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A discharge without conviction can spare a person guilty of a crime years of struggle and stigma.  RNZ can reveal Pākehā are granted more each year than any other group.  As part of new series Is This Justice? Te Aniwa Hurihanganui explores why. 

An RNZ data analysis has revealed Pākehā are granted name suppression three times as often as Māori, even though Māori are charged and convicted with more crimes. In the first story of a new series, Is This Justice, RNZ journalist Te Aniwa Hurihanganui looked into why the disparity exists.  Auckland lawyer Fletcher Pilditch told her the figure reflected a system skewed towards people of privilege.  Chief Justice Helen Winkelmann accepted that access to justice is more difficult for people with fewer resources. 

An Auckland couple who breached Auckland's lockdown to go to Wanaka have thrown name suppression into the spotlight.  The pair obtained urgent, interim name suppression before letting it lapse and apologising for their behaviour. RNZ can now reveal an analysis of Ministry of Justice figures shows Pakeha are granted name suppression three times as often as Māori. Te Aniwa Hurihanganui reports.

Young people are losing their fluency in te reo Māori after moving from kōhanga reo or kura kaupapa to mainstream schools. The Secondary Principals' Association says a chronic shortage of Māori language teachers is the main problem. Te Aniwa Hurihanganui reports.

Oranga Tamariki has admitted it sometimes asks District Health Boards to keep children at hospitals longer than they need to while it hunts for a suitable placement. It goes against the advice of the Children's Minister Kelvin Davis who has told the agency a child in care should only be in hospital for a medical reason. It comes after RNZ revealed in July that a child spent more than nine weeks in a Waikato hospital because the agency failed to find them somewhere safe to go. Te Aniwa Hurihanganui reports.

ACT Party leader David Seymour is under fire tonight for publishing a priority access code Māori can use to get vaccinated without making an appointment. Whānau Ora's no-booking system began on Saturday in an effort to boost low vaccination rates among Māori - a people most at risk of dying from Covid-19. Te Aniwa Hurihanganui reports.

A 15-year-old was among queues of people at the opening of Auckland's first drive-thru vaccination centre at a marae today. Papakura Marae in the city's south is hoping to vaccinate 500 people a day. Māori GP Matire Harwood and teenage son Te Rangiura Royal were ecstatic to be vaccinated at a place they felt at home. It comes as Labour's Māori MPs fronted up at select committees this morning, and accepted the government's pandemic response could have served tangata whenua better. Te Aniwa Hurihanganui has the story.

RNZ may have found one of the country's largest bubbles, a secondary school which has allowed nearly 100 students and staff to remain on-site during lockdown. At least 19 boarding schools are in the same position, and will remain in these unique school-bubbles throughout level 3. Te Aniwa Hurihanganui has the story.

Families mourning the loss of their loved ones are grappling with tighter restrictions on funerals and tangihanga, which prevent them from being present at any stage of the funeral process. Among them is the whānau of the late Ngāti Kahungunu kaumātua Des Ratima, who have placed their father's body in storage until Level 4 restrictions lift. During last year's Level 4 lockdown, people in the same isolation bubble as the deceased person were allowed to go to the funeral home or urupā, but as Te Aniwa Hurihanganui reports, that's all changed.

Three students have been excluded from Feilding's Hato Paora College following a police investigation into what the boarding school is calling 'inappropriate sexual behaviour'. Te Aniwa Hurihanganui spoke to Corin Dann.

Staff at Te Arawhiti, the Office for Māori Crown Relations, are leaving the agency at high rates, with multiple former Māori staff accusing it of racism.  In 2020 almost on in three people who joined the organisation within a year - that's the highest staff turnover rate of any government ministry or core agency. RNZ understands one long-serving Māori staff member - who left relatively recently - blasted the agency for racism as he exited. In-Depth reporter Te Aniwa Hurihanganui has been looking at this.

Staff at Te Arawhiti, the Office for Māori Crown Relations, are leaving the agency at high rates, with multiple former Māori staff accusing it of racism.  In 2020 almost on in three people who joined the organisation within a year - that's the highest staff turnover rate of any government ministry or core agency. RNZ understands one long-serving Māori staff member - who left relatively recently - blasted the agency for racism as he exited. In-Depth reporter Te Aniwa Hurihanganui has been looking at this.

Police have no idea how many photographs of Māori youth are stored in its intelligence database, but continue to insist officers are not racially profiling them.  In March, RNZ revealed police were approaching innocent rangatahi, photographing them, collecting their personal details and sending it all to the police database 'NIA'.  Police spokesperson Chris de Wattignar now says police can't say how many photos of Māori youth are stored in the database because when an officer submits intelligence on youth, the attached photographs are not always of a young person.   He told reporter Te Aniwa Hurihanganui, analysing the ethnic data in NIA would require a huge amount of work, and would still not be enough to prove racial profiling was occurring.   

