Audrey Young: How Winston Peters failed his coalition partner
COMMENT: This shambles is not about policy, it is about trust, writes Audrey Young.
COMMENT: This shambles is not about policy, it is about trust, writes Audrey Young.
Watchdog slams the Government for failures to address NZ's hazardous drinking culture.
National is a broad church, and on abortion the pews are particularly far apart.
Harrowing stories New Zealand 'pro-choice' advocacy group are hearing all the time.
The family home may no longer be automatically split 50-50 after a breakup.
Partners should also share income for a period after a breakup, Law Commission says.
EDITORIAL: A case reported this week shows again wills can be contested - and overthrown.
Kiwis drink three standard drinks - or three mid-strength beers - a day on average.
The proposal comes after a review of the 42-year-old law.
Children's Commissioner says Property Relationships Act needs to be more child-friendly.
More sex crimes are being reported to police, but offenders aren't getting to court.
Journalists are exempt from the Privacy Act - except when they write a book.
Andrew Little has some concerns but expects them to be dealt with in select committee.
Abortion committee urges politicians to update "archaic" law.
Review of search and surveillance laws recommends regulating undercover ops.
COMMENT: Is it time to introduce professional jurors?
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.
The number of people charged with cannabis offences has fallen 60 per cent in the past six years - further fuelling calls for government
The Judicature Modernisation Bill had its second reading last week. Somehow it has not led the news, Dr Richard Cornes writes.
Justice Minister Amy Adams claims she has no plan to "charge off in a different direction" to her predecessor Judith Collins.
A move away from the adversarial court system for sexual and domestic violence may be back on the agenda after the resignation of former Justice Minister Judith Collins, a senior National MP says.
Jurors who deliberately flout court rules to research cases online will face criminal conviction under proposed new laws.
A lawyer with a poor disciplinary history, and one who filed fraudulent tax returns when working as an accountant, can no longer practice law in New Zealand.
Media will be able to report on some suicides more openly under new government proposals, which focus more narrowly on the publication of details most likely to cause harm.
Labour says it will scrap a requirement for war veterans to be disabled before they receive a special pension if it gains power, a move already rejected by the Government because it would cost too much.
When media report the method in which somebody ends their own life, it can result in copycat suicide, the Law Commission says.