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The Law Commission found ways DNA is used in criminal investigations ignores human rights.
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ANALYSIS: Supreme Court's extradition judgment is like losing Lotto but winning Powerball.
All you need to know about Kim Dotcom's judgment day
The Supreme Court is poised to hand down its verdict on Dotcom and extradition to the US.
Opinion: Stop using rape victims as your political football
Playing games with the lives of rape victims should be a step too far for any party.
Samira Taghavi: Rape law devised inside an echo chamber
Comment: Sexual Violence Bill will only add to the 'body count' of lives ruined.
Revealed: The report the Minister blocked - against officials' advice
Officials fought to keep secret a report they always wanted to make public. Apparently.
Courtroom overhaul: A fair go for rape complainants or a pathway to miscarriages of justice?
Supporters say proposals are much needed but opponents say they would jail the innocent.
Love triangle: In legal first, three exes battle over $2.1m Auckland home
When a three-way relationship breaks up, who gets the family home?
Five actions to improve Kiwis' health beyond Covid-19
Expert: Until now problems within NZ's health system have seemed hopelessly lost causes.
Andrew Little to judges: Get tough on divorce property delays
Comments come after a series of drawn-out matrimonial legal battles.
Teuila Fuatai: Deeper lessons to be learned from Grace Millane trial
COMMENT: The trial has raised searching questions about the court process and victims.
Break-up shake-up: Kiwis keen for asset law changes
'Beautiful' recommendations include fairer deal for those who quit work to care for kids.
Sasha Borissenko: Abortion and other strange laws
Future of women's reproductive freedoms in the hands of men.
Audrey Young: How Winston Peters failed his coalition partner
COMMENT: This shambles is not about policy, it is about trust, writes Audrey Young.
8000 Kiwis have died prematurely due to hazardous drinking
Watchdog slams the Government for failures to address NZ's hazardous drinking culture.
Claire Trevett: Abortion reform delivers Simon Bridges a conundrum
National is a broad church, and on abortion the pews are particularly far apart.
Doctors can refuse abortion referral, even with proposed law changes
Harrowing stories New Zealand 'pro-choice' advocacy group are hearing all the time.
Couples could share income for 5 years after breakup
The family home may no longer be automatically split 50-50 after a breakup.
End of the 50-50 split? Govt eyes big divorce law shakeup
Partners should also share income for a period after a breakup, Law Commission says.
Editorial: Your last will and testament - or not
EDITORIAL: A case reported this week shows again wills can be contested - and overthrown.
Booze nation: Kiwis drinking less, but 1 in 3 still bingeing
Kiwis drink three standard drinks - or three mid-strength beers - a day on average.
Law Commission recommends ditching 50-50 split after a breakup
The proposal comes after a review of the 42-year-old law.
Marriage breakups: Time to ditch 50-50 split?
Is the 50-50 split of assets after a break-up still fair? A majority of Kiwis think not.
Research uncovers gender imbalance in highest courts
The research covered a six-year period and has saddened industry leaders.
After the split: Parent who gets the kids fares worst
Children's Commissioner says Property Relationships Act needs to be more child-friendly.
Sex cases vanish: Why thousands of rapists walk free
More sex crimes are being reported to police, but offenders aren't getting to court.
David Fisher: Journalists who write books left vulnerable
Journalists are exempt from the Privacy Act - except when they write a book.
Contempt of court rules set for overhaul
Andrew Little has some concerns but expects them to be dealt with in select committee.
Home abortions safest, MPs told
Abortion committee urges politicians to update "archaic" law.
Limits for police cellphone hunts sought
Review of search and surveillance laws recommends regulating undercover ops.
Kerre McIvor: At last, I get my day in court
COMMENT: Is it time to introduce professional jurors?
Watch NZH Local Focus: Napier legal aid lawyers dwindling
Raising two kids and battling cancer - Juliet Mawley had to rely on Legal Aid in a recent hearing. But she feels shortchanged because of tightening budgets for legal aid across the country. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Cannabis charges halved in seven years
The number of people charged with cannabis offences has fallen 60 per cent in the past six years - further fuelling calls for government