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Weatherston's $300k legal-aid bill
As Clayton Weatherston reaches the end of the road for appeals against his murder conviction, his legal-aid bill has mounted. The Otago University tutor, who murdered 22-year-old student Sophie Elliott in 2008....
Supreme Court decision creates 'new playing field' for tax avoidance
Today's landmark Supreme Court ruling on tax avoidance by two Christchurch surgeons shows there is a "new playing field with regard to the application of tax avoidance rules in New Zealand,
Supreme Court backs taxman in landmark avoidance case
The Supreme Court has sided with the tax department in its judgment on a landmark tax avoidance case involving two Christchurch surgeons.
'We are not a cling-on party' - Peters slams PM, 'sordid cronyism'
Winston Peters won't rule out taking on John Key in October's election but says...
Suppression encourages 'predators'
The granting of name suppression to a man who possessed images of child rape sanctions the behaviour of "sexual predators", the Sensible Sentencing Trust says. Videos and files showed kids as young as 18 months in sex acts.