hundreds of volunteers fan out across Auckland to count the region's homeless, today's teenagers are less fit and weigh more than their parents did at their age according to a study, a new agency is set up to oversee the Government's work with Maori, an Auckland woman takes her severely disabled son to court for failing to be a good employer, a big night for Lotto this week with the most ever winners of first division and Wednesday marked 125 years since women won the right to vote.