People who travel overseas to have sex with children will face a "strike" towards life imprisonment under new proposals that widen the net of the three strikes bill.

The hurdle is too high for David Bain to get compensation for 13 years wrongly spent in jail, say people involved in New Zealand's other historic retrials.

David Bain has lodged a compensation claim that could cost taxpayers more than $1 million, but he has to prove his innocence first.

When Push Push came to shove shove, rocker-turned-broadcaster Mikey Havoc had to deal with almost $40,000 in parking fines and court costs.

The proposed three strikes bill would be grossly unjust and could result in an 11,000 per cent rise in time spent in prisons, an independent organisation on crime says.

Changes to the Govt's three strikes justice policy risk breaching NZ's Bill of Rights, the Justice Ministry warns.

The most unpopular features of MMP could be ditched if voters opt to keep the electoral system in the referendum on it at next year's election.

There will be no spending limits on parallel campaigners under new election rules proposed by the Government.

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British prisoners have been disconnected after they used Facebook to plot with other criminals and intimidate their victims.

An MP's bill proposing an increase in maximum sentences for animal cruelty offences has earned Govt support.

Preventive detention will be retained as a sentencing option for judges under the Government's proposed "three strikes" legislation, Police Minister Judith Collins said today.