A High Court decision issued last Friday in the New Health New Zealand vs the Director General of Health (DG) case, found that the DG acted unlawfully because he had failed to consider the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act (BORA) before he mandated 14 Councils to put fluoride into their communities’ drinking water.
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Fluoride Free New Zealand
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Canterbury — Animal rights organization SAFE is renewing its calls for a Commissioner for Animals, following the pitiful sentence for a Canterbury farmer whose animals suffered under their watch.
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SAFE For Animals
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Raglan — A farming company has been convicted and fined $78,000 for unlawful discharges of dairy effluent into streams at their Raglan farm.
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Waikato Regional Council
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Queenstown — A Queenstown man was sentenced this week following the incident in February last year when a child was seriously injured during a day out on his boat.
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Maritime New Zealand
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Morrinsville — Morrinsville farmer Kenneth McIntyre has been sentenced to a term of five months home detention and been fined $100,000 in the Hamilton District Court following his conviction on 13 charges of breaching the Resource Management Act. The sentence imposed by Judge David Kirkpatrick yesterday follows a trial in June of last year.
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Waikato Regional Council
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The miners’ union is calling for a corporate manslaughter law in the wake of Pike River Coal Ltd’s sentencing in Greymouth today.
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EPMU
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Today's decision marked the most important victory to date against the unlawful and arbitrary economic blockade erected by US companies against WikiLeaks.
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Wikileaks
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Pope Benedict will go to jail for twenty five years for his role in Crimes against Humanity, and Vatican wealth and property is to be seized, according to today's historic verdict of the International Common Law Court of Justice.
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The International Tribunal into Crimes of Church and State
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Christchurch — Christchurch City Council appreciates the clarification yesterday’s High Court ruling has brought to the Council’s Earthquake-prone, Dangerous and Insanitary Buildings Policy.
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Christchurch City Council
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Judge Laurence Ryan has been appointed Principal Family Court Judge, Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson QC announced today.
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Christopher Finlayson
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Auckland — Marcus Julian Friedlander (58) has been sentenced to seven months Home Detention in the Auckland High Court today.
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Serious Fraud Office
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Justice Minister Judith Collins today turned the first sod at the Manukau District Court construction site marking the start of the $40.6 million redevelopment project.
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Judith Collins
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Courts Minister Chester Borrows today confirmed the changes to the District Court network announced in October.
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Chester Borrows
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Hamilton — Former director of Hobbs Rose Limited (Hobbs Rose), Gary Malcolm Hobbs (45), has been found guilty by a jury in the Hamilton District Court on 14 criminal charges laid by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in November 2011.
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Serious Fraud Office
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Two recent trials of tablet computers in courts have yet again demonstrated the potential of new technology to improve court efficiency, says Courts Minister Chester Borrows.
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Chester Borrows
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Finance Minister Bill English and State Owned Enterprises Minister Tony Ryall today welcomed the High Court decision in favour of the Crown following last month’s High Court action regarding the sale of shares in Mighty River Power.
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Bill English
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A bill to modernise the family justice system and make it more accessible to those who need it most has passed its first reading in Parliament today.
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Chester Borrows
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Investment by the Government to improve court safety has resulted in significant improvements, Courts Minister Chester Borrows announced today.
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Chester Borrows
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Justice Minister Judith Collins has today introduced legislation to Parliament to modernise the family justice system and make it more accessible to those who need it most.
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Judith Collins
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Justice Minister Judith Collins today announced that Mainzeal Property and Construction Ltd has been appointed as the main construction contractor to carry out the $40.6 million redevelopment of the Manukau District Court.
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Judith Collins
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Justice Minister Judith Collins has marked the first hearings at the Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment (AODT) Court pilot sitting in Auckland and Waitakere District Courts today.
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Judith Collins
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