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PM on MPs international travel entitlements
Monday, 15 November 2010, 4:39 pm | New Zealand Government
Rt Hon John Key Prime Minister 15 November 2010 Speech Notes Prime Minister’s comments on MPs’ international travel entitlement Post-Cabinet Press Conference, 4pm The most recent situation relating to Pansy Wong has again raised in the public’s ... More >>
Criminal Justice Changes: Jury Numbers
Monday, 15 November 2010, 3:48 pm | New Zealand Government
FACT SHEET 10: FLEXIBILITY TO CONTINUE A JURY TRIAL WHEN JURY NUMBERS FALL What is the general proposal? The proposal is that jury trials should still proceed if jury numbers fall to 10, subject to a Judge’s existing powers to dismiss the jury ... More >>
Criminal Justice Changes: Youth Court
Monday, 15 November 2010, 3:46 pm | New Zealand Government
FACT SHEET 9: YOUTH COURT IMPACTS What? Proposals to change some aspects of procedure for young offenders to align them with changes to criminal procedure in the adult jurisdiction. More >>
Criminal Justice Changes: Suppression
Monday, 15 November 2010, 3:44 pm | New Zealand Government
FACT SHEET 8: SUPPRESSING NAMES AND EVIDENCE What is the general proposal? Change the law regarding the courts’ discretion to prohibit the publication of either: More >>
Criminal Justice Changes: Absent Hearings
Monday, 15 November 2010, 3:41 pm | New Zealand Government
FACT SHEET 6: PROCEEDING IN ABSENCE OF DEFENDANT What is the general proposal? To give courts a greater ability to proceed in the absence of the defendant when the defendant fails to attend their trial. More >>
Criminal Justice Changes: Issue Disputes
Monday, 15 November 2010, 3:38 pm | New Zealand Government
FACT SHEET 5: DEFENCE IDENTIFICATION OF ISSUES IN DISPUTE What is the general proposal? As part of the new case-management approach, the defence will be required to give notice of the issues that are in dispute in a particular case. More >>
Criminal Justice Changes: Jury Trials
Monday, 15 November 2010, 3:35 pm | New Zealand Government
FACT SHEET 4: RESTRICTING AVAILABILITY OF JURY TRIALS What is the general proposal? Restrict the availability of jury trials to cases that are sufficiently serious to warrant the cost and time they incur by: More >>
Criminal Justice Changes: Incentives
Monday, 15 November 2010, 3:28 pm | New Zealand Government
FACT SHEET 2: INCENTIVES AND SANCTIONS What is the general proposal? To promote lawyers’ and defendants’ compliance with procedural obligations. More >>
Criminal Justice Changes: Case Managing
Monday, 15 November 2010, 3:25 pm | New Zealand Government
FACT SHEET 1: CASE MANAGEMENT What is the general proposal? To establish a new process for managing cases to avoid unnecessary delay. The new process will: More >>
Criminal Justice Changes: Q&A
Monday, 15 November 2010, 3:18 pm | New Zealand Government
Questions and answers What is Criminal Procedure? Criminal procedure is the court process for dealing with a person accused of committing an offence. All criminal procedure has three basic stages: More >>
Biggest changes to criminal justice system
Monday, 15 November 2010, 3:11 pm | New Zealand Government
Biggest changes to criminal justice system in decades Justice Minister Simon Power today introduced a bill which contains radical change to simplify and speed up the criminal justice system. Mr Power said the 526-page Criminal Procedure (Reform and ... More >>
International recognition for Martin Jetpack
Monday, 15 November 2010, 2:55 pm | New Zealand Government
New Zealand invention the Martin Jetpack is one of Time magazine’s 50 Best Inventions of 2010, published in the latest issue. More >>
Half a million passengers through SmartGate
Monday, 15 November 2010, 12:54 pm | New Zealand Government
SmartGate, the automated passenger clearance system at Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch Airports, will process its 500,000th passenger today. More >>
Government support for youth sailing regatta
Monday, 15 November 2010, 11:55 am | New Zealand Government
15 November 2010 Media Statement Government support for youth sailing regatta Minister for Economic Development Gerry Brownlee today announced the government, through its Major Events Development Fund, is investing $150,000 in the Optimist World Championships ... More >>
TPP has momentum says Prime Minister
Monday, 15 November 2010, 9:38 am | New Zealand Government
TPP has momentum says Prime Minister "The Trans-Pacific Partnership is clearly where the action is on Asia-Pacific trade," says Prime Minister John Key. More >>
McCully Welcomes Release Of Democracy Leader
Sunday, 14 November 2010, 12:32 pm | New Zealand Government
Foreign Minister Murray McCully has welcomed the release from house arrest of Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. “We trust that she will now be free from restrictions on movement or association." More >>
72% Drink Driving Deaths Caused By Problem Drivers
Sunday, 14 November 2010, 11:22 am | New Zealand Government
Statistics showing that 72% of alcohol-related deaths on our roads are caused by drivers who have a prior drink driving conviction or are more than 50% over the current adult legal limit support the government’s approach to the drink driving issue. More >>
Good response to rural broadband tender process
Friday, 12 November 2010, 2:20 pm | New Zealand Government
Hon Steven Joyce Minister for Communications and Information Technology Good response to rural broadband tender process More >>
Minister to resign portfolios
Friday, 12 November 2010, 1:23 pm | New Zealand Government
“It is beyond my wildest dreams that a baby girl born in Shanghai, China, grew up in a Hong Kong apartment where eight families shared a single kitchen and bathroom to be New Zealand’s first List M.P., first constituent M.P. of Botany and first ... More >>
PM accepts Pansy Wong’s resignation
Friday, 12 November 2010, 1:21 pm | New Zealand Government
“I was informed today that Mrs Wong had used her Parliamentary travel entitlement to pay for parts of her husband’s travel in China in late 2008, where he conducted private business,” Mr Key says. More >>
