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As Christmas approaches it is a great time to relax, eat and be Merry but not too Merry if you need to drive home.  The drink driving limits are much more stringent than they used to be and Christmas is…

The Bail Amendment Act, introduced in 2013 has a lot to answer for New Zealand's burgeoning prison population.  When the Bail Act was amended, a clear co-relation to the increased prison population can be seen.  Some would argue that the…

The trial of patched members and associates of the Headhunters motorcycle gang allegedly involved in a massive organised crime bust occurred in February of 2017. The trial involved eight defendants who faced a raft of different charges relating to the…

A man accused of the manslaughter of his 2-year-old daughter has told a court he planned to throw a sawn-off shotgun in a rubbish skip on the day his family moved from their home. Instead, he says the gun went…

The Harmful Digital Communications Act creates a new criminal offence for “causing harm by posting a digital communication”. The posting can include text messages sent to an individual or wider audiences where harmful communications are put on facebook or chat…

The major police operation saw 10 people arrested. Three of them are inmates of the troubled Mount Eden Prison where the Corrections Department has just taken back management from private operators Serco. Operation Sylvester says they ‘listened to people’s conversations’…

The Court of Appeal has ruled that evidence obtained by the Police from the Defendant’s cellphone was inadmissible and could not be used in his trial because the evidence was obtained in breach of his right not to be arbitrarily…