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Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon has resigned from his role this afternoon over a failure to disclose a conflict of interest. Foon has conceded he made a mistake but says he personally received no money from the business deal involving a company he directed and the Government. And his departure has been welcomed by Act leader David Seymour who claimed Foon was too attached to the “left side of politics”. Foon, who previously spent six terms as mayor of Gisborne, was appointed by the Labour Government to the role of Race Relations Commissioner in July 2019 by former Justice Minister Andrew Little. Associate Justice Minister of Justice Deborah Russell announced Foon's departure late afternoon. “On 12 May the Chief Human Rights Commissioner wrote to me to advise that Meng Foon had failed to declare a range of interests, as required under sections 62-65 of the Crown Entities Act,” Russell said. It came after a company that was directed by the former Gisborne mayor Foon received income from Government payments during his term, which she said he had “failed to adequately declare”. That included more than $2 million for the provision of accommodation including emergency housing. “The Human Rights Commission conducted an inquiry and produced a report on emergency housing which Meng Foon had been involved in deliberations for, while never adequately declaring his interest,” Russell said. “Off the back of that and a report from the Human Rights Commission Board into his failure to adequately declare these interests which found that he breached his duties under the Act, I sought advice from the Ministry of Justice. “On 30 May I wrote to Meng Foon inviting him to respond to the Board's report and set out that my deliberations could result in him being removed from office.” Russell said she then held a meeting with Foon “where he explained his actions”. She said her preliminary view after the meeting was that “his actions were serious enough to warrant removal”. But Foon in the meantime resigned. “Had the process been completed it is probable I would have determined his actions represented a serious breach of the Crown Entities Act and I would have taken the next steps to recommend to the Governor-General to remove him from his office. “It is critical that all people appointed to public roles comply with their statutory duties. Meng Foon had multiple opportunities to adequately declare these interests and did not do so. “While he has now chosen to resign I think it's important the public is aware of the circumstances in which he has made that decision,” Russell said. In a statement tonight, Foon said he had informed Prime Minister Chris Hipkins that he would resign on Sunday. He said the “news has beaten me” in regards to his departure being revealed by the Government on a Friday afternoon. He said he was resigning for his “error of judgement on political donations and our company is an emergency housing provider”. He said he refuted “strongly” that he didn't “declare my interest of emergency housing to the HRC and MoJ . . . as they received my interest before I was appointed and before I took up my role as RRC “The sum received is about $2.3m over 5 years from 2018 to 2023. It started with about $9500 year ending 2019. I have been transparent with the commission. “At the housing inquiry board meeting I didn't declare a perceived conflict as I didn't think I needed to. I fully supported the housing inquiry. In hindsight I should off declare I made a mistake.” In April, it was revealed Meng and his wife Ying Foon donated $1500 to Kiri Allan's 2020 campaign, and a company called Triple Eight Investments Limited also provided a rent subsidy worth $9185. Meng and Ying Foon are directors of Triple Eight Investments. The pair also donated $1000 to the National Party's East Coast branch at the last election. As Justice Minister, Allan has responsibility for Human Rights Commissioners, and should have declared the potential perceived conflict with the Cabinet Office, despite the fact Allan was not the minister when Foon was appointed or when the donations were made. When Foon was appointed Commissioner by Little in 2019, Allan was a backbench MP. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said Allan had “taken the necessary steps to register the matter now that she holds the Justice portfolio. The minister has also assured me that she has not made any decisions in her portfolio that bring this potential conflict into play.” Political reaction Act leader David Seymour said tonight he welcomed Foon's departure. He said he was too close to the left side of politics and also took aim at the Government's timing of its announcement. ”It's a classic Labour Friday afternoon news dump,” Seymour said. “It is symptomatic of the fact Meng Foon has been conflicted throughout this role not only his donations to Kiri Allan who ended up the minister responsible for his role, but also the fact he has been unable to criticise egregious comments and actions from people he politically agreed with.” Seymour said the human rights commission roles, which include the Race Relations Commissioner, have “had nothing to do with human rights for a long time”. ”You only have to look at his outspoken,incorrect criticism of Auckland Grammar versus his total reluctance to criticise Te Pati Maori for openly stating that Maori are genetically superior,” Seymour said. National's Paul Goldsmith said the episode was embarrassing coming on top of other recent conflict of interest scandals. ”All this only came out as a result of serious queries about the justice minister's donations and so the government chose a lackadaisical approach to conflicts of interest throughout government,” Goldsmith said. ”I'm pleased that this has been dealt with but it does demonstrate a deeper problem across this government not managing conflicts of interest properly.” -NZ HeraldSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A justice advocate and former National Party MP says this country's drug laws have been out of date for decades. He is a signatory to an open letter from a high-powered group of dozens of individuals and organisations calling for drugs to be treated as a health issue. Justice Minister Andrew Little has poured cold water on the calls to overhaul the drug laws. He says the government is constrained by the results of last year's referendum on cannabis legalisation - despite it failing by just a slim margin. Chester Borrows is the former head of the government's justice advisory group. He spoke to Corin Dann.

