How thousands of rape cases disappeared
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Auckland Council to be investigated by the Ombudsman
Investigation hopes to establish whether councils have good practice with LGOIMA requests.
Six assaults on Whanganui Prison staff in one week
More assaults have followed a damning report into violence at Whanganui Prison.
Lobby group's false names exploit leads to OIA inquiry
Investigation after NZ Herald investigation reveals use of fake names for OIA requests.
How lobby group was caught using false IDs for information bid
Herald investigation finds links between "ghost" identities and Taxpayers' Union.
Violence and intimidation at prison needs urgent action
Random inspection finds violence and intimidation at Whanganui Prison.
Bowel test misses too many cancers, warns expert
The bowel screening programme is likely to miss about a third of cancers, says an expert
At last: Ashley Peacock to be released from cell-like room
"It's Ashley's last chance to get any sort of life."
Public information on M. bovis snarled in red tape
MPI dragging chain on release of M bovis-related information under the OIA.
Ombudsman to investigate stadium secrecy
Chief Ombudsman will investigate councillors' complaints over CBD stadium report.
Surge in prison suicides after 'tough on crime' boom
Research suggests severe policies have an effect opposite to what was intended.
Phil Goff defends stadium report access
Auckland's Mayor is being told to stop his secret squirrel behaviour over stadium report.
Brian Rudman: We don't need a stadium - we need St James
COMMENT: Hardly surprising council bureaucrats wanted costly stadium report kept secret.
Editorial: The troubling case of Ashley Peacock
EDITORIAL:Dignity and humane treatment appear lacking in difficult case of Ashley Peacock.
Officials agreed to release him a year ago. So why is autistic man Ashley Peacock still locked up?
"We have done everything possible to get Ashley out of that place. And still."
NZDF blunders AGAIN on details around NZSAS mission
NZDF wrongly told the Beehive it sent the NZSAS into battle with a collateral damage ban.
Sex cases vanish: Why thousands of rapists walk free
More sex crimes are being reported to police, but offenders aren't getting to court.
How thousands of rape cases disappeared
For years, police inappropriately classified some rape cases as "K3 - no crime".
Civilian deaths: How NZDF gave minister wrong info
NZDF gives minister wrong information on Hit & Run raid over "collateral damage".
Big Read: 'No way' civilians were killed, NZDF promised Key
NZDF mistakenly gave Sir John Key a cast-iron assurance over civilian deaths.
DoC 'broke the rules' on tourist chopper flights
More trips permitted to remote glacier than were allowed, Ombudsman finds.
Big Read: Inside the Hit & Run inquiry and what it will find
The Hit & Run inquiry will be uncomfortable for all, David Fisher reports.
NZDF links to Peter Thiel's software company revealed
Ombudsman forces disclosure of dealings with Peter Thiel's firm after a year of refusals.
Prisons warning: Treat them or they will strike
Overcrowding of our prisons could create real danger to the public, says Chief Ombudsman.
Forest and Bird accuses MPI of dieback delay
Ombudsman asks MPI to apologise over four-month wait for kauri dieback documents.
School must pay $3000 after locking up autistic child
The 11-year-old boy was locked in the room for up to 10 minutes at a time.
Torture reports highlight violence in NZ prisons
Government watchdog disappointed conditions fail to improve in NZ prisons.
Ombudsman steps in on coalition document
Jacinda Ardern has five days to respond to the Ombudsman over the secret 33-page document.
The Big Read: John Key, spies and the secret behind Speargun
Sir John Key said he'd killed a "mass surveillance" programme - yet it kept on going.
Two-year battle over 'withheld' names of mouldy schools ends
The Ombudsman has ordered the Ministry of Education to explain itself.
Released: Citizenship file of spy trainer-turned-National MP
Inside National MP Jian Yang's citizenship file - and the pledge he made to New Zealand.
Saudi sheep deal: No evidence of legal threat
MFAT never got legal advice about the risks of a Saudi sheep deal, new documents show.
Local Focus: 'This has got court written all over it'
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