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Safety fears as supplement sales soar along with Covid cases
1 Nov 2021Sales of natural health supplements have soared in the time of Covid, but some can cause life-threatening reactions.
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ACC staff posted clients' details to Snapchat group
27 Oct 2021ACC call centre workers shared details of people's injuries and mocked them on Snapchat, RNZ can reveal.
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Minimum wage earners, pensioners no longer qualify for legal aid
14 Oct 2021The number of New Zealanders eligible for legal aid has plummeted from an estimated 1.2 million in 2007 to 400,000.
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Legal aid system 'broken and may collapse' - Chief Justice
12 Oct 2021Hourly rates for legal aid lawyers haven't increased since 2008 and there are now almost no lawyers prepared to do civil legal aid work in some parts of the country.
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Man horrified 92 ACC staff accessed his sensitive claim file
12 Oct 2021A man disabled by a workplace accident is horrified dozens of ACC staff looked at his sensitive claim file on childhood sexual abuse, viewing it more than 350 times after it was closed. Anusha Bradley…
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Kiwis in need of legal aid stung by interest that outstrips mortgage rates
11 Oct 2021Some of New Zealand's poorest citizens now owe a share of $177 million in legal debt - and the government's charging them 5 percent interest.
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Not a single Māori Crown prosecutor in Chch, Gisborne, Whanganui
6 Oct 2021Many of the private law firms with warrants to prosecute serious crimes are failing to reflect the diversity of the regions they serve - even though it's a condition of their contracts.
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$40m of public money for private law firms
4 Oct 2021Why do we give $41 million each year to private law firms to conduct public prosecutions? Guyon Espiner investigates.
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Media frustrated with 'impossible' court document hold-ups
30 Sep 2021Some journalists are having to wait more than a year to get court documents and it's stopping them letting the public know what's going on in the justice system, they say.
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'It's beyond disrespectful' - Murder victim's sister in battle to access court documents
28 Sep 2021A woman whose brother was murdered feels she's in a perpetual battle to access documents about his shocking death. Why is it so hard for victims to get information out of the justice system?
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Crime victims' details given to offenders via Ministry of Justice form
27 Sep 2021Crime victims are unaware their name, address and phone number may be passed on to offenders when they apply for court documents, advocates say.
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No performance reviews and 20% pay hikes for some judges
23 Sep 2021Associate High Court judges have had pay hikes of 19.2 percent over the past 5 years, even though they are never given performance reviews.
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Complaining about a Family Court judge isn't safe - advocate
23 Sep 2021A family violence advocate says it's unsafe for abuse survivors to complain about a judge's behaviour, as Family Court reveals reviews are being carried out.
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Judges, bullying and a 'broken' complaints system
23 Sep 2021If a judge behaves inappropriately, you can complain. But will anything be done? Lawyers, academics and complainants say the complaints system is secretive, ineffective and broken.
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Judges can be appointed without ever attending an interview
21 Sep 2021The appointment of judges to the High Court is opaque, outdated and needs to change, lawyers and academics have told RNZ.
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Fears more judges presiding over cases of people they know
20 Sep 2021Fewer newly-appointed judges are relocating, sparking concerns the risk of bias will increase as they may end up presiding over the cases of locals they know.
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90 percent of High Court, Court of Appeal judges Pākehā
20 Sep 2021The High Court and Court of Appeal benches are dominated by white men, new figures obtained by RNZ show.
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Revealed: Who is being discharged without conviction
17 Sep 2021A discharge without conviction can spare a person guilty of a crime years of struggle and stigma, but it's Pākehā who are being granted more each year.
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Pākehā granted name suppression three times as often as Māori
17 Sep 2021An Auckland couple who breached lockdown to go to Wānaka have thrown name suppression into the spotlight. RNZ can now reveal startling statistics about suppression.
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Timeline: Terror at the shopping mall
4 Sep 2021In just two and a half minutes, a terrorist injured seven people before police shot and killed him. Veronica Schmidt reports on the fast-moving events of Friday afternoon.
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The racist aftermath of the Aotearoa debate
13 Aug 2021Judith Collins' Aotearoa debate set in motion a wave of hurt. Te Aniwa Hurihanganui reports on the harm done when debate spirals into racism.
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Family says choice is life in Australia or death waiting for Pharmac
2 Aug 2021A Tauranga mother is moving to Australia with her ill daughter to access treatment for Spinal Muscular Atrophy that Pharmac won't fund. She has to leave her husband and son behind.
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Who's eating New Zealand? Explore the series
2 Aug 2021Who's eating the food New Zealand produces? What is producing that food doing to our environment? And have we become to reliant on exporting? Explore the popular series.
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'We should be ashamed' - Injured sharks and turtle trouble at national aquarium
22 Jul 2021Sharks with sore noses, water filter breakdowns and a turtle welfare petition. What's going on at the National Aquarium of New Zealand?
