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A prisoner voting ban shows again how few checks there are on parliamentary power

By ignoring a Supreme Court ruling on prisoner voting rights, the NZ government is undermining one of the few constitutional protections against...

12.05.2025 10

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Stephen Winter

Survivors of abuse in care know how redress should work – will the government finally listen?

When Prime Minister Christopher Luxon stood in Parliament last week to apologise to survivors of abuse in care, his words were among many fine...

22.11.2024 3

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Stephen Winter

Tragedy and hope: what the abuse-in -care report will say and what has to happen now

The final report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care – to be tabled in parliament tomorrow – is a monumental achievement. It is a...

23.07.2024 10

The Conversation

Stephen Winter