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"Very good year" for Serious Fraud Office
25 October 2018
Serious Fraud Office Chief Executive Julie Read says the SFO has another very good year, with the investigation and prosecution…
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Long-term prisoners serve 79% of sentence before parole
25 October 2018
Department of Corrections data shows long-term prisoners served an average of 79% of their sentence before being granted parole, the…
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Proactive release of Cabinet material requirements updated
25 October 2018
The Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet has updated the requirements for Proactive Release of Cabinet Material.All Cabinet and Cabinet…
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Kahui Legal become 87th signatory to Gender Equality Charter
25 October 2018
A Wellington law firm that specialises in providing expertise on legal issues that affect Māori, including Treaty of Waitangi claims…
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The alcohol and drug courts on trial
25 October 2018
The Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Courts have been operating at Waitakere District Court and Auckland District Court since 2012.They're…
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WorkSafe accepts enforceable undertaking from Opus
25 October 2018
WorkSafe says it has accepted an enforceable undertaking from Opus International Consultants Ltd (trading as WSP Opus).The enforceable undertaking was…
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Ombudsman to investigate Callaghan Innovation OIA processes
25 October 2018
Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier has confirmed he will conduct an investigation into the way Callaghan Innovation administers its Official Information…
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ASaTS Landonline project gets go-ahead
25 October 2018
The Cabinet has approved Land Information New Zealand's business case for the ASaTS project to modernise the Landonline platform.LINZ chief…
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Anti-vax ad complaints upheld
24 October 2018
An anti-vaccination billboard that resulted in almost 150 complaints, breached the Advertising Standards Authority’s (ASA) code of ethics.The advertisement for…
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MoJ taking legal action to stop lightning strike action
24 October 2018
The Ministry of Justice has filed an urgent application in the Employment Court for an interim injunction to restrain ‘lighting…
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HRV fined over water filter claims
24 October 2018
HRV Clean Water has been fined $440,000 after pleading guilty to making unsubstantiated claims about the benefits of its water…
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Steel firm hit with record fine for misleading representations
24 October 2018
Steel & Tube Holdings has been fined a record $1.88 million for breaching the Fair Trading Act by making false…
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British research finds gender differences in intoxicated assault sentencing
23 October 2018
Research at England's University of Liverpool has found that women are twice as likely than men to receive harsher sentences…
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Former High Court Judge Sir Thomas Thorp dies
23 October 2018
Sir Thomas Thorp, who was a judge of the HIgh Court from 1979 to 1996, has died in Auckland aged…
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Sir John McGrath has died
23 October 2018
Former Supreme Court justice and Solicitor-General Sir John McGrath has died in Wellington aged 73.Sir John graduated LLM from Victoria…
Last updated on the 28th June 2018