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Māori face harsher sentences than NZ Europeans for similar drink-driving offences – with lasting consequences

Māori face harsher sentences than NZ Europeans for similar drink-driving offences – with lasting consequences

A new analysis of more than 10,000 first-time drink-driving cases reveals a troubling disparity.

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Alexander Plum

This NZ law aims to give people with criminal convictions a ‘clean slate’. It’s not working

New Zealand’s clean slate scheme is meant to let people leave their criminal past behind. But people are waiting seven years to leave their past...

02.05.2025 10

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Alexander Plum

Trans and non-binary New Zealanders earn less and are more likely to be unemployed – new study

The trans and non-binary community may be increasingly visible in New Zealand, but their economic outcomes are still very different to the wider...

13.03.2025 10

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New data on violence against LGBTQ+ people makes ‘grim reading’ – and undermines NZ’s inclusive reputation

New Zealand is ranked the tenth most inclusive society by international legal standards, with a reputation for being forward-thinking and...

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Alexander Plum