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January 5, 2026 | Opinion: Matthew Tukaki
Opinion: Courthouses in Crisis — Is Justice delayed, Justice denied?
There’s a crisis building behind the solemn doors of Aotearoa’s courthouses – and it isn’t just in one place. From […]
April 16, 2026
November 4, 2024 | Paakiwaha
Yasmin Olsen | Faculty of Law, Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand
Our courts are clogged and the Government’s is proposing to limit the availability of jury trials in an effort to counter delays. What’s the problem with that?
April 12, 2024 | News
Iwi-court process gets McKee tick
Courts Minister Nicole McKee says she's taking an outcomes-driven approach to programmes run within the courts, including those adding a Māori dimension to the process.
March 22, 2024 | News
Outcomes focus in courts review
Courts Minister Nicole McKee says if courts on marae are working, they won't be subject to ACT's 'we are all one' approach to government services.
March 19, 2024 | News
Treaty principles a principle of good government
A Māori legal scholar says the coalition Government's intention to exclude Treaty of Waitangi clauses in legislation may be shutting the door after the horse has bolted.
February 27, 2023 | News
Tirikatene backing therapeutic court push
The new Minister for Courts says he's excited by the moves towards therapeutic courts now on trlal around the country.
October 18, 2022 | News
“Repugnant” guilty plea bonus scrapped
Justice Minister Kiritapu Allen has scrapped a new policy to pay duty lawyers a $120 bonus if they get their clients to plead guilty at their first court appearance.
October 5, 2022 | News
Jami-Lee Ross cleared on donation fraud charge
The High Court has found former National MP Jami-Lee Ross not guilty on fraud charges relating to donations made to the National Party.
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