At the start, Jacques prompts me to say, have a pen and paper ready, stating not to believe all that he says. That he too, is endeavouring to work it all out, through intense research into old records and books on the web etc all about the ‘forgotten past. Saying that we have no understanding or even knowledge of what has come to pass. Because things are not as they are and as a researcher of both historical events as well as new technologies that are released on today's society, we can not necessarily believe the status quo. It starts with Tim mentioning his interview 5 weeks ago of Dan Hermansen - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guzOgNpZn1k - and the United Tribes flag of 1835 in early NZ, keeping Aotearoa NZ ‘as a free country’ and that King William the lV would have Great Britain protect it. However that flag was cunningly displaced by the Union Jack at the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, in 1840 - that contrary to what the Maori chiefs were aware of, New Zealand basically became a colony of Great Britain. Hence Hone Heke, the first Maori chief, to sign this Treaty, cut down the flag staff 4 times due to his disgust in which this Treaty was being administered.  That then, in the comments field of Dan’s interview was this - ‘The Auckland City Council is a Corporation listed on Dun and Bradstreet - So Tim did a web search and we find it in Wiki’ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dun_%26_Bradstreet   Also mentioned early in this interview was the British East India Company because it was an overseas extension of the British Government and was in many cases a ‘law unto itself’ where it cunningly introduced opium into China in 1825 that soon after, the Chinese addiction to opium expanded (to 4-12 million people).  So this opens the question who was this Company and who governed it?  As they had no apparent conscience. Yet, its flag was an ensign that was accepted by the British Government and Admiralty.   Adjusted for inflation, at its height, the company was worth $4.1 trillion. (Oct 17, 2018)  other searches suggest $7.9 trillion. Jacques, says he has worked for the Central Government in South Africa and in Local Government here in NZ and is horrified at what he believes to have found! Stating there are 2 fundamentals that are universal as it relates to the Law; in this case British Law. They are: 1) Contracts & 2) Jurisdictions Fundamentally all law is a contract A contract aims to control the behaviour / actions of two or more parties. Shortly after Jacques was born, the legal system in South Africa impelled his Dad to sign him away as a bonded surety to a ‘bankrupt franchise.’ Note that South Africa was part of the British Commonwealth until 1961 and rejoined again in 1994. Unbeknown to his Father, while he thought he was doing the right thing, apparently registering Jaques birth, and signing the birth certificate, was actually signing a contract; He made Jacques the surety to a bond in the ALL CAPITALS fictional name that the corporation had created to enslave Jacques for the rest of his life. This Corporation?    This will come later … ALL CAPITALS you ask? Yes, they use what is called Dog Latin, which is capitals or block letters. By the way, Dog Latin was used to trick and deceive back in the days when serfs could not understand what the more educated were able to control how Law was administered. Note The Latin alphabet started out as uppercase serifed letters known as Roman square capitals. Ancient Greek started off this way too. And it seems the legacy continues to this day; In the English language all capital writing is not a proper noun; A proper noun is the name of a man or woman, place or physical thing; That all capitalised name is not a proper noun and therefore not a name; For example a name used for an individual person, place, or organisation, spelled with an initial capital letter, e.g. Jane, London, and Greenpeace. Often contrasted with common nouns. Is it a lawful contract? No, because his Dad was never given full disclosure of what he was actually signing; So the birth certificates of everyone are traded on the capital markets and heaps of money is made from them, according to Karen Hudes, former World Bank lawyer.  (do your own research). ‘Everyone includes people who are born in countries like NZ, Australia - and very possibly Canada, and the USA plus UK. Is India and Pakistan? Research it. The Corporation establishes how much tax the child will pay over his or her lifetime and that birth certificate / bond is then traded on the capital markets;   Who is this Corporation and why does it trick parents into doing this? The answer to the why question is easy; control and trillions of dollars; But there is also a sinister reason, which he will come to later. But who is behind the Corporation? His research has shown that there is one massive Corporation; All the others are subdivisions of the main one; The biggest sub-division is the United States The corporation is known by a few names; Triple Crown; Tri-Regnum, Triple Tiara and Three-times Royal The Triple Crown was started as a testamentary trust in 1302 pursuant to the Papal Bull called Unam Sanctam, the Holy Singularity / Sanctified Unity; Pope Boniface VIII announced that he would depose King Philip IV of France if need be and issued the bull Unam Sanctam ('One Holy'), the most famous papal document of the Middle Ages, affirming the authority of the Pope as the heir of Peter and Vicar of Christ over all human authorities, spiritual and temporal.  (Bull = Decree or edict) Underlying the trust, is a global estate. The Pope claimed he owned all land, all flesh and all, wait for it… souls! All being part of the global estate. But surely the Pope had no say over the affairs of England? So did the Pope have control over King William the 4th when he said he would protect the NZ Maori Chiefs Freedoms in 1835? - even though the British were a Protestant country and had the largest seafaring Navy at that time.  Well, this is where things get interesting. So let’s go back to 1215 when King John was forced by the barons to sign the Magna Carta. What happened two years prior to that? Early on the 15 May 1213 King John went to the church of the Templars at Dover and there he knelt before Pandulph, the legate of the Pope, placed his crown in Pandulf's hands and took the oath of fealty to the Pope in Rome. Fealty is a feudal tenant / vassal’s sworn loyalty to a lord, in this case the Pope. King John also handed the legate a document stating that for the atonement of his sins against God and Church that he surrendered into the hands of Pope Innocent and his successors forever, the kingdoms of England and lordship of Ireland, to hold them henceforth as fiefs of the Holy See - the Pope. Many believe that John ceased being King when he laid his crown at the feet of a foreign priest;    So this is how the Pope claims he owns all land, But how does he own all flesh and all souls? Well, the ‘birth certificate’ is a contract remember? It is the commercial vessel which is floated upon the ocean of commerce. We are made to believe that that fictitious ALL CAPS name is our real name and as such we are made surety for the bond. But actually we have nothing to do with it and the so-called birth certificate contract is invalid because no full disclosure was given at the time it was signed or any time thereafter. So they are tricking all of us into believing we have to pay taxes and fines and rates when really it is all deception. But, because we pay it we contract to the Corporation. When we vote, for example, we are contracting with the Corporation and giving it legitimacy. We are given the illusion of a democracy, but there is really no democracy. It is simply another deception. How many believe that the Queen of England has anything to do with assenting to Acts of Parliament? Her title was changed and the Roman numeral of II removed and replaced by Queen Elisabeth 2nd If you don’t believe go and check out the NZ Governor General’s website. If a monarch’s Roman numeral, as appears in Queen Elizabeth II, does not appear in her name, they are no longer referring to her, but some fictitious entity. However, due to the fact that no full disclosure was given to our parents when they signed the birth certificate, the contract can be rescinded, which means the Pope does not lawfully own all flesh and ‘souls.’ The key to remove ourselves from this contract is to understand exactly how it was constructed, so we don’t get ourselves into trouble when we rescind it. The Triple Crown Corporation is made up of: The City of London in the City of London, which holds the land, law and banking and or monetary system. (Kensington and WhiteHall). The Vatican, which deals with the religious side of things and; Washington D.C. which was the completion of the Triple Crown, which is the enforcer / military might behind it. All the established nation-states were trans-migrated into corporations, which are the subdivisions of the Triple Crown. That he believes includes NZ & Australia. This was all supposedly done in the 1700’s - do your own research - it’s a quagmire  Jacques says if you go to the Securities and Exchange Commission website you will find the NZ and Australian governments there, of which he has screenshots. http://www.wakeupkiwi.com/new-zealand-corporate-government.shtml In NZ, most of our ministries, like the Ministry of Justice, NZ Police, Defence Force, Treasury, Ministry of Business Innovation & Employment, etc are all listed on the biggest business website in the world; Dun & Bradstreet as companies, with sales revenue. I have those screenshots too. So New Zealand and Australia seem to be very much part of this greater Triple Crown Corporation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dun_%26_Bradstreet - but do your own research as Wiki has been compromised for years.  