Justice

Over 30 years the French government tested 193 nuclear weapons in Māohi Nui and today Indigenous peoples still suffer the impacts through intergenerational cancers.

The Solicitor-General has backtracked on new prosecution guidelines released this week asking judges and lawyers to "think carefully" about how Māori are impacted by the criminal j

Solicitor-General Una Jagose KC published 27 updated guidelines covering topics from the test for prosecution to diversion schemes which apply to all prosecuting agencies.

The family of slain Hawke’s Bay teenager Ariki Rigby will have to wait more than a year for a scheduled trial of two men charged in connection with her death.

The Luxon government surely has little sense of irony.

The Government has reinstated the Three Strikes Bill as it continues to prioritise the restoration of law and order by being tough on crime.

With inmates trapped in their cells and the flames approaching, one prison staffer predicted they would be "dragging bodies out."

Covid-19 conspiracy theorist Billy Te Kahika Jr will not have to serve a prison sentence.

43% of the prison population is on custodial remand, with that figure projected to grow in the next decade.

Māori justice experts have continually called for “transformative change,” Te Pāti Māori said.