Changes to proposed gun law reform described as a 'cop-out'
The Government's second tranche of gun law reform has been watered down.
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Protest to raise awareness about Arms Legislation Bill making its way through Parliament.
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Kāinga Ora will have the power to set rates and development contributions.
In the gun: Auckland police seize more than 600 weapons
Twenty military-style semi-automatics among hundreds of firearms seized in Auckland.
Brian Fallow: Building more houses - it's one step forward ...
Law could ease housing crisis, but Productivity Commission has few ideas for change.
Letters: Bad law and bad tenants
A do-gooder attitude to bad tenants will cause a bigger housing crisis than ever before.
Auckland principal on vaping: 'It's a huge concern for us'
"Literally every interval we are confiscating vapes. It's a huge concern," principal says.
Best of 2019: Jay Kuten: Cannabis 'evils' are noise
Legalising cannabis may give the far right a field day for trolling us.
Education changes planned across the board
Parliament is considering one education act to rule them all.
Graeme Edgeler: Defamation law biggest threat to free speech
COMMENT: The cost of our unfit defamation laws is not only borne by publishers.
Letters: Parole proposal flawed
This idea has so many problems it is not likely to pass legislative scrutiny.
Call for action on firefighter cancer law change
Firefighters say they're missing support when they need it most.
'No body, no parole' proposes National MP's members' bill
National says it wants to put victims at the "heart" of the justice system.
Gun buy-back: Criminals and gangs should be focus of police - sport shooting representative
Government rushed process and should have waited for inquiry to be completed - opinion.
Gun buy-back ends, police now on hunt for illegal firearms
Time's up: The gun buy-back scheme has ended, police will now prosecute law-breakers.
Swiss to vote on setting climate goals in constitution
Switzerland's famous Alpine glaciers are severely threatened by global warming.
Final hours of arms amnesty approaching
Owners of illegal firearms have just hours left to hand them in or face five years' jail.
Auckland man jailed for sex attack in Cook Islands hotel
Auckland man jailed for sex attack on sleeping Kiwi in Cook Islands hotel
'Good came out of tragedy': Victim's son welcomes roadside drug testing
Ora Keene, 84, was one of seven people killed in a 2018 crash caused by a drugged driver.
Letters: Mammogram 'scam'
Mammogram 'scam' is killing women who drew the short straw in the breast density lottery.
The Advocate says: The North must fight for Auckland's port
The Advocate says Northland must fight to take Auckland's port.
Audrey Young: Why election 2020 is going to be ugly
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Heather du Plessis Allan: Why I'll vote for cannabis legalisation
COMMENT: This isn't a referendum on whether Kiwis should smoke.
Hard to swallow: Cannabis rules extend to lollipops, gummy bears
Advocates say the point of having legislation is to be able to regulate it.
Up to 42 joints a day: Govt reveals cannabis rules before public vote
The potential rules of recreational cannabis have been revealed.
Nearly 7000 Kiwis charged in first year of new family violence legislation
Almost 7000 people charged with new family violence offences in first year since new law
Tobacco laws prevent vaping crackdown
Outdated legislation for vaping and e-cigarettes are preventing a crackdown on them.
Right-to-die campaigner Matt Vickers remarries, baby due
Matt Vickers remarries days before the End of Life Choice bill is passed.
A third of kids are vaping - principals
Schools and health groups call for quick action against vaping.
Little: Breach of suppression orders in NZ will be punished
Kiwis who shared the name of Grace's killer via social media could face legal action.
Grace trial fuels calls to change 'victim blaming' laws
Experts say Grace's sexual history should not have been allowed to be picked over in court
Editorial: Posthumous parenting is a brave new world
EDITORIAL: Children are conceived and growing up in increasingly less mainstream ways.
Letters: Life in Aotearoa before Māori
The Celts' cow-hide currachs could not navigate the Atlantic and the Roaring Forties.
Claire Trevett: NZ First's mystery foundation and the donation law puzzle
COMMENT: Politicians make donation laws - then go to great lengths to find new loopholes.