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Palliative care patients given green light to use cannabis
All palliative care patients will be allowed to use illicit cannabis without fear of legal repercussions after the government announced an expansion to its medicinal cannabis legislation
Michael Hill fined $169k after misleading customers
Jewellery retailer Michael Hill has been fined $169,000 after a Commerce Commission investigation into its extended warranty product.
Country of origin bill passes for single-ingredient food
Country of origin notes will be on all unprocessed single-ingredient foods from next year after the Consumers' Right to Know bill passed its third reading in Parliament last night. Consumer NZ's… Audio
Justice at a cost: $300k legal fees to escape domestic violence
It took two years and more than $300,000 in legal fees for a Kiwi domestic violence survivor to win the right to keep her kids in New Zealand.
Food origin bill to give more information for Kiwis to choose - Hughes
A bill has passed that will help customers figure out if your bacon is from Carterton or Copenhagen. The consumer's right to know bill means some items in the chiller and on supermarket shelves will… Audio
Two year legal battle, $300k for woman to keep kids in NZ
It took two years and more than $300,000 in legal fees for a woman to win the right to keep her kids in New Zealand. She was one of many women forced back to Australia to contest the international… Audio
Immigration NZ on Karel Sroubek decision
Immigration NZ head Greg Patchell talks to Lisa Owen about what was and what wasn't in the case summary on Karel Sroubek, which the minister used to base his original decision on. Video, Audio
Lees-Galloway changes decision on Karel Sroubek’s residency
Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway has ruled Czech drug smuggler Karel Sroubek will be booted from New Zealand after he's released from prison. It's a humiliating climbdown for the Minister who… Video, Audio
Karel Sroubek’s mother ‘genuinely concerned’ about risk to son
Alex Sweny says it was heartbreaking to tell Karel Sroubek's mother that her son is now liable for deportation. He told Lisa Owen she genuinely fears for his life should he return to the Czech… Video, Audio
Neighbours fight over sickly goat
Two Auckland women have locked horns over the fate of a sickly goat, who was picked up from a roadside paddock amid concerns he was on death's door. Video, Audio
Karel Sroubek now liable for deportation
Much of the information the Immigration Minister says he referred to when deciding that Czech drug smuggler Karel Sroubek will be liable for deportation was in the briefing notes he read when he made… Video, Audio
Karol Sroubek liable for deportation
Christchurch immigration law expert Mark Williams joins the panellists to dissect the government's announcement that drug smuggler Kerol Sroubek is liable for deportation. Audio
Sir Kim Workman: 'We talk about New Zealand values and beliefs – what are they?'
The 78-year-old justice reform advocate Sir Kim Workman has been knighted for his services to prisoner welfare and the justice sector. He talks with Kathryn Ryan about what he's seen and his hopes for… Audio
NZTA too cosy with rail operators - health & safety lawyer
A health and safety lawyer has no confidence in the Transport Agency to police rail safety. Since an inquiry into the deaths of rail workers in the 1990s, the Agency has been in charge of making sure… Audio
'Ultimate control' - International law forces abuse survivors back to Aus
New Zealand women fleeing domestic violence in Australia are being forced back across the ditch under an international child abduction agreement.
Hague Convention forces abuse survivors back to Australia
New Zealand women fleeing domestic violence in Australia are being forced back across the ditch under an international child abduction agreement. The Hague Convention was created in 1980 to force the… Audio
Govt silence on Chinese intimidation 'disturbing' - open letter
A Canterbury University professor who believes she was burgled, and her car was tampered with, by Chinese spies says the police investigation into her case is complete, but the outcome is in the… Audio
NZTA strips another garage of its licence to issue WOFs
NZTA has just announced it has suspended Westland Mechanical and Tyre Ltd's licence, preventing it from issuing WOFs. It says this is because the company failed to check brakes, seat belts, steering… Audio
Police appeal for more info over pregnant woman's death
RNZ reporter Laura Dooney is at the remote Wairarapa beach where the body of a pregnant Wellington woman was found this week. Video, Audio
City Rail Link's CEO on parent company's financial woes
The Australian parent company of the engineering firm set to build New Zealand's largest ever infrastructure project has gone bust - City Rail Limited's CEO Sean Sweeney explains what impact that will… Audio
