Fines
Higher fines, jail time considered to stop sports pitch invader
An extension of chunky fines and the threat of jail time might be what's needed stop people bolting onto sports pitches according to an events manager.
Embarrassing, cringy and appalling is how some… Video, Audio
Protests will push US officials into action - law enforcement veteran
Diane Goldstein is a 21-year veteran of the Redondo Beach Police Department. She says the recent deaths of Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd highlight the structural racism that is rife in both the US… Audio
Govt considers broad range of drone regulations
Drone users might soon need a license to fly one and could be pinged by the police or have them seized if they break the law. Video, Audio
More than 400 injured and sick animals sent to meat works
Hundreds of cows, calves and sheep are being sent to meat works in an injured, diseased or pregnant state, violating new animal welfare rules and prompting instant fines. Nita Blake-Persen reports. Video, Audio
Man fined for freedom camping after sleeping in car after drinking
Arrowtown man Glen Wallace is worried a hard-line stance on freedom camping will encourage reckless driving after he was given a $200 fine for parking up overnight in central Queenstown because he'd… Video, Audio
Fishing company fined $1m for under-reporting catch
A Hawke's Bay commercial fishing company has had a record breaking fine of more than $1 million imposed on it for sustained under reporting of its blue-nose catch. Audio
Crowdfunding campaign frees Aboriginals jailed for unpaid fines
In Western Australia there's a law that if you cannot pay your fines, you go to prison. According to the group Sisters Inside - single aboriginal mothers make up the majority of those in prison for… Audio
Social norm language pays off for MOJ
The Ministry of Justice is applying a sort of peer pressure to get people to pay their fines. It's discovered the philospher's stone of wording to get people to pay their fines which the ministry… Audio
Google fined $4.3b by EU
Google has been hit with a landmark 4.34 BIllion euro fine by the European Union for what the EU describes as "serious illegal behaviour". Margrethe Vestager, the EU's competition commissioner, said… Audio
Midday Sports News for 13 December 2017
FIFA fines Peru after fans pointed lasers at the All Whites. Audio
Pay what you can afford fines
An idea in Australia is to stagger speeding fines depending on how much people earn. Audio
Real estate ruling a shot across the bow of the old boys networ
The head of the real estate firm 200 Square says a High Court decision ordering four major real estate agencies to pay $10m is god news for smaller players in the industry. Audio
Four realtors fined $10 million for price fixing
Barfoot & Thompson, Harcourts, LJ Hooker and Ray White have been ordered to pay nearly $10m after they reached a deal on how to respond to changes in TradeMe fees. Video, Audio
Dairy farms fined for not keeping records
Six Waikato dairy farms have been fined $9000 in total for failing to keep written employment agreements or time records. Audio
Wgtn City Council scraps burial fee proposal
The Wellington City Council has scrapped a proposal to fine people who are over an hour late to burials $50. Audio
Jetstar fined for boarding unauthorised passenger
Jetstar has been prosecuted for allowing a deported man to fly back to New Zealand despite being warned multiple times not to let him board the flight. Audio
Police say they won't find out how many times Maori unlicensed drivers let off
The police in south Auckland say they don't know - and don't plan on finding out - how many times officers used a controversial policy which let unlicensed Maori drivers off paying a fine. Audio
Cyclist aggrieved at being fined
A cyclist has been fined $150 for holding up traffic on a narrow stretch of Dyers Pass Road above Christchurch in the Port Hills. Audio
Large banks fined billions
Some of the world's largest banks are to be fined more than 7-billion dollars for colluding to manipulate foreign currency rates. Audio
Talleys fined $83,000 for crewman falling to his death
A big fishing company has been hit with 83 thousand dollars in penalties for a crewman falling to his death through a hatch on a tuna boat. Audio