Police have no idea how many photographs of Māori youth are stored in its intelligence database, but continue to insist officers are not racially profiling them.  In March, RNZ revealed police were approaching innocent rangatahi, photographing them, collecting their personal details and sending it all to the police database 'NIA'.  Police spokesperson Chris de Wattignar now says police can't say how many photos of Māori youth are stored in the database because when an officer submits intelligence on youth, the attached photographs are not always of a young person.   He told reporter Te Aniwa Hurihanganui, analysing the ethnic data in NIA would require a huge amount of work, and would still not be enough to prove racial profiling was occurring.   

Maori Vietnam veterans who believe Agent Orange has caused chronic health problems for them and their descendants fear their fight for compensation may die with them. Their call is being considered by the Waitangi Tribunal in the long-awaited Military Veterans Kaupapa Inquiry. For many living with skin infections, cancers, respiratory problems and children born with deformities time is running out. Te Aniwa Hurihanganui reports.

The private security company Cityguard is defending one of its officers who took photographs of children outside Newmarket Train Station during a patrol earlier this week, saying it is standard practice. An Auckland woman who saw what happened says the children were unsupervised and very young, and left the area in a hurry when they saw what the security guard was doing. The woman, who RNZ has agreed not to name, told reporter Te Aniwa Hurihanganui she was on her way home from work at the time. In a statement, Cityguard's Managing Director Ian Crawford said the guard was asking a young person to stop skateboarding through the area he was patrolling. He said it is routine for security guards to take photographs of people involved in incidents while on patrol, and the pictures are deleted after three months. He said the photographs are not shared beyond the guard involved and that guard's direct manager.

Private security company Cityguard has admitted its staff photograph children they suspect may be doing something wrong, like skateboarding. Cityguard's admission comes after an Auckland woman reported seeing a security guard photographing a group of young children outside the Newmarket Train Station earlier this week. Te Aniwa Hurihanganui filed this report.

The private security company Cityguard is defending one of its officers who took photographs of children outside Newmarket Train Station during a patrol earlier this week, saying it is standard practice. An Auckland woman who saw what happened says the children were unsupervised and very young, and left the area in a hurry when they saw what the security guard was doing. The woman, who RNZ has agreed not to name, told reporter Te Aniwa Hurihanganui she was on her way home from work at the time. In a statement, Cityguard's Managing Director Ian Crawford said the guard was asking a young person to stop skateboarding through the area he was patrolling. He said it is routine for security guards to take photographs of people involved in incidents while on patrol, and the pictures are deleted after three months. He said the photographs are not shared beyond the guard involved and that guard's direct manager.

Private security company Cityguard has admitted its staff photograph children they suspect may be doing something wrong, like skateboarding. Cityguard's admission comes after an Auckland woman reported seeing a security guard photographing a group of young children outside the Newmarket Train Station earlier this week. Te Aniwa Hurihanganui filed this report.

There are growing suspicions that facial recognition technology is being used on police photographs of innocent young people. Earlier this week, RNZ revealed police are approaching innocent young people, photographing them, collecting their personal details and sending it all to their national database. Te Aniwa Hurihanganui reports.

The Independent Police Conduct Authority and the Privacy Commissioner are broadening their investigation into the police practice of photographing innocent youths - to include any member of the public. The inquiry was launched last year after RNZ alerted police to multiple cases of young Māori being photographed on the street in Wairarapa. This morning, RNZ revealed this has happened to rangatahi across the country and the photographs are being sent to a national police database. Te Aniwa Hurihanganui reports.

Many whānau are angry their young family members have been stopped and photographed by police.  RNZ can now reveal this has happened to rangatahi across the country, after first reporting young Māori were photographed by police in Wairarapa. A frontline police officer, who did not want to be named, says in an effort to crack-down on youth crime, officers are strongly encouraged to collect intelligence, including photographs, on any young person they see, even if they are not linked to an offence. They say the information can become useful if the same youth are caught offending in the future. Sisters Naomi and Charlene Sadlier told Te Aniwa Hurihanganui this happened to their two nephews in Whanganui six years ago.   [audio_play] Police say they have no record of the Whanganui case and they can legally take photographs of young people in limited circumstances, including under the Oranga Tamariki Act. 

Police are approaching innocent young people, photographing them, collecting their personal details and then using a phone app to send it all to a national police database. RNZ first reported on young Maori being stopped and photographed by police in Wairarapa last year, but we can now reveal it has happened across the country. Te Aniwa Hurihanganui reports.

