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For Māori to be enjoying success as Māori, te reo needs to be everywhere and all the time, not just this week. While this Māori Language Week is quite rightly showcasing te reo Māori, there remains a substantial opportunity to increase its use by investing more into te reo Māori education. Despite all the efforts
Former New Zealander of the Year Sir Ray Avery has laid a complaint against Newsroom.co.nz under the Harmful Digital Communications Act over a series of news reports on his background, products and promises. Avery has told Netsafe, the legal agent for considering complaints under the Act, the reports have caused him serious emotional distress and amount to a
Parliament is considering sweeping changes to our 25 year-old privacy laws — but some fear they will only add to the long backlog of cases before the Human Rights Review Tribunal, Thomas Coughlan reports. The Human Rights Review Tribunal wants more resourcing before changes to New Zealand’s 1993 Privacy Act come into force. The Tribunal’s
Immigration NZ has granted Chelsea Manning a work visa to visit this country on a speaking tour. Last week Manning was granted a special direction to apply for a work visa, which she needed because she would fail the “good character” test in the Immigration Act, as she has been sentenced to a prison term of longer
It’s past time for a real rethink of the New Zealand police’s pursuits policy: An Auckland man driving a stolen car fled police at excessive speeds before crashing into a wall, injuring himself and seriously injuring a female passenger. Shortly after 3am on Wednesday, police spotted a stolen vehicle on Springs Road in East Tamaki
The National Party has played fast and loose with the facts during its campaign to deny an entry visa to the American LGBTQ activist Chelsea Manning. First, National’s immigration spokesperson Michael Woodhouse claimed “other countries” had refused Manning entry, because of her previous felony conviction for leaking classified documents. In fact, those “other countries” consisted
The privacy of internet use is under threat, says internet protection agency InternetNZ, over reports the Five Eyes countries want to thwart end-to-end encryption. New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the US and the UK – members of the Five Eyes group of nations – met for a conference last week to discuss “grave threats” online and
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Young, isolated and controlled. There is very little that clearly defines someone trafficked into sex work in New Zealand beyond those basic characteristics. However, Dr Natalie Thorburn said the problem is bigger than anyone really knows. “We cling quite firmly to the notion of New Zealand being clean, green and non-corruptible,” Thorburn said. “That image is
Justice Minister Andrew Little has appointed a panel to review changes made to the Family Court in 2014. The panel will focus on the process of the Family Court, in particular mandatory mediation sessions where lawyers are not allowed to be present, not the principles of the court itself. Former Human Rights Commissioner Rosslyn Noonan will
