NZ Politics Daily: 24 April 2024
THREE STRIKES
Te Aniwa Patterson (Herald): Christopher Luxon believes new Three Strikes law will benefit Māori
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): A weak Three Strikes law
ODT: Editorial – Back to the future (paywalled)
Herald: Three Strikes targets those ‘too brown to be white’ - Te Pāti Māori
RNZ: 'There's no evidence that three strikes reduces crime' - lawyers
John MacDonald (Newstalk): The Government is playing placebo politics
Newstalk: Reintroducing Three Strikes may work as a stopgap measure
Newstalk: The Government's response to legal expert's apprehension towards Three Strikes (paywalled)
GANG PATCH BAN
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Lawyers, libertarians and Black Power speak against controversial gang patches ban
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Police wanted significant new search powers as part of gang patch crackdown
Newshub: Black Power affiliates, NZ Law Society and Free Speech Union raise concerns about gang patch ban in Select Committee
Adam Pearse (NZ Herald): Former Black Power member says ban will be ineffectual, issues amusing challenge to MPs
WAITANGI TRIBUNAL
Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (1News): 'Winding up' Waitangi Tribunal would have consequences
Gary Judd: The Waitangi Tribunal is not "a roving Commission"
Adam Gifford (Herald): Dover Samuels: The Waitangi Tribunal tried that trick on me
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): The Children’s Minister v The Tribunal: Inside the case rocking the capital
John Tamihere (Herald): Happy Birthday! The Waitangi Tribunal turns, 50 but there’s no cause to celebrate
John Tamihere (Waatea News): “No-one is above the law”
Audrey Young (Herald): Waitangi Tribunal v MP Karen Chhour: Government needs a plan B as High Court decision looms (paywalled)
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