Auckland Light Rail gets officially scrapped, a look at how well new strangulation laws are working in New Zealand and taps run dry as water restrictions loom in Wellington in the latest NZ Herald headlines.
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There have been almost 6500 strangulation offences that resulted in court action since it became a stand-alone offence.
It was introduced as law in December 2018 after a Law Commission report found 71 per cent of homicide victims in a domestic violence setting had been strangled previously.
Detective Senior Sergeant Karen Simmons says the change has brought strangulation to the forefront for officers who attend family harm events, adding it was too soon to know the full impact the law was having.
Wait for Golriz Ghahraman
The wait for Green MP Golriz Ghahraman to return to the country continues.
The Green Party has confirmed it’s aware of the allegations and Ghahraman has stood down from her portfolios for now.
She is on a long-planned overseas trip.
Party co-leaders James Shaw and Marama Davidson say they won’t be commenting further until they’ve gathered all the facts and spoken with Ghahraman when she returns.
Green MP Golriz Ghahraman has been accused of shoplifting from the high-end boutique Scotties in Ponsonby. Photo / Kane Dickie