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Simon Power leaving Parliament
Cabinet Minister Simon Power is retiring from politics in November to return to the private sector.
QC to investigate naming of sex abuse victims
A Queen's Counsel will carry out an investigation into the publication of the names of two sexual abuse victims on a Ministry of Justice website.
Government to deal with high-risk reoffenders
A woman raped by Malcolm George Chaston long before he fulfilled his boasts to kill is angry the predator was able to go on hurting others.
Judge: Breach was court's fault
The Chief High Court Judge, Justice Helen Winkelmann, says the court failed to note suppression rules on a judgement which led to two sexual abuse victims being named on the Ministry of Justice website.
Independent reviewer to look at suppression breach
An independent reviewer is to be appointed to look into the accidental publishing of two sexual abuse victims' names on the Ministry of Justice website.
Judge could have been behind victims' naming - Power
The accidental publishing of two sexual abuse victims' names may have been the fault of a judge and not a clerical error as earlier thought, Justice Minister Simon Power says.
Council looks for power to ban street prostitutes
Prostitutes could be banned from street trading in Auckland and beyond after a Super City council vote.
Three strikes act used on 132 offenders in six months
The three strikes law for violent or sexual criminals has been used on 132 offenders since last June.
Government gets tough on fines
Drivers with overdue traffic fines could have their licences suspended under a new law, which would also send people with overdue fines to prison.
Police spend $2m on informers
Police paid criminal narks nearly $2 million in the past five years.
Law change stops lawyers' big payouts from public purse
Radical changes to the legal aid system will put an end to taxpayers paying defence lawyers up to $900,000 a year.
Error marks living drivers as deceased
NZTA cleared its registry of deceased licence holders, only to have 23 inform it they were still alive.
Govt turns down calls for Crewe case probe
Simon Power has turned down calls for an independent inquiry into a 40-year-old murder mystery.
SFO lays corruption charges in ACC probe
The SFO has laid eight charges against Malcolm David Mason and another individual over corrupt property transactions involving the ACC.