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Jacinda Ardern’s Manus Deal
Thursday, 16 November 2017, 7:08 pm | Annemarie Thorby
Jacinda Ardern’s Manus Deal By Annemarie Thorby Jacinda Ardern’s offer to take 150 refugees from Manus is as nearly as hollow as the US Deal. Claims that the PM, Jacinda Ardern, has made progress on resolving the Manus situation are rubbish. The ... More >>
An intelligence merge is not new
Tuesday, 22 March 2016, 4:11 pm | Annemarie Thorby
It was only a few years ago that there was talk of merging the intelligence agencies. It was in 2009 and a Treasury official's notebook was found in central Wellington. Written in the pages were comments about a merge. A review of the NZSIS, GCSB and ... More >>
SIS Law Changes: Remember, remember: terror, terror, terror
Thursday, 6 November 2014, 5:44 pm | Annemarie Thorby
Is it deliberate or ironic that John Key's 'security threat' talk was on Guy Fawkes Day, the 5th of November? As children in some parts of the world sing 'Remember remember the fifth of November: gunpowder, treason and plot' and light bonfires and explode ... More >>
Urewera 4 Not to be Retried
Wednesday, 9 May 2012, 1:26 pm | Annemarie Thorby
It's Official: Urewera 4 Not to be Retried on Participation Charges Wednesday, 9th May by Annemarie Thorby More >>
Urewera 4 Case Back in Court This Week
Monday, 7 May 2012, 3:50 pm | Annemarie Thorby
On Wednesday 9th May the Crown will announce if they are going to seek a re-trial of the Participation charges against Tame Iti, Te Rangikaiwhiria Kemara, Urs Signer and Emily Bailey. More >>
Urewera 4 Trial Day 24 - The Verdicts In
Tuesday, 20 March 2012, 7:35 pm | Annemarie Thorby
JUDGE – 'The jury is about to deliver verdicts. I want to address the members of the public present in court. I appreciate for many of you this has been a very stressful time and that the delivery of verdicts will be an emotional experience. ... More >>
Urewera 4: Day 24 - More questions from Jury
Tuesday, 20 March 2012, 5:08 pm | Annemarie Thorby
The jury then came back just before 4.30 and their questions were answered. They had reached verdicts in relation to all the Firearm Charges, but could not reach a unanimous verdict on Count One, the charge of Participation in an Organised Criminal ... More >>
Urewera 4: Day 23 - Jury Has Some Questions
Monday, 19 March 2012, 3:35 pm | Annemarie Thorby
At 2.30pm this afternoon the Court went briefly into Chambers before the jury was brought back in. More >>
Urewera 4: Day 20 - There was No Plan
Monday, 19 March 2012, 2:47 pm | Annemarie Thorby
The last defence lawyer to present their closing argument was Val Nisbet, the lawyer for Emily Bailey on Wednesday March 14 More >>
Urewera 4 Day 20: We can't have freedom without agitation
Friday, 16 March 2012, 3:47 pm | Annemarie Thorby
Wednesday began with Christopher Stevenson addressing the jury on behalf of his client, Urs Signer. He began by speaking about the role of activists in the world. More >>
Urewera 4 Trial - Day 22: A Long Weekend
Friday, 16 March 2012, 2:48 pm | Annemarie Thorby
Court opened in Chambers this morning, the jury was then called back and the judge announced that the jury was excused until Monday, 19th March. More >>
Urewera 4 - The Judge's Summing-Up
Friday, 16 March 2012, 1:40 am | Annemarie Thorby
The judge greeted the jury and thanked them for both their early attendance their punctuality throughout the trial. More >>
Urewera 4 Trial: Day 19 - Subliminal Undercurrents
Thursday, 15 March 2012, 12:18 am | Annemarie Thorby
After the lunch break on March 13th, Te Rangikaiwhiria Kemara's lawyer Jeremy Bioletti put forward his closing argument. More >>
Urewera 4 - Day 19: Incomplete Pictures
Wednesday, 14 March 2012, 6:03 pm | Annemarie Thorby
Russell Fairbrother, as normal, was the first of the defence lawyers to open on Tuesday. More >>
Urewera 4 Trial - The Crown's Closing Argument
Wednesday, 14 March 2012, 12:05 am | Annemarie Thorby
The Crown summed up its case on Tuesday, followed by Russell Fairbrother for Tame Iti and Jeremy Bioletti for te Rangikaiwhiria Kemara. More >>
Urewera Trial - Participation in an Organised Criminal Group
Tuesday, 13 March 2012, 10:04 pm | Annemarie Thorby
A lot of people are following the story of the 'Urewera' case in the Auckland High Court. This is the trial of the four people still facing charges as a result of Operation 8. More >>
Urewera 4 Trial: Day 18 - Peaceful People
Tuesday, 13 March 2012, 9:58 am | Annemarie Thorby
The defendants called their final witnesses in the Urewera Four trial on Monday to testify to their peaceful nature. More >>
Urewera 4: Day 17 March 8 (part two)
Friday, 9 March 2012, 7:48 pm | Annemarie Thorby
After morning tea Mr Fairbrother announced that he was going to produce about 15 documents, but first he wanted Tamati Kruger to comment on the 'exercises'. These are the exercises usually referred to by the crown as the 'camps'. More >>
Urewera 4 Trial: Day 17 - Waiting for a Bit of Land
Friday, 9 March 2012, 11:50 am | Annemarie Thorby
Tamati Kruger was called to the stand on Thursday as one of the witnesses for Tame Iti. More >>
Urewera 4 Trial: Day 16 - The Defence Begins
Wednesday, 7 March 2012, 11:17 pm | Annemarie Thorby
The day opened with the Judge saying, 'in the next part of the trial defence can call evidence if they want'. More >>