Jacques sent an Official Information Act Request to Justice Minister Andrew Little asking if the Ministry of Justice is a company. He has 20 working days to respond. It has been 2 months and still no response from the Minister. Why? He has now referred the matter to the Ombudsman but found out that even the Office of the Ombudsman is listed on the Dun & Bradstreet website as a company with sales revenue of $6m. The reason Jacques is making such a fuss about this is because in our legal courts he is convinced they are not practising Law. He believes they are controlled by the Corporation to monetise we citizens (or the slaves) - because last time he checked the Ministry of Justice sales revenue in one year was $395m. Also if the Ministry is in fact a company, how can they administer justice, when there is a huge conflict of interest? How can a company or corporation be in charge of a country’s Justice system? If the NZ Treasury is a company, how can it control public funds? Our only saving grace, one would think is the old English Common Law but in 1986 the Constitution Act removed most of it. One has to wonder why? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_Act_1986  - But, was this the full account of what happened? And then in 1988 the Imperial Laws Application Act brought it all back. Since then many amendments have been made. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Laws_Application_Act_1988  - Again this is so messy - what can we believe? As Jacques has not had the time to investigate all of this yet -  He has brought together a few bright minds to assist him - this is ongoing. You see the English Common Law includes Magna Carta which was designed to protect individual rights. But, the Corporation does not want its slaves to have rights. Is that why when one becomes a barrister or lawyer or solicitor one has to swear an oath to the NZ Law Society and at the ceremony all have to bow to the judges? When you bow to someone they become your master. How can a lawyer fight one’s case properly if he is subject to his master. Some believe that lawyers are there to ensure you contract with the court. As soon as you contract - you lose your English Common Law and inalienable rights as man and woman. Then they can do to you as they please. Ask the Ministry of Justice about that and they refuse to comment. If any of your listeners would like to support the work that Jacques is doing, or want to be released from this system, you can contact me on trrassoc@gmail.com So the point that Jacques has been endeavouring to make here, is that a system was created to enslave us for our entire lives; a system which subtly robs us of the life God (or evolution) (or both) - gave you and your inalienable rights. Jacques mentions it is also a system which now believes there are too many people on this Earth and that we need to be culled, through unsafe technology like 5G, vaccines, nano tech, chips that includes  ruining the income of billions. That he has never consented to be controlled by this system and he does not consent now. Nor should you. He is preparing to throw off the shackles and so should you. People Around the World are Waking Up to this Deception. Jacques reminds us, if we don’t stand together the 1% will totally control us, because currently we have no rights. Look at Victoria in Australia. Do they have any rights? Look at how people are being grabbed by their throats. They have caused no harm to anyone, but are being treated worse than animals by the so-called police and no one lifts a finger. So Tim says - “NZers get serious and savvy and start to challenge the authorities on this and similar issues. This is what a participative Democracy is.” We have been conned into looking after the ‘I’ when the ‘WE’ is our safety. The Corporation does everything to isolate us from one another, so they can control the WE, because they fear us. They are after all the 1% and we are the 99%. Jacques says … do yourself a favour and switch off the mainstream media. They spread what they are told to spread and will brainwash you into their narrative every time. If you want to get out of the system, you need to get rid of the propaganda. In South Africa the Zulus refer to Ubuntu. For me it means we are all connected and we all need each other to thrive and survive. We have to stand against those that want to harm us or rob us of Ubuntu. If we don’t we, as the collective will be taken, one by one, like the protesters in Victoria Australia and lose everything our forefathers fought so hard and died, for us to have. In NZ we have Aroha and this too is a major statement of Love and unconditional Love that is the building block of Maoridom.  Other points in this interview: Sovereignty - Australia has ‘Australia Day’ on the 26 January every year - this is when they ‘supposedly broke away from Britain. America has Independence Day - the 4th of July when the became independent of Britain  Where is NZ’s day of independence from Britain? Some say it was sometime in 1947. On 26 September 1907 the United Kingdom granted New Zealand "Dominion" status within the British Empire. New Zealand became known as the Dominion of New Zealand. The date was declared Dominion Day, but never reached any popularity as a day of independence. In 1948 New Zealanders became New Zealand citizens – before that they had been British citizens. New Zealand gained full legal independence when Parliament passed the Constitution Act 1986. In 2003 a new Supreme Court was created, replacing Britain's Privy Council as New Zealand's final court of appeal. June 20, 2012 When is NZ day proclaimed in NZ?  We do not have one … http://www.wakeupkiwi.com/what_is_the_crown-City_of_London.shtml  Gag Orders   - In NZ Local Councils will not let you speak out about certain information. Does this mean that even if you are a Member of Parliament in NZ that you are not allowed Parliamentary Privilege - to raise points that you think are of national importance?  What are Gag orders - do you sign them when entering Parliament? Please look at the back of the NZ Passport - the North Island has printed on it NZ - whilst the South Island has nothing. Maps of NZ for the last 70 plus years have always had an even spread of ‘New Zealand’ across both the North & South Island , but not so on our passport.  Why? NZ IN 1967 changed their money from Pounds - to Dollars - a $100 bill was printed, yet though we have eliminated small coins we have not made a commensurate change by printing a $500 note - because NZers have forgotten that the $100 bill now is only worth $20.00 in 1967. That is an example of how docile and slumberous we have become - the bankers will most probably frog march us into a cashless society - sooner rather than later.   That people are encouraged to research  Jordan Maxwell - Matrix of Power and what is Admiralty Law?   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-cb1P-lZ_4  That so much is happening that it is all hidden in plain sight. Yet, NZ society as a whole - seems blissfully complacent and unaware. In 2003, I (Tim) took my class of language students to see Queen Elisabeth 2nd at the America’s Cup Village in Downtown Auckland. That I then found myself in the middle of a loud beseeching by two middle class men dressed in suits calling and addressing Queen Elisabeth ll of England. They honoured her as the Head of the Church of England and Defender of the Faith. They politely but forcefully asked her to outrightly condemn the Pope in Rome as the Anti Christ and in league with Satan - and that here I was 5 meters from the Queen and 5 metres away from the two men standing on some seats.  (this was more than astounding. Here they were still fighting the war between the Roman Catholics and the Protestants.)   That Treasury here in NZ has a direct line to the US State Department - Why? That Donald Trump has recently taken over the US Federal Reserve - which is a private Corporation - asserting US Independence from the City of London? When Donald and Melania Trump visited London in June 2119 they both broke a major royal protocol rule by shaking hands with members of the royal family instead of curtsying and bowing. To top it off, in a ceremony In London in front of the trooping of the colour and pomp and ceremony Donald Trump walked out in front of the Queen - which signified that he was in command and that the USA under Trump had made a major break with the City of London.  https://www.insider.com/donald-trump-broke-major-royal-protocol-visit-with-the-queen-2019-6  There have been whispers recently that Prince Charles in the last months has been crowned King to replace his Mother Elisabeth 2nd - so there are plenty of assertions flying around at present, that signify huge change is upon us. Also that all the Lord Mayors of London have been Freemasons for something like the last 200 years, until Ken Livingston from the Labour party broke that spell … from 2000 to 2008. What does this portend? When In NZ you receive a traffic infringement it is addressed to you in CAPITAL LETTERS  - why?  See above. The Pope says we individual humans can not have a direct relationship with God - that we have to go through the Catholic Church?  Why? Because this is how the Church funds itself. https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/francis-chronicles/church-essential-faith-there-are-no-free-agents-pope-says https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4svTOrMREA    Where does this leave Protestants? The United States Isn't a Country — It's a Corporation! https://www.serendipity.li/jsmill/us_corporation.htm https://wwwsolutionsempowerment.com   - if you want support against having to comply and have enforced injections against your will. Click This was more than an intriguing interview. It was also a call to waken NZ journalists who have become so distracted by political in fighting that they have become profoundly lost in their own drama. Next Week. What is the soul, why has the soul been such an important part of human endeavour for millennia?

