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A private member's bill replacing the verdict of "not guilty by reason of insanity" with "proven but insane" has been stalled after an 11th-hour intervention by Chief Justice Helen Winkelmann.
The sponsor of the bill, Taupō MP Louise Upston, says she is offended by the late intervention after the justice committee had worked hard on refining the bill and unanimously supported it.
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Read more: Government puts brakes on 'insanity' bill after Chief Justice intervenes
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Napier Library has been closed this afternoon after the discovery of picric acid, a potentially explosive substance, in a museum collection.
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Read more: Napier library evacuated due to 'potentially explosive substance'
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Parliament has introduced a bill that gives agencies powers to stop any suspected serious criminal offending on ships in international waters.
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Read more: Vessels in international waters: Agencies to gain powers to stop, search, detain
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/445380/vessels-in-international-waters-agencies-to-gain-powers-to-stop-search-detain
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OPINION: This weekend's Otago Foreign Policy School will be another chance for foreign minister Nanaia Mahuta to explain the Labour Government's foreign policy agenda.
The Dunedin conference has been held annually since 1966, except for last year, when it was cancelled amidst uncertainty over COVID-19.
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As the country prepares to debate proposed hate speech reforms, Al Noor Mosque is being targeted with fresh threats of violence.
Police have received three separate reports relating to the Christchurch mosque in the past fortnight; incidents a senior minister describes as "serious".
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The 27-year-old man, who has interim name suppression, is on trial at a court martial at Devonport Naval Base in Auckland.
The alleged offences happened in a taxi and an apartment in Canada last year. Court martials have jurisdiction over offences committed overseas.
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Read more: Navy sailor on trial over sexual assault of three colleagues
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New Zealand’s supply of Covid-19 vaccine will get down to “almost zero” by this time next week, officials have warned.
On Tuesday, Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins advised New Zealand will get “very close to running out” of the Pfizer vaccine, with the lowest point expected to be next Tuesday – ahead of another shipment of 150,000 doses arriving that day.
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An Antarctic blast is sweeping the nation on Tuesday, bringing icy temperatures, blankets of snow and significant swells to the North Island.
High winds and thick swathes of snow have resulted in multiple flight cancellations and widespread road closures in the South Island, but the north is also bearing the brunt of the polar blast. The capital was hammered by hail earlier this morning, with heavy snow carpeting several areas in the north, including the rural community of Taihape, certain parts of Taranaki and the Wellington region.
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