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![<i> Michael Weatheral:</i> Infrastructure investment: is change in the wind?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i> Michael Weatheral:</i> Infrastructure investment: is change in the wind?
Legislative roadblocks hindering the efficient operation of public-private partnerships are being removed, writes Michael Weatherall.
![Australian model provides pointers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Australian model provides pointers
Our transtasman neighbour has the jump on us when it comes to public-private partnerships, writes Graeme Hunt.
![Fund gets ready for PPP projects](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Fund gets ready for PPP projects
Fund manager Peter Coman says the PIP Fund is interested in investing in the new Wiri prison public-private partnership but not if it includes managing prisoners as part of the package.
![Woman hires hitman to bash her boss](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Woman hires hitman to bash her boss
Broke and desperate, Tania Aziz devised a plan to seriously injure her boss. With him in hospital, she could take over his kebab shop lease.
![High-profile killer guilty of kidnap](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
High-profile killer guilty of kidnap
The man convicted of killing teenager Liam Ashley four years ago has been found guilty of kidnapping, threatening to kill and assault with an offensive weapon.
![Prison searches tightened after knife found](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Prison searches tightened after knife found
Judith Collins says she was concerned a knife was found in convicted double murderer Graeme Burton's cell but that search management has already been tightened because of the incident.
![Dangerous prisoner had knife](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Dangerous prisoner had knife
Notorious double murderer Graeme Burton has been caught with a knife in his prison cell - sparking a prison security investigation.
![Justice of sorts after 32 years](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Justice of sorts after 32 years
NZ sailor Kerry Hamill, tortured and killed in a Cambodian jail, can never be laid to rest but his brother Rob was yesterday able to see the man responsible for his death jailed.
![Hamill wanted longer sentence for Khmer Rouge's Duch](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Hamill wanted longer sentence for Khmer Rouge's Duch
Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch, who participated in the torture and killing of Kiwi Rob Hamill's brother, Kerry, is sentenced to 35 years jail.
![Khmer Rouge torturers face justice](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Khmer Rouge torturers face justice
Today, a court in Cambodia will deliver its verdict on the man who ran Phnom Penh's Tuol Sleng jail.
![Youth facility just gateway to jail, says judge](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Youth facility just gateway to jail, says judge
New Zealand's worst youth offenders will get million-dollar beds in the country's newest youth prison.