Justin spoke to Justice Minister Andrew Little on escapes from managed isolation, overseas voting, and prospects of a four year parliamentary term under a Labour government.

Labour leader Jacinda Ardern wants to make it illegal to discriminate on the grounds of someone's religion as well as possibly sexual orientation or disability.Her commitment follows a visit to Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch today where Imam Gamal Fouda made an impassioned plea for stronger political leadership around hate speech laws.The Government has been reviewing hate speech in the aftermath of the March 15 attacks, and NZ First is thought to be why nothing has changed.Justice Minister Andrew Little told The Weekend Collective that there are already laws around hate speech that are around race and ethnicity, including the Human Rights Act and the Harmful Digital Communications Act."The problem with the law is that it criminalises conduct in relation to inciting hostility to others on the grounds of race but not on any other grounds, including religion."Little says that provisions such as Incite to Violence only apply to abuse targetted at specific people, rather than wider groups. He says that freedom of speech is there to protect minorities and those who speak up against those in power. "It's not there to protect against those who want to threaten and intimidate others because of who they are."The proposed move has prompted criticism from ACT leader David Seymour.He told The Weekend Collective that they don't want a Government department to decide what people can and can't decide. "No matter how they try and dress it up, that's the only way it can work."Seymour says that this is legislating against offence, which he says it will led to high-level censorship. He says that the current provisions on defending race against hate speech have not worked properly for several decades.Prior to Seymour coming on the show, Little told The Weekend Collective that Seymour is a smart enough guy to know there should be limits and they can be well-defined. "He's got to explain why it is that it's a criminal offence to say 'let's kill at the Māoris' but it's not a criminal offence to say 'let's kill all the Jews and the Muslins'. And if his defence to that is to say 'we should be allowed to say let's all the Māoris', then that's on him."Little says that there are no plans to make it illegal to be offended. 

Labour leader Jacinda Ardern wants to make it illegal to discriminate on the grounds of someone's religion as well as possibly sexual orientation or disability.Her commitment follows a visit to Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch today where Imam Gamal Fouda made an impassioned plea for stronger political leadership around hate speech laws.The Government has been reviewing hate speech in the aftermath of the March 15 attacks, and NZ First is thought to be why nothing has changed.Justice Minister Andrew Little told The Weekend Collective that there are already laws around hate speech that are around race and ethnicity, including the Human Rights Act and the Harmful Digital Communications Act."The problem with the law is that it criminalises conduct in relation to inciting hostility to others on the grounds of race but not on any other grounds, including religion."Little says that provisions such as Incite to Violence only apply to abuse targetted at specific people, rather than wider groups. He says that freedom of speech is there to protect minorities and those who speak up against those in power. "It's not there to protect against those who want to threaten and intimidate others because of who they are."The proposed move has prompted criticism from ACT leader David Seymour.He told The Weekend Collective that they don't want a Government department to decide what people can and can't decide. "No matter how they try and dress it up, that's the only way it can work."Seymour says that this is legislating against offence, which he says it will led to high-level censorship. He says that the current provisions on defending race against hate speech have not worked properly for several decades.Prior to Seymour coming on the show, Little told The Weekend Collective that Seymour is a smart enough guy to know there should be limits and they can be well-defined. "He's got to explain why it is that it's a criminal offence to say 'let's kill at the Māoris' but it's not a criminal offence to say 'let's kill all the Jews and the Muslins'. And if his defence to that is to say 'we should be allowed to say let's all the Māoris', then that's on him."Little says that there are no plans to make it illegal to be offended. 

The push to crack down on hate speech is being driven by religious groups.Labour's pledging to strengthen laws around religious discrimination, if re-elected next month.Justice Minister Andrew Little says after the mosque shootings, some groups have shared their experiences, and how they've been affected.Newstalk ZB Newsreader Niva Retimanu joins The Panel to discuss this, along with the other big stories making news this week.LISTEN ABOVE

James Tapp talked to Trusts' Arena CEO Mark Gosling about the future of the events' industry. Justin spoke to Labour's Phil Twyford about the party's policy on rail. On their weekly chat, Justin and Justice Minister Andrew Little talked about the Pike River mine, rent freezes, a Chinese database containg the contact information more than 700 prominent New Zealanders, and a Labour pledge to give government contracters the living wage. Justin also chatted with Zoe on Neighbourhood Watch about a campaign to make the aboriginal flag free for public use, a lawsuit against the Victoria government over the legality of the Melbourne curfew, and a failed rocket launch in South Australia.

Justin spoke to Justice Minister Andrew Little on the Pike River Mine, rent freezes, a Chinese database that contained contact details of prominent New Zealanders, and a Labour Party policy to give government contracters the living wage if elected.

Justin talked to Justice Minister Andrew Little about border testing, the Children's Commissioner's proposal to raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility, and changes to financial and campaigning restrictions on the referendums.

James reports on the private Green School in Taranaki recieving more than 10 million dollars in government funding. Justin caught up with Justice Minister Andrew Little and talked about border testing, raising the minimum age of criminal responsibility, and restrictions surrounding referendum campaigns. On Neighbourhood Watch, Zoe updates Justin on what's happening in Australia on the terms of coronavirus, and indigenous people in Queesland blocking access to a coal mine. International Desk reports on a coup d'etat in Mali.

Strong warnings are being sounded about the risks of postal voting this election, with preparations underway as New Zealand still battles the virus. The Electoral Commission has geared up for an exponential increase in postal voting - that's an option for people who can't physically get to a polling booth - for reasons like age or a health condition. New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says if the postal services and election officials are overwhelmed, it could be a disaster. Justice Minister Andrew Little told our political editor, Jane Patterson, a lot of work's gone into election preparations, but there's always a risk.

A potentially huge increase in postal voting has prompted warnings a failure to properly prepare could lead to an election disaster. Postal votes could number in the hundreds of thousands because of Covid-19 - if the elderly and those vulnerable because of poor health cannot go to public polling booths, and further lockdown restrictions are imposed. There are fears of an electoral crisis if the number of postal votes outstrips the ability of government agencies to handle them. The Justice Minister Andrew Little concedes there's more risk once postal voting's significantly expanded, but says that's been weighed against the need to give people safe options to vote. Here's RNZ political editor, Jane Patterson.

