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'Contemptuous' Covid Bill passes within 24 hours amid opposition
Opposition MPs, legal experts and Human Rights Commission have cried foul.
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Government announces new Ministry for Disabled People and accessibility law
A new ministry is part of the government's promise to reform disability services.
Rental so mouldy child developed heart disease - landlord fined $38,000
Christchurch house "inhabitable", causes child to suffer serious heart condition
Annual leave for parent-teacher interviews gets thumbs down from select committee
Bill aimed to help parents engage in their child's schooling.
Landlords and tenants divided over rent relief bill
Retail NZ and Hospitality NZ are at odds with the Property Council NZ.
No jab no job? Vital health workers can now ask to skip Covid vaccine
Practioners cannot give themselves exemptions.
Law change needed to stop criminals laundering money through KiwiSaver
Police have lost an appeal to seize fraudster Joanne Harrison's KiwiSaver funds.
Home-based educators criticise vaccine mandate rule for households
Vaccine mandate will be extremely detrimental to the sector, letter says.
Is Auckland walking into another 'leaky homes' disaster?
Experts warn that first-time developers are cutting corners in the current hot market.
Outrage after US teachers told to offer books with 'opposing' Holocaust views
"How do you oppose the Holocaust?" one teacher asked.
Lease law changes could be further backdated
Labour and Green MPs recommend little change to controversial lease law changes.
Covid-19: Labs say ministry should contract, not commandeer
Testing companies say giving ministry requisition powers will mean less investment.
Govt's 'blunt legislative instrument' over Covid testing wrong, says think tank
Draft legislation could allow the Government to commandeer private Covid testing labs.
Abuse survivor's struggle prompts minister to investigate
He stared down his abuser in court - and has now uncovered a gap in the law for survivors.
Biden administration urges judge to block 'most restrictive' abortion law
The abortion law has no exceptions even in cases of sexual assault or incest.
Three waters: Next foreshore and seabed or essential reform?
The Government's water reforms enter the endgame.
Audrey Young: The theory of terrorism vs the real thing
OPINION: Parliament was thinking of Tora Bora in 2002, not New Lynn.
New law to disrupt terrorism plans passed
The bill should make it easier to disrupt planning and preparation of would-be terrorists.
Hamish Rutherford: 'A couple of holdouts' does not justify Government by fiat
OPINION: With little evidence of a problem, Labour's lease move leaves everyone surprised.
Property industry blindsided by commercial lease changes
Landlords face arbitration if they cannot agree 'fair proportion' of rent with tenants.
Bill amended to include need for warrant to enter a marae
Officials will no longer have the power to enter marae without a warrant under the bill.
Vaccine passports unlikely to be compulsory - legal expert
Enforced use of passports in domestic settings could be challenged under human rights law.
Vaxxed or not? Our new social chat - and looming conflict
Forty years ago the Springbok Tour was our great divider. In 2021, will it be vax status?
Mandatory vaccination order under spotlight in High Court
Employment advocate says order made under Covid-19 Public Health Response Act is unlawful.
Opinion | What a vaccine passport would look like - and why our smoke-free law is relevant
OPINION: Peter Davis writes we already have a precedent law that could apply to passports.
'Thousands will suffer': Major medicinal cannabis fix won't help patients losing products next month
'Unnecessarily callous' - Chlöe Swarbrick hits out at Health Minister Andrew Little.
'They are forced:' Churches at odds on conversion therapy
Conversion therapy involves attempts to change a person's sexual orientation.
Thomas Coughlan: Ardern, Collins should listen to Act and Greens on terror laws
OPINION: Jacinda Ardern should listen to Act and the Greens before changing terror laws.
Auckland mall terror attack: Your questions answered
Sam Hurley and Jared Savage help subscribers make sense of a complex case.
'Warrantless searches:' Waititi doesn't want anti-terrorism bill to repeat history
Isis-inspired terrorist attack brought NZ's counter-terrorism bill back into spotlight.