175 years on from the battle of Ruapekapeka, hapū in the Far North have acknowledged the British men killed in the conflict, despite suffering losses of their own. A memorial honouring 12 soldiers, whose graves were unearthed four years ago, was unveiled at a remembrance ceremony today attended by the Prime Minister. The Battle of Ruapekapeka was one of the first major conflicts between the Crown and Māori following the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. Te Aniwa Hurihanganui and video journalist Sam Rillstone filed this report.

The theft of a treasured Charles Goldie painting from a Hamilton property has outraged the country's art buffs. The painting, titled 'Sleep 'tis a Gentle Thing', was taken along with other valuable artworks and antiques between December the 27th and the 3rd of January. Goldie produced several versions of the painting, which depicts a sleeping chief Hori Pakai. International Art Centre director Richard Thomson says the theft has rattled the art community. He spoke to Te Aniwa Hurihanganui.

In Dunedin, all eyes are on a famous corpse flower at the Dunedin Botanic Garden. It blooms sporadically and emits an odour so rancid it's been compared to a rotting corpse in the process. Keenly waiting on that smell is the garden's Winter Garden Plant Collection Curator, Stephen Bishop. He speaks with Te Aniwa Hurihanganui.

The US President Donald Trump has become the only President to have been impeached twice, with the House of Representatives condemning him for "willful incitement of insurrection." The impeachment vote drew some bipartisan support, with ten Republican representatives crossing the floor to vote against Mr Trump. Meanwhile the US Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into the extent of the planning behind the attacks on the Capitol last week. Josh Gerstein is a Senior Legal Affairs Contributor at POLITICO, he spoke to Te Aniwa Hurihanganui.

Gay, lesbian or bisexual people are twice as likely to suffer from sexual violence or family harm than the average New Zealander. Te Aniwa Hurihanganui spoke to Tabby Besley from InsideOUT, a charity working with rainbow youth.

A Housing First provider says rapidly rising rents are making working people homeless, because they cannot afford rapidly rising rents, and do not qualify for government help. Nearly 10,000 Emergency Housing Special Needs Grants were given by the Ministry of Social Development between July and September. That's 3,000 more than the three months before. Ali Hamlin-Paenga is the Kaihatu of Kahungunu Whanau Services, a Housing First provider based in Wellington. She speaks to Te Aniwa Hurihanganui.

A world-record attempt is underway in Gore to shear the most lambs in nine hours. 24-year-old Megan Whitehead is attempting to beat the current record of 648, which was set by Emily Welch in 2007. Te Aniwa Hurihanganui speaks to Megan's father, Quentin Whitehead, about her shearing world record attempt.

New analysis from one of the country's largest banks shows the New Zealand's economic recovery is well underway, after a year disrupted by pandemic lockdowns, and border closures. Westpac's Regional Roundup shows many rural regions, supported by strong commodity prices and demand for goods, are largely unaffected. But those exposed to foreign tourism, such as Auckland and Central Otago, have a longer way to go. Te Aniwa Hurihanganui speaks to Westpac's Industry Economist, Paul Clark.

Thousands of social media accounts have been purged from the Internet in the wake of the Capitol riots, as tech companies reevaluate the role their services played in organising that chaotic event. It marks the culmination of years of anxiety over extreme beliefs being collectively developed on social media platforms. So how has the American right changed in recent years -- and how did that play into events at the Capitol? Alexander Reid Ross is a doctoral fellow at the Center for Analysis of the Radical Right and an adjunct professor at Portland State University. He speaks to Te Aniwa Hurihanganui.

A fire at a scrap metal yard in Papakura has been put out overnight. The last fire truck left the site at 4:30am, after battling the blaze since eight o'clock yesterday morning. At one stage, the fire measured fifty by fifty metres large, made up of rubbish and steel, and locals were warned to stay indoors to avoid acrid smoke. Fire and Emergency's Assistant Area Manager Roger Callister speaks to Te Aniwa Hurihanganui.

In the UK, 1,564 people have died in the past 24 hours after testing positive for Covid-19 - the highest number of deaths reported on a single day since the pandemic began. It takes the total number of deaths there to almost 85,000. 48,000 new Covid cases have been recorded in the past day. Te Aniwa Hurihanganui speaks with London correspondent Olly Barratt.

Proponents of free speech are concerned at Twitter's capricious suspension of tens of thousands of accounts in recent days, which has now reached New Zealand. They say many of these accounts were allowed to flourish for years, and the swift change in approach has not been fairly applied. But Twitter says: "Given the violent events in Washington, DC, and increased risk of harm, we began permanently suspending thousands of accounts that were primarily dedicated to sharing QAnon content." Last night, the former National Party leader, Simon Bridges, tweeted: "The suspension of New Zealand Twitter accounts is an overreaction" and said pushing views underground is more dangerous than letting them be out in the open. Te Aniwa Hurihanganui is joined by the Chairperson at the New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties, Thomas Beagle.

