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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21 Sep 2021The appointment of judges to the High Court is opaque, outdated and needs to change, lawyers and academics have told RNZ.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?
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Watch: The Barrier Between Us
20 Jul 2021How could the government offer land on Aotea/Great Barrier as part of a Treaty of Waitangi settlement for iwi who no longer live on the island without consulting with an iwi who do?
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Who's eating New Zealand?
7 Jul 2021There are only 5 million people in New Zealand but we produce enough food to feed about 40m. Who's gobbling all our goods?
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New podcast shines light on China's influence, infiltration of NZ
28 Jun 2021Can NZ continue to walk the thin red line between what some see as an evil empire, but others see as our greatest economic opportunity and the centre of a new world order?
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The Yoghurt Mafia: An unexpected prison culture
23 Jun 2021Two inmates swap making meth for making yoghurt and turn their product into a prison trading commodity so popular that yoghurt culture is smuggled between prisons.
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The untold story of how police shot Shargin Stephens
22 Jun 2021Five years after an officer shot and killed a young Māori man, Guyon Espiner reveals previously untold disparities between what the public knows and what the evidence reveals.
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The rise of cybercrime and NZ's fragmented response
15 Jun 2021Cybercrime is on the rise but, in the wake of the Waikato District Health Board ransomware attack, Anusha Bradley finds New Zealand's response to it is fragmented and victims rarely get justice.
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Māori war veteran’s skin still peeling 50 years after Agent Orange exposure
3 Jun 2021Turoa Karatea frequently scratches himself until he bleeds, but will a Waitangi Tribunal inquiry finally deliver him and other Vietnam veterans compensation before they die?
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How a pervert became CEO of a crown entity
25 May 2021Feature - How was Phillip Barnes promoted to CEO of International Accreditation New Zealand, after he planted a spy camera in a gym's changing room? Veronica Schmidt investigates.
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