Andrew Geddis

Following NZ First leader and former Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters' 2-year trespass from parliament, constitutional law expert Professor Andrew Geddis from University of Otago weighs up the… Audio

The three strikes legislation is in the process of being repealed - how will history judge one of the most controversial justice reforms of recent years? Audio

Newly released documents show that health officials agreed that MIQ was "no longer justified" for most returnees. However, it took another three and a half months, almost 40,000 MIQ stays and seven… Audio

How the police deal with the 1000-odd protesters around Parliament is not a question of whether they have the power; but whether the police want to use that power to enforce the law according to a… Audio

Government ministers are expected to discuss the future of border controls and the managed isolation system at today's Cabinet meeting.

While the settings have helped slow Covid-19 from entering the… Audio

The days could be numbered for the Thames Coromandel District mayor chairing meetings in person.

The council is considering a vaccine mandate for staff and elected members in order to work on-site… Video, Audio

Legal action is brewing by Grounded Kiwis - which advocates for vast numbers of expats who want to get home, but cannot.

With the demand for MIQ rooms massively outstripping supply, the right to… Video, Audio

The man shot dead by police after stabbing random members of the public at a West Auckland supermarket was a well-known ISIS sympathiser who'd done extensive research on killing non-Muslims. He was of… Audio

Yesterday's attacks raise the question of why the terrorist hadn't previously faced heavier charges under New Zealand's anti-terrorism laws. Kim Hill spoke to Professor Andrew Geddis. Audio

Well, as Elton John once told us, sorry seems to be the hardest word.

Or is it the easiest?

The government has this week issued an apology for the discriminatory Dawn Raids of the early 1970s.

But… Audio

The Serious Fraud Office is accusing six people of making donations to the Labour Party on the behalf of another donor, whose identity they tried to conceal.

There are 12 charges in total - with each… Audio

Police have referred the Māori Party to the Serious Fraud Office after it failed to declare more than $300,000 of donations to the Electoral Commission on time.

Any donation of over $30,000 must be… Audio

Non-New Zealand citizens trying to get back to Aotearoa from very high-risk Covid-19 countries are basically out of runway under the government's new rules.

It's created a category for countries with… Video, Audio

With the two-week halt on flights from India about to expire, the government is looking at bringing in a system to pause flights from places that are likely to export new Covid-19 infections.

But how… Audio

A law expert says claims by Police that officers did not know they were breaking the law when they used roadblocks to get information on gang members, doesn't stack up.

Last week the Independent… Audio

The Māori Party is under police investigation for failing to declare more than $300,000 in donations - and could be staring at a hefty sanction.

The party's president Che Wilson says it was an honest… Audio

Trevor Mallard, the arbiter of Parliament's house rules, is ironically not one to follow the rule book. Audio

Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis is taking aim at his department, over its failure to answer in court accusations of "brutal and inhumane" treatment of inmates at Auckland Women's prison.

Otago… Audio