A breakneck push by Democrats to impeach US President Donald Trump is gathering momentum, with a number of Republicans signalling they may break ranks and support the effort. The House of Representatives is closing in on the vote, with debate currently underway in the House. Te Aniwa Hurihanganui speaks with RNZ's correspondent in Washington DC, Simon Marks.

Politicians will not be allowed at Ratana Pa near Whanganui this year to celebrate the birthday of T.W. Ratana, the faith leader and prophet. Labour holds an historic relationship with the Ratana Haahi and might have expected a particularly warm welcome, given a recent deal done over disputed land at Ihumatao. However, the annual pilgrimage, which signals the start of the political year, isn't inviting outsiders this year because of internal conflict. Hareruia Aperahama, who is the Chairman of the Ratana Church National executive, said Covid restrictions had also played a part in that decision. He speaks with Te Aniwa Hurihanganui.

Global company IPSOS has confirmed New Zealanders are gloomy about the future. The results have come from a global survey of attitudes. Jonathan Dodd is a Research Director for IPSOS, he spoke to Te Aniwa Hurihanganui.

Staff at Managed Isolation and Quarantine facilities are encountering stigma in the wider community, and some have quit their jobs as a result. Christchurch charge nurse Kerry Winchester says she's been shocked by the way people have treated her nurses. She speaks to Te Aniwa Hurihanganui.

A legal challenge to stop a 1080 drop on Maori land in Hawke's Bay has failed. Tataraakina is a 14,000 hectare block in inland Hawke's Bay, near the highway between Napier and Taupo. RNZ Hawke's Bay reporter, Tom Kitchin, has been looking at the Maori Land Court's decision. He speaks to Te Aniwa Hurihanganui.

Job listings were almost back at their pre-Covid levels by the end of last year. The job website, Seek, says listings increased 19 percent from the third to fourth quarters - though they are down by 7 percent on the same period in 2019. Some provincial regions even recorded higher listing rates than before the pandemic. Te Aniwa Hurihanganui speaks to Janet Faulding, Seek NZ's general manager.

The US President, Donald Trump, has defended his speech that sparked last week's deadly Capitol riot, calling it "totally appropriate". Mr Trump falsely claimed election fraud, and then urged his supporters to march to the Capitol and fight the certification of the election result. The President says Democrats' efforts to impeach him for inciting insurrection are "ridiculous" and has warned it will cause "tremendous anger" and "tremendous danger" to the country. Te Aniwa Hurihanganui speaks to Josh Gerstein, a senior legal affairs contributor for Politico.

A man has been arrested after launching an axe attack on parliament this morning. The police were called just before 5:30am after the man was seen with the axe. RNZ reporter Ben Strang has been surveying the damage. He speaks to Te Aniwa Hurihanganui.

A mysterious illness has left dozens of yellow-eyed penguin chicks dead. The small population of hoiho in the South Island is already under intense pressure and wildlife experts say this new disease isn't aiding in their survival. Lisa Argilla is a wildlife veterinarian and founder of the Dunedin Wildlife Hospital. She speaks to Te Aniwa Hurihanganui.

Heavy rain over New Years created cherries so juicy that many of them burst. Cherry growers think about half of the crop has been affected, meaning they are no longer fit for export. Te Aniwa Hurihanganui speaks with Richard Palmer, the chief executive of Summerfruit New Zealand.

The Government's been told it needs to take emergency measures to build new homes amid the severe shortage of property. There are also calls for new policy settings to help cool the country's thirst for real estate. Economist Michael Reddell speaks to Te Aniwa Hurihanganui.

The impeachment charge against Mr Trump comes as the Republican party faces questions about its future. In addition to last week's unprecedented riot at the Capitol building which has left Republicans divided, the party also lost control of the Senate following elections in Georgia, effectively handing both the legislative and executive branches of the American government to the Democrats. Lenny McAllister is a Republican commentator and was a 2016 Republican congressional candidate for Pennsylvania. He speaks to Te Aniwa Hurihanganui.

Democrats have begun an attempt to remove President Donald Trump from office. A resolution to impeach President Trump again was formally introduced by Democrats in the House of Representatives this morning. The document accuses Trump of "incitement of insurrection" and claims the president actively encouraged the violence at the US Capitol last week. Democrats will attempt to impeach Mr Trump if Vice-president Mike Pence does not remove him from office under the 25th Amendment of the US Constitution. Te Aniwa Hurihanganui speaks with our Washington correspondent, Simon Marks.

Simon's live report for Radio New Zealand's "Morning Report" with presenter Te Aniwa Hurihanganui.