Changes to home detention rules have produced an avalanche of criminals serving their prison terms at home.
The Criminal Justice Reform Act came into force on October 1 last year and allows judges to sentence offenders directly to home detention.
Between October 15, when the first sentence of home detention was imposed, and February 1 this year, [...]
16
Feb
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15
Feb
RYANAIR has come under fire from consumer groups for introducing an
unannounced change to its internet booking procedure that compels some
customers to buy travel insurance.
The airline, famed for its penny-pinching style, introduced the new insurance
policy in the past fortnight but, following inquiries from The Sunday Times,
promised to review the new procedure this week.
Under the new system [...]
15
Feb
The Dutch government has announced plans to tighten security at Amsterdam;s Schiphol airport after a journalist smuggled a fake bomb and drugs into planes at Europe;s fourth-busiest air travel hub.
Three staff entrances will be closed immediately and body searches introduced for all personnel and their belongings within days, Justice Minister Ernst Hirsch Ballin said in [...]
10
Feb
Hamilton police have named a man being sought after a serious sexual attack in the city just before the New Year.
Detective Constable Brian Williamson said Raymond Lance Moa, 36, of Hamilton, was wanted for the alleged rape of a female on December 30.
He said Moa, described as Maori, medium build with short black hair and [...]
10
Feb
A claim similar to that taken under Australian law to try and halt the slaughter of whales in the Southern Ocean cannot be taken here, New Zealand;s International Whaling Commissioner Sir Geoffrey Palmer says.
Your say: Whaling protesters seized
%26bull; Japan ‘agrees to release protesters’
Australia;s Federal Court yesterday handed down a landmark judgment ordering Japanese government-backed company [...]
10
Feb
One of New Zealand;s top high schools has introduced a tough new scheme in which junior students will be held back a year if they don;t do their homework, have the right attitude, turn up to school on time or bring the right equipment to class.
It means even the brightest children could fail a year [...]
10
Feb
A 21-year-old man has taken down his website after the Electoral Commission said it breached new electoral laws.
Andrew Moore set up the anti-Labour Party website, dontvotelabour.org.nz to coincide with the Electoral Finance Act coming into effect on January 1.
He said previously that he had had a brain wave on December 30 to set up the [...]
10
Feb
Hard-core teenage criminals face army boot camps with compulsory treatment for those with drug and alcohol problems under National;s youth justice policy, unveiled today by leader John Key.
Your Say: National’s free training pledge
%26bull; Blog: KeyNat not BrashNat
What do you think of National;s plans? Click here or email editorial@stuff.co.nz to send us your feedback
Parents of [...]
10
Feb
BREAKING NEWS: Hard-core teenage criminals face army boot camps with compulsory treatment for those with drug and alcohol problems under National;s youth justice policy, unveiled today by leader John Key.
What do you think of National;s plans? Click here or email editorial@stuff.co.nz to send us your feedback
Parents of young offenders will also be made to undergo [...]
2
Feb
My name is Ian and I am a moai addict. After several days on Easter Island,
home to hundreds of the vast ancestral statues, I’m starting to see their
inscrutable faces at every turn: rocks, walls, hillocks and even human
beings are resembling the iconic structures. I’ve become a moaiholic.
Is my favourite moai gang the Ahu Akivi Seven, [...]
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