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Former Lawyer Pleads Guilty To Fraudulently Claiming Almost 375,000ドル From Government-funded Legal Support Scheme
Tue, 1 Apr 2025 14:20:06 +1300 | Serious Fraud Office
Appearing in Tauranga District Court today, Paulette Main admitted to one representative charge of obtaining by deception and one representative charge of obstructing the SFO’s investigation. Ms Main has indicated she will apply for a discharge without ...More >>
Te Pāti Māori MPs Denied Fundamental Rights In Privileges Committee Hearing
Tue, 1 Apr 2025 13:33:37 +1300 | Te Pati Maori
The three MPs were summoned to the privileges committee following their performance of a haka during the first reading of the Treaty Principles Bill. More >>
Golden Parachute For Failure: Kāinga Ora Boss Pockets 1ドルm On The Way Out
2025年3月31日 19:56:50 +1300 | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
This whole saga shows just how broken New Zealand’s employment laws are. Boards can’t sack incompetent CEOs without writing them a goodbye cheque and a love letter. More >>
Former All White Jake Gleeson Awarded 36ドル Million In Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
2025年3月31日 17:21:43 +1300 | RNZ
After a back surgery that ended his career, Jake Gleeson brought a claim against his ex-team doctor. More >>
Lawyers Join Calls For Declarations Of Torture Outside Of Lake Alice Hospital
2025年3月31日 13:34:26 +1300 | Cooper Legal
Since the Government’s announcement last year that those placed at the Lake Alice Child & Adolescent Unit within a small window of time would receive significant compensation, Cooper Legal has called on Government to extend the settlement framework to cover ...More >>
PSA Litigation Stops Health Restructure Of Three Directorates
2025年3月31日 09:22:42 +1300 | PSA
The PSA filed legal proceedings last month with the Employment Relations Authority because the proposed restructures breached the Code of Good Faith for the public health sector, the Employment Relations Act 2000, collective agreements and Te Mauri ...More >>
Lawyer Reflects On Mainzeal’s Demise
2025年3月30日 20:57:02 +1300 | Property and Build
Construction litigator Janine Stewart, who took on Mainzeal Property and Construction Limited prior to its liquidation, has an important message for the industry’s leaders to avoid meeting the same fate.More >>
Update: Arrest In Homicide Investigation, Christchurch
2025年3月28日 18:01:35 +1300 | New Zealand Police
At around 2pm today, Police - including Armed Offenders Squad - arrested the 29-year-old man at a Christchurch address. He is due to appear in Christchurch District Court on Saturday 29 March, charged with murder.More >>
Auckland Man Who Illegally Killed And Sold Pigs Fined 8,000ドル
2025年3月28日 14:55:25 +1300 | NZ Food Safety
Peni Naivaluvou (64) was sentenced in the Papakura District Court today (28/3/25) on three charges under the Animal Products Act, following a successful prosecution by New Zealand Food Safety investigators.More >>
Auckland Council Under Spotlight After Fa’anānā Efeso Collins’ Death
2025年3月27日 21:45:33 +1300 | Mary Afemata - Local Democracy Reporter
Vasa Fia Collins is urging a full inquest into the February 2024 death of her husband, Fa’anānā Efeso Collins, after he collapsed at a charity event in Auckland. More >>
Widow Of Fa'anānā Efeso Collins Seeks Inquiry Into His Death: 'Unanswered Questions'
2025年3月27日 18:51:46 +1300 | RNZ
The widow of late Green Party MP Fa'anānā Efeso Collins is calling for an inquest into his death, accusing the organisers of the charity event he was attending at the time of failing him.More >>
NZ rugby drops INEOS branding from uniforms
2025年3月27日 18:15:22 +1300 | RNZ
New Zealand Rugby is finally getting rid of the INEOS branding from its team uniforms more than a month after suing the company. More >>
Latest Privacy Breach At Health NZ Should Be A Wake-up Call To Reverse IT Cuts
2025年3月27日 12:48:51 +1300 | PSA
Health NZ today confirmed an IT security incident in October 2024 that resulted in unauthorised access to some staff information from 2020 to 2024 at Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley, and Wairarapa districts.More >>
What To Do Legally If You Sustained A Brain Injury
2025年3月27日 11:20:15 +1300 | Hugh Grant
Insurance companies make an effort to settle traumatic brain injury claims as quickly as possible. You may receive an offer for a settlement very early on in the process, but this offer is not likely to be anywhere close to the amount of money that you ...More >>
SPCA Prosecutes Man For Brutal Treatment Of Dog
2025年3月26日 17:06:19 +1300 | SPCA
The offender was charged with ill-treatment of an animal under the Animal Welfare Act 1999. The charge was for multiple instances of physical abuse towards his black crossbreed dog, Bubby, during the incident.More >>
Charges Laid Following Hunting Incident, Whakatane
2025年3月25日 13:10:24 +1300 | New Zealand Police
A 46-year-old man is due to appear in the Rotorua District Court today, charged with manslaughter, unlawful hunting and unlawful possession of a firearm. More >>
NZ Authors Books Scraped In LibGEN Dataset By Meta - NZSA Condemns Authors Intellectual Property Theft
2025年3月24日 20:48:57 +1300 | New Zealand Society of Authors
NZSA is collating a list of all NZ books from NZSA members and other writers affected by this latest instance of mass piracy. For the creative industries of Aotearoa to thrive we need robust copyright law, protections and enforcement mechanisms, and ...More >>
Bangladeshi Couple Found Guilty Immigration And Identity Fraud Spanning 20 Years
2025年3月24日 20:18:29 +1300 | RNZ
A Bangladeshi couple have been found guilty of 40 charges of immigration and identity fraud spanning two decades. More >>
Ngāti Hāua Deed Of Settlement To Be Signed In Taumarunui On Saturday 29 March 2025
2025年3月24日 19:10:18 +1300 | Ngati Haua
"Finally our story can be heard, and the Crown now acknowledges the injustices that were inflicted on Ngāti Hāua," says Chair of Ngāti Hāua Iwi Trust, Graham ‘Tinker’ Bell. "Those injustices include being pushed out of Heretaunga (Hutt ...More >>
Fraudulent Asbestos Removals Catch Up With Industry Veteran
2025年3月24日 14:18:46 +1300 | WorkSafe NZ
Barrie John Crockett was in a project management role at Demasol Limited. Between December 2021 and June 2022, Mr Crockett used Demasol’s name and letterhead to invoice three customers who paid into his personal bank account for work totallingMore >>