Justice

I wanted to hurt the people who killed my son. But violence won’t help

“There's no other way to say it - I wanted to kill them. I was gonna kill them."

The Tūhoe Raids: an explainer

Watch this explainer on a dark day in NZ history.

Khylee Quince | Māori and Jails: Locked Up

Associate Professor Khylee Quince (Te Roroa, Ngāti Porou) is a straight talker who doesn't deviate from the facts when it comes to the New Zealand justice…

Rediscovering Aotearoa: Manatika | Justice

A Pākehā criminal lawyer sits down with a Māori former-prisoner to talk about Aotearoa’s justice system. Awatea Mita was jailed for a non-violent drug crime. She…

Is our justice system racist?

Is unconscious bias just another way to say racism? The justice system is here to protect Kiwis, but is it really all that just? We dig…

Restorative justice: Changing the way we discipline

School discipline has come a long way since the brutal days of the strap, just look at Tamatea High School. The Napier school is focusing less…

Rangatahi: The Māori Youth Court

Young or old, court can be a pretty daunting place - step in the Rangatahi Youth Court. We take a look at how they're bridging the…

Gable Tostee's ex girlfriend

Gable Tostee's ex girlfriend details the social media storm that followed his murder trial.

Mental health in prisons

Is prison the right place for people with major mental illnesses?