It’s too early to say whether the Privy Council’s Barlow decision marks a tectonic shift in the law governing criminal appeals—or a minor refinement—but it does offer much-needed reassurance about appellate courts’ willingness to do justice
Read MoreRemember Hans Kupka: Waikato's new nazi controversy
The case of a "Holocaust Denier on Campus" offered Waikato University some important, difficult lessons. Did it take them onboard?
Read MoreNational's folic tangle
Just as the smacking debate dogged the previous government, the fuss around folate has the potential to knock the gloss off this government if it doesn't act quickly.
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Tuesday July 14
Rising death toll in Afghanistan; is Kim Jong-Il dying?; Japan to head to the polls; Obama in Africa; and more
Read MoreThe 2020 vision of crowds
And why they will be disappointed with Nick Smith’s answer to the emissions reduction conundrum
Read MoreHeard the one about the Olympian and the brothel-keeper?
...Turns out he's one and the same man. So does the Olympic committee have the track record to act as the moral guardians of sport?
Read MoreKey’s tour: NZ & Fiji in Pacific hip-hop duel
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World News Brief, Friday July 10
G8 leaders agree historic deal to cut emissions (+ analysis); Australian arrested for stealing Chinese state secrets; suicide bombings kill 34 in Iraq; India build nuclear sub; and more
Read MoreTo folate or not to folate?
Food Safety Minister Kate Wilkinson's apparent inability to back out of the decision to add folic acid to New Zealand's bread shows the problems with trying to merge New Zealand and Australia's markets
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Thursday July 9
China sends in the troops; Indonesia goes to the polls; acute water shortages in Mumbai; Nobel winner to mediate in Honduras
Read MoreBruno, Borat and the bumpkins
Sacha Baron Cohen, aka Borat, aka Bruno, is hilarious, insightful and cool in an ironic, knowing way... unless you don't get the joke
Read MoreReality, Sarah Palin style
Is it wrong to hope Sarah