Tag: Crimes Act
‘Historic’ Cook Islands parliament vote to decriminalise homosexuality
By Lydia Lewis and Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalists
The Cook Islands has removed a law from its Crimes Act that could jail men for...
NZ anti-vaxxer appears in court again on nation’s first sabotage charges
By Ethan Griffiths, Open Justice reporter of The New Zealand Herald
An anti-vaccination campaigner who this year became the first person ever accused of breaching...
Controversial Roe v Wade ruling triggers intense NZ media reaction
By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer
Some said the US Supreme Court’s controversial ruling on abortion was none of our business, because we don’t have...
NZ government plans new law, tougher penalties for hate speech as...
By Katie Scotcher, RNZ News political reporter
Hate speech will become a criminal offence in New Zealand and anyone convicted could face harsher punishment under...
Media raids raise questions of police power over journalists, whistleblowers
ANALYSIS: By Denis Muller of the University of Melbourne
In their raids on media organisations, journalists and whistleblowers, the Australian Federal Police have shown themselves...
