Crime
Does She Seriously Think This?
Her arrogance is jaw-dropping. “I don’t actually care what you think because the people are with me,” she declares smugly. The truth is, most New Zealanders are not with her.
Enough Is Enough? Luxon’s Trespass Law Tweak Is Just Hot Air
What we need is a government with the guts to get serious. Stop tinkering with fines and notices and start empowering people to protect what’s theirs. Let shop owners arm themselves with something more than harsh words.
What Is in a Name?
Thank you, Minister Chhour, for being braver than most people who have taken a seat in New Zealand’s cabinet room. Thank you for seeing all of us and not reducing the importance, severity, or validity of our terrible experiences to a matter of our racial background.
Luxon’s Tough Talk on Crime: Will He Back It Up or Buckle Under Judicial Pushback?
Talking tough is the easy part – any politician can do it. Delivering requires spine, especially when facing a judiciary that has shown it can outmanoeuver parliament’s intent.
Face of the Day
Luxon said the sentence would be longer than for the standard offence. “We’ve got a series of three, five and seven years depending upon the nature of the offence and I just think you know anyone would just say that makes perfect sense.”
Now Victims Get Final Say on Suppression
Goldsmith says the new rules are part of the government’s wider plan to restore law and order and reduce violent crime by 20,000 incidents by 2029.
Britain Is Patient Zero in This Cancer
There’s a certain point where one has to wonder whether a society can become so lost, so broken, so unrecognizable, that it can even be salvaged without a hard reset.
The Faces Behind the Horror
This is not just a social issue. It’s a moral failure. A cultural rot. A political embarrassment. The state has failed.
The Death of Jennifer Beard
In the long and often manipulated history of narratives, some cases stand out, not because of what is proven, but because of how they are used. One case is the death of Jennifer Beard, a young Australian who was found dead beneath the Haast River bridge in the South Island.
Final Cases Put to Jurors in ‘Mushroom Lady’ Trial
Prosecution, defence make closing addresses.