In the pod today: a tourism farm experience turns to training after Covid; we join exercise junkies working up a sweat for Rainbow Youth; Gore's mayor is with us for a look at his town - why do they roll their rrrrs? Thousands of Aucklanders are turning to foodbacks for help; And after victims of stalking shared their stories with First Up on the lack of police action, Justice Minister Andrew Little says he's open to reviewing legislation.

A new initiative has been launched targeting young offenders entering the justice system.The Young Adult List will give 18 to 25-year-olds extra support in an effort to stop reoffending.Judge John Walker, the Principal Youth Court Judge who led the development of the programme, says often offenders come from a background of being exposed to trauma and abuse and those challenges do not expire when they turn 18 and come into the adult court.Every Friday, a specialist team will provide 18 to 25 year-olds with the full spectrum of wrap-around services including specialist probation officers, adolescent mental health services, alcohol and other drug screening, and links to community support.Justice Minister Andrew Little told Kerre McIvor that it will be money well spent if they can stop people continuing to cycle through the justice system or go to prison, which is an expensive exercise in itself. "The more serious [crimes] will be dealt with at the more serious end. The sorts of offences these folks are up for will be driving offences, there'll be low-level assaults and things like that."He says that there will be other issues going on, such as trauma or learning difficulties, and it's about getting the younger offenders early enough to "reprogramme" their brains."So rather than offending, they've got ways of handling the situation they are in." LISTEN ABOVE

Anti-abortion groups and some National MPs say the new abortion law is so ill-defined it allows women to end pregnancies right up to birth but the Justice Minister Andrew Little says anyone who believes that full-term abortions exist is an idiot. The emotive subject is back in the spotlight after National MP Harete Hipango published a Facebook post accusing the Prime Minister of supporting abortion up to full-term. Opposition leader Judith Collins, who herself voted for the law change, says National has no party-wide stance. Eleisha Foon reports.

Justice Minister Andrew Little is now looking at Scott Watson's bid to have his murder convictions reconsidered. Journalist Mike White has been followed the case for 20 years he talks to Jesse about the latest development.

Small businesses unable to pay rent on commercial leases have just been given a lifeline. From today, commercial tenants and their landlords who cannot reach agreement on how much rent to pay will go to compulsory arbitration. The breakthrough comes after almost two months of negotiations between Labour and New Zealand First. The Justice Minister Andrew Little regrets it's taken so long. He spoke to RNZ political reporter Jo Moir last night ahead of the announcement later today.

Victim support advocates says the Ministry of Justice cannot ignore the alarming results from the country's largest crime survey and must take radical action. The survey, which was commissioned by the Ministry of Justice, found that 94 percent of sexual assaults go unreported, and almost a quarter of people experience one or more sexual assault in their lifetime. It also revealed that women are three times more likely than men to have experienced sexual assault. Justice Minister Andrew Little speaks to Corin Dann.

Convicted double murderer David Tamihere wants the Court of Appeal to give him a chance to clear his name in a retrial after he was granted a rare Royal Prerogative of Mercy. Tamihere served twenty years in jail after being found guilty of murdering Swedish tourists Urban Hglin and Heidi Paakkonen in Coromandel in 1989. He's always maintained his innocence and yesterday Justice Minister Andrew Little referred his case to the Court of Appeal - it will be able to either uphold the convictions, quash them or order a new trial. David Tamihere told our court reporter Anneke Smith much of the evidence that led to him being found guilty has unravelled in the years since.

Justice Minister Andrew Little suggests the Property (Relationships) Act needs a more modern approach.It was found to be "no longer fit for purpose" by the Law Commission last June and there are renewed calls to update it.It follows a series of drawn-out matrimonial legal battles - including one high-profile case in Auckland that's taken eight years to get to court.He also hopes judges are watching and preventing behaviour that could delay proceedings.Kirsy Swadling is the Chair of the New Zealand Law Society's Family Law Section and she joins me now Kerre McIvor to talk about the issue.LISTEN ABOVE

A ban on all advertising of cannabis products, no online sales - and a minimum purchase age of 20.Those are key restrictions in a draft cannabis law released this week ahead of next year's referendum.Justice Minister Andrew Little says it's important voters are well informed before the 2020 General Election - and can participate in the referendum process.The ballot will ask a simple Yes/No question.National's Drug Reform spokesperson Paula Bennett says it's well-intentioned, but not delivering what it needs to, and there are too many questions for voters.Is this just the beginning of the mudslinging and debate ahead of the contentious vote?One News political reporter Katie Bradford joined The Weekend Collective to discuss what this week's announcement means and what will come next.LISTEN ABOVE   

A ban on all advertising of cannabis products, no online sales - and a minimum purchase age of 20.Those are key restrictions in a draft cannabis law released this week ahead of next year's referendum.Justice Minister Andrew Little says it's important voters are well informed before the 2020 General Election - and can participate in the referendum process.The ballot will ask a simple Yes/No question.National's Drug Reform spokesperson Paula Bennett says it's well-intentioned, but not delivering what it needs to, and there are too many questions for voters.Is this just the beginning of the mudslinging and debate ahead of the contentious vote?One News political reporter Katie Bradford joined The Weekend Collective to discuss what this week's announcement means and what will come next.LISTEN ABOVE   

A ban on all advertising of cannabis products, no online sales - and a minimum purchase age of 20.Those are key restrictions in a draft cannabis law released this week ahead of next year's referendum.Justice Minister Andrew Little says it's important voters are well informed before the 2020 General Election - and can participate in the referendum process.The ballot will ask a simple Yes/No question.National's Drug Reform spokesperson Paula Bennett says it's well-intentioned, but not delivering what it needs to, and there are too many questions for voters.Is this just the beginning of the mudslinging and debate ahead of the contentious vote?One News political reporter Katie Bradford joined The Weekend Collective to discuss what this week's announcement means and what will come next.LISTEN ABOVE   

People who are sentenced to less than three years in prison will be able to vote at next year's general election.Justice Minister Andrew Little announced this evening that this group of prisoners would have their voting rights restored.The proposed change would return the law to how it was before 2010, when a National Party bill removed voting rights from all sentenced prisoners."We plan to make this change in an Electoral Amendment Bill before the next election, so that people sentenced to less than three years imprisonment can participate in the 2020 election," Little said.The prison population is currently just under 10,000 people. Around 3700 prisoners on remand can already vote. The proposed law change would allow another 1900 inmates to vote.The Government announcement followed a report from the Waitangi Tribunal that found the 2010 law change was inconsistent with the Treaty of Waitangi and disproportionately affected Maori prisoners.The High Court earlier declared that the law was inconsistent with the New Zealand Bill of Rights - which was later upheld by the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court."This threshold of a three-year jail sentence means those prisoners will be able to vote on the Government that will be in power when they are released," Little said."It is right that someone who is going to be released back into the community during a Parliamentary term should have the right to have a say on who leads them during their time of freedom."Little said the law change would also address the concern that prisoners were not re-enrolling once they left prison. As part of the proposed law change, longer-term prisoners will also be enrolled on release."This will ensure people sentenced to three years or more in prison can re-engage with the democratic process as easily as possible," Little said.The change would be short-lived if the Coalition Government was not re-elected.Leader of the Opposition Simon Bridges said this evening that National would restore the ban if his party came to power next year."This proves Labour is soft on crime and is more focused on criminals than victims for whom it's done nothing," he tweeted."If you do the crime you should lose your rights and do the time. National will change this back after the election."The Green Party had led calls in Parliament for the ban to be overturned.Justice and electoral issues spokeswoman Golriz Ghahraman said the Government's decision was a win for equality."New Zealand should be a place where no matter your circumstances you have a right to cast a vote", she said."Considering our proud history fighting for the women's right to vote, I think many would be shocked to hear that right now incarcerated New Zealanders, predominantly Māori, are deprived of this basic liberty." 

Two referenda and a general election for 2020 but the Justice Minister is confident it won't be a case of information overload.There'll be a vote on both cannabis and euthanasia legalisation at the ballot box next year.Justice Minister Andrew Little says he acknowledges it's a lot to consider, but is certain people will get their heads around the different questions.He says a lot of work goes into getting the questioning right, to make sure it's clear.Whether this will be a serious case for the election or not remains to be seen. Katie Bradford and Ben Thomas joined Andrew Dickens to discuss what will come of the election, what it may mean for euthanasia in New Zealand, and the other big topics of the day.LISTEN ABOVE

Chris was joined by Christchurch East MP Poto Williams and Waimakariri MP Matt Doocey for this weeks edition of Politics Friday.Up for discussion today was the news that Mediaworks is selling off the TV side of its business, the counter-terrorism legislation put forward by Justice Minister Andrew Little, plus the lack of progress on a carpark for Christchurch public hospital and the stadium.  

The Government will introduce a bill to enable bars and clubs to stay open and serve drinks during Rugby World Cup games next month.Justice Minister Andrew Little made the announcement today, following pressure from Act leader David Seymour in the previous days.Little said the bill would allow eligible licensed premises to open during the RWC games, even if those games are outside their usual trading hours."It's pretty clear some clubs are having difficulty persuading their district licensing committees to grant a special licence to extend their hours for this obviously special event, and so it makes sense for Parliament to allow clubs to meet a community desire."There are some premises, such as clubs in rural areas, who tend to have earlier closing times and we want to make sure that these communities have the opportunity to enjoy the games."Little thanked Seymour for his work drafting a bill on the issue, which Seymour intended to bring to the House yesterday, but he held off after the Government requested 24 hours to seek advice.Seymour told the Herald he was happy that the issue was going to be resolved."I'm delighted the Government, and all of Parliament for that matter, is seeing sense."Seymour led the charge on a similar bill for RWC games in 2015.The latest quarter-finals at the RWC this year start at 11.15pm NZT, the latest semifinal at 10pm NZT, and the final and bronze playoff are at 10pm NZT.Local authorities can grant special licences to bars and clubs through district licensing committees, but two clubs - Titirangi RSA and Waihi Beach RSA - have already had their applications declined.That had prompted Clubs NZ operations manager Lucy Waterreus to contact Seymour to enlist his help, saying the issue could affect up to 180 clubs.Hospitality New Zealand has also estimated that 50 per cent of its membership – or 1500 on-licence venues – might be impacted.Seymour has said that a law needed to be passed this month to be in place in time for the first kick-off on September 20.

New Zealand First is being given little to no chance of getting its abortion referendum.The party this week blindsided their coalition partners by revealing they were considering calling for a referendum on the issue.This is despite Justice Minister Andrew Little working closely with New Zealand First MP Tracy Martin on the legislation, which passed its first reading on Thursday.However, the party is unlikely to get their wish. Political commentator Bryce Edwards says it doesn't have support from Labour, National or the Greens for it.He told the Weekend Collective New Zealand First already knows that."They need to at least for their own supporters say that they tried to get a referendum because a lot of New Zealanders wants a referendum and probably other New Zealanders as well."Edwards says this allows New Zealand First to state it tried to give New Zealanders a say.This morning, Andrew Little told Andrew Dickens he is not bothered by the calls."New Zealand First are who they are and what happened is what happened. I'm not particularly fussed by it, it go through the first reading." Little says he isn't a fan of referendums as he maintains MPs are elected to make decisions.

Justice Minister Andrew Little live on Abortion Law reform, being blindsided by Winston Peters - and an exclusive announcement.Are Police prepared to apply personal discretion to drug prosecutions? Police Minister Stuart Nash on drugs, guns, and whether he stands behind police actions at Ihumātao . Then, We sit down with the Secretary General of NATO. His message? Get with the cyberwarfare programme. Plus, the long arm of the Chinese Government. The Chinese Embassy responds to claims made on this show about alleged Chinese government interference in the lives of New Zealanders.And we are joined by our panel to discuss the political news of the week: Stuff Circuit investigative journalist Paula Penfold, AUT Associate Professor Khylee Quince, and political commentator Brigitte Morten.

The Canterbury Earthquake Insurance Tribunal, set up to resolve long running insurance disputes, is under way.Justice Minister Andrew Little has said the tribunal would be a "circuit-breaker" for disputes that have dragged on for too long.Tribunal Chair Chris Somerville told Chris Lynch there has been an industry created where lawyers on both sides have benefited.He says it's time we got to the meat of the issue and dealt with disputes without so much input from lawyers.  LISTEN ABOVE.

The man who led the charge for prisoner rights from behind bars believes there's public appetite for change.The Waitangi Tribunal has declared the ban on prisoners voting should be overturned.It says it disproportionately hurts Maori and breaches the Crown's Treaty obligations.Late last year, the Supreme Court ruled the ban, while not an invalid law, breaches the Bill of Rights Act.That case was pushed by notorious former inmate Arthur Taylor.He told Kate Hawkesby there's a myth that the public doesn't want prisoners to vote."That's completely wrong. I travel widely now that I'm out of prison and speak to a heck of a lot of people around the country and I haven't come across one person who supports this ban."He says for those still doing time, it's about being recognised by the community."Cause it's a community they are all going to return to one day, and they want to feel included in it and want to have a say, however minute, in how that community is shaped."Taylor wants Justice Minister Andrew Little to reverse the law, and has a strong message for him."Andrew, you better wake up. This is undermining our moral authority in the world. We;ve now got the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, and now the Waitangi Tribunal now telling you that this ban is wrong and unjustified and unsupportable."

New Zealand First is being given little to no chance of getting its abortion referendum.The party this week blindsided their coalition partners by revealing they were considering calling for a referendum on the issue.This is despite Justice Minister Andrew Little working closely with New Zealand First MP Tracy Martin on the legislation, which passed its first reading on Thursday.However, the party is unlikely to get their wish. Political commentator Bryce Edwards says it doesn't have support from Labour, National or the Greens for it.He told the Weekend Collective New Zealand First already knows that."They need to at least for their own supporters say that they tried to get a referendum because a lot of New Zealanders wants a referendum and probably other New Zealanders as well."Edwards says this allows New Zealand First to state it tried to give New Zealanders a say.This morning, Andrew Little told Andrew Dickens he is not bothered by the calls."New Zealand First are who they are and what happened is what happened. I'm not particularly fussed by it, it go through the first reading." Little says he isn't a fan of referendums as he maintains MPs are elected to make decisions.

New Zealand First is being given little to no chance of getting its abortion referendum.The party this week blindsided their coalition partners by revealing they were considering calling for a referendum on the issue.This is despite Justice Minister Andrew Little working closely with New Zealand First MP Tracy Martin on the legislation, which passed its first reading on Thursday.However, the party is unlikely to get their wish. Political commentator Bryce Edwards says it doesn't have support from Labour, National or the Greens for it.He told the Weekend Collective New Zealand First already knows that."They need to at least for their own supporters say that they tried to get a referendum because a lot of New Zealanders wants a referendum and probably other New Zealanders as well."Edwards says this allows New Zealand First to state it tried to give New Zealanders a say.This morning, Andrew Little told Andrew Dickens he is not bothered by the calls."New Zealand First are who they are and what happened is what happened. I'm not particularly fussed by it, it go through the first reading." Little says he isn't a fan of referendums as he maintains MPs are elected to make decisions.

Kiwis will be able to vote at next year's general election while doing their weekly food shop.Justice Minister Andrew Little has announced that ballot boxes will be in more venues at the 2020 election - including supermarkets and shopping malls."New Zealanders deserve to have their votes counted. Nearly half of voters are now exercising their right to vote prior to election day," Little said."Those early voters are able to both enrol and vote at the ballot box. It's only fair that people who vote on election day have the same right to enrol as those casting an early vote.LISTEN TO THE AUDIO ABOVE AS DR SANDRA GREY SPEAKS TO THE WEEKEND COLLECTIVE

Kiwis will be able to vote at next year's general election while doing their weekly food shop.Justice Minister Andrew Little has announced that ballot boxes will be in more venues at the 2020 election - including supermarkets and shopping malls."New Zealanders deserve to have their votes counted. Nearly half of voters are now exercising their right to vote prior to election day," Little said."Those early voters are able to both enrol and vote at the ballot box. It's only fair that people who vote on election day have the same right to enrol as those casting an early vote.LISTEN TO THE AUDIO ABOVE AS DR SANDRA GREY SPEAKS TO THE WEEKEND COLLECTIVE

Kiwis will be able to vote at next year's general election while doing their weekly food shop.Justice Minister Andrew Little has announced that ballot boxes will be in more venues at the 2020 election - including supermarkets and shopping malls."New Zealanders deserve to have their votes counted. Nearly half of voters are now exercising their right to vote prior to election day," Little said."Those early voters are able to both enrol and vote at the ballot box. It's only fair that people who vote on election day have the same right to enrol as those casting an early vote.LISTEN TO THE AUDIO ABOVE AS DR SANDRA GREY SPEAKS TO THE WEEKEND COLLECTIVE

Destiny Church leader Bishop Brian Tamaki's tweet that he was the victim of an attempted "political gang rape" by senior Government ministers is offensive, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says.Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis called it "disgusting".Tamaki today ramped up his war of words with the Government, tweeting that it looked like Ardern, Finance Minister Grant Robertson and Davis had tried a "political gang rape" on him.The tweet was his latest response in a battle over Destiny Church's Man Up programme, which Tamaki wants to introduce into the country's prisons.Tamaki told the Herald today his reference to gang rape was nothing to do with the experience of people who had been raped but referred instead to a "planned assault by Labour's top MPs on his character".He said that to liken his use of the phrase to the act of gang rape was to "pervert what my real meaning is there because that's nothing to do with that at all"."The term is about three senior Cabinet Ministers … ranting about a prison reform programme, a successful one at that – Man Up – ranting on social media and one of them criticising me. Don't you think that's a bit more than coincidence?Finance Minister Grant Robertson ridicules Destiny Church's Brian Tamaki https://t.co/ZLvVReEmj5 pic.twitter.com/lvDHCSBv7P— Newshub (@NewshubNZ) April 29, 2019"Our prison system is in a serious condition and Kelvin's got no answers to it."Ardern told reporters today she had not seen Tamaki's latest tweet but said the use of the phrase "gang rape" to describe his treatment by the Government was offensive."If he wants his programme in prisons, if he wants to do good, then he should engage with us, not send offensive tweets."He's certainly not helping himself," Ardern said of Tamaki's attempts to get the Man Up programme in prisons.Davis called the tweet "disgusting. It's offensive on every level. If that's his form of Christianity I don't think many people want that"."I think it speaks volumes about the sort of person he is. Who writes that sort of stuff? First of all trying to incite violence, revolts in prison, then expect me to allow him to go in there. There's no way that's going to happen."Davis said he was seeking advice from Corrections on Tamaki's access to prisons but said he had "blown it"."It would just be irresponsible of me to say 'away you go Brian, all is forgiven'."He said Tamaki had produced a "Bingo sheet" of numbers on a piece of paper as proof that the Man Up programme worked."Just numbers on it, pretty random."Justice Minister Andrew Little said any decision on the use of the Man Up programme in prisons was a matter for Davis. He called Tamaki's tweets "hot-headed stuff" and out of line."He says he's committed to doing his bit to address the issue of family violence, domestic violence and try to turn lives around. You don't do that by what looked like threats."Little did not rule out the use of the Man Up programme to address family violence but said if Destiny Church wanted public money, it had to be open to scrutiny.Tamaki warned yesterday of revolts in prisons if the Government continued to deny access to the programme.The Government and Corrections have repeatedly said Destiny Church has never made an application to run the course in Corrections' facilities.We will plan thru Private Visits to inmates in every Prison to bring ManUp in nd cause inmate revolts in evey prison..The Human Rights Commission is nxt visit MP Jacinda Ardern..My People Maori r denied access to an Indigenous Progm that works..Im Warning You pic.twitter.com/GwkBrFeRVh— Bishop Brian Tamaki (@BishopTamaki) April 28, 2019Ardern said yesterday it was "irresponsible" for Tamaki to incite violence in prisons."We've made the point time and time again that there is a process that we have to go through. We're obliged to make sure that when anyone is seeking to put a programme into Corrections that there's a procurement process,"In December last...

The Green Party is urging Justice Minister Andrew Little to adopt a Greens members' bill which would ban foreign donations to political parties and enabling prisoners rights.Greens electoral reform spokeswoman Golriz Ghahraman is introducing a bill which she said would "stop unfair influence and potential corruption in politics".As well as cracking down on foreign donations, the bill would also overturn a ban on prisoner voting, enable Māori to change roll types at any time and lower the MMP threshold to 4 per cent.Although New Zealand has a strong democratic system, Ghahraman said there is "definitely room for improvement"."The bill seeks to stop unfair influence and potential corruption in politics," she said.One of the key measures will give prisoner's back the right to vote.Ghahraman defended the measure, telling the Weekend Collective that the current legislation is a breach of human rights, which goes against the criminal justice system. "By removing people from the community, we're trying to make the community safer, we're trying to rehabilitate them and reintegrate them back in. We know that being disconnected from society hinders that, so that should be the key aim of the criminal justice system."She says prison is a punishment already, and taking away their rights erodes all our human rights."The punishment is encompassed in the imprisonment itself, it does not apply to other rights."Ghahraman says we are an anomaly when it comes to this, and warns that it puts us on the same level as Iran and Saudi Arabia when it comes to human rights.Given the example of Malcolm Rewa voting on sexual assault reform, she says that is an extreme example and that it would make for bad law. The law will also tackle electoral donations.  Current electoral law prohibits overseas donations of more than $1500 to political parties, but Ghahraman said she wants that made zero."We should absolutely not be seeing political donations come from overseas and we need to reduce the anonymity threshold so that we can see who is donating to political parties."She appears to have an unlikely ally in her quest to stamp out foreign donations.Last month, veteran National MP Nick Smith signalled electoral reforms were needed to ensure the integrity of the New Zealand electoral system."The existing electoral law does put limits on foreign donors, but needs strengthening. Only Kiwi citizens and residents should be able to donate to political parties or to campaigns that seek to influence an election outcome," Smith said.A members' bill goes into the ballot and are picked at random to be debated in the House. There are 70 bills in the ballot, meaning the likelihood of a bill being pulled is slim.That's why Ghahraman is urging Little to pick up her bill, meaning the Government could introduce it at any time.She has spoken to Little about it and he is now in the process of looking into it, she said. "I am hopeful that the Government will pick it up."Her bill would also implement all 10 of the 2012 MMP review recommendations.This includes reducing the proportion of votes a party has to win to get into Parliament from the current 5 per cent, to four.Ghahraman's bill would also mean Māori would be able to choose which role they are on at any time. At the moment, Māori can only change to the Māori roll once every five years. 

A close family friend of Grace Millane is so concerned ongoing suppression breaches could jeopardise a trial she's written to UK media asking them to stop naming the accused killer. And the papers have explained why they defied the Auckland judge's order. The Telegraph and the Daily Mail were two of several British media organisations to name the 26-year-old man charged with Millane's murder, days after she arrived in Auckland as part of a one-year solo OE.The Telegraph's editorial compliance executive Sian White responded to concerns about suppression breaches saying, "the law in New Zealand does not apply". The Justice Minister plans to tell Google breaching suppression orders is unacceptable.Top Google executives from the UK and US will meet Justice Minister Andrew Little in New Zealand next week after Google ran the murder accused's name in a mass hot topics email to subscribers.Also today: An Auckland teenager has been sentenced to home detention after killing a 15-year-old in a drunken hit-and-run - and later posting an insensitive social media post of herself in an orange prison jumpsuit.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Yesterday, my talkback session was dominated by the nation’s reaction to the death of Grace Millane. The 22-year-old student from Essex in New Zealand on a backpackers trip fresh from graduating from university.The grief and anger has been striking.  Perhaps driven on not just by the horror of the crime, but also the feeling she was a good person, from a good family and this trip which should have been the stuff of dreams became that of nightmares and to cap it off it came so close to Christmas.  A time of peace and family.So for 3 hours we talked about our reaction as individuals, as men, as women and as a nation.There was an interesting debate about responsibility.  Of course ,the sole responsibility was that of the perpetrator.A friend of mine posted this on social media:"THIS IS SO SO SO SO SAD BUT LET'S RE WORD THIS GUYS AND GIRLS .. IT WAS NOT HER FAULT, IT WAS NOT TINDERS FAULT, IT WAS NOT BECAUSE OF ANYTHING SHE DID. NOT HER FAULT. A MAN KILLED HER. VIOLENCE TOWARDS WOMEN MUST BE SPOKEN ABOUT DIFFERENTLY. A MAN KILLED HER FULL STOP.But in that conversation about violence towards women, who has the responsibility to talk differently? I dared to suggest that men need to talk to other men to take the casual violence towards women out of their vocabulary. But, surprisingly, men phoned to complain that this was man bashing. To which I always counter that there’s little sympathy at this time for men who complain about verbal man bashing when women are getting literally killed and bashed.The conversation veered onto whether we are a violent society relatively and there were a few who did not want the nation to take responsibility for Grace’s death and yet later in the day the Prime Minister did exactly that at a press conference while on the verge of tears.I would suggest that while our homicide figures have been falling, the undertow of violence runs deep in our veins. My text machine was running hot with suggestions about the sort of justice that should be meted out to the killer. I couldn’t read many of them out.  Honestly, they’d turn your hair blue.We have an abhorrence of violence but we are violent punishers nonetheless.  And yesterday we were searching the closet for our pitchforks and burning torches and ready to form vigilante gangs.Due to the stupidity of overseas news services the name of the accused became easily discoverable online and then it was spread like wildfire. When I got home last night my sons showed me their Facebook feeds which were full of the mentions of the name, photographs of the man and suggestions of unspeakable acts of retribution.Has there ever been such a wide scale flaunting of name suppression in New Zealand’s legal history and it led to a warning from police to the public to stop breaking the law.Justice Minister Andrew Little said if we want justice to be done we need to leave the police to do their job, which is continue to gather the evidence. We want the police to present the strongest possible case.So I say this.  We all understand the depth of feeling but we all need to comply with a higher standard. Breaking the suppression law and suggesting violence on the perpetrator makes us no better than he is.My biggest fear is that due to a misplaced sense of justice the people of New Zealand could jeopardise the process of justice and that would be a huge crime and offence against the Millane family there could  be. A family who have already suffered in New Zealand more than we can bear.

New Zealand first has put their foot down in the coalition Government, making sure the three strikes law is not repealed.Justice Minister Andrew Little was set to take the matter to cabinet today after months of planning to repeal the law brought in by National in 2010.However, he has had to scrap those plans after New Zealand First refused to agree..Political Editor Barry Soper told Andrew Dickens this is a win for New Zealand First."Yet again, what it does show is the power this little party has in that Government coalition."LISTEN TO BARRY SOPER TALK WITH ANDREW DICKENS ABOVE

Richard Green speaks to David Seymour, ACT party leader, about Justice Minister Andrew Little's announcement to repeal the controversial Three Strikes Law.

Richard Green speaks to David Seymour, ACT party leader, about Justice Minister Andrew Little's announcement to repeal the controversial Three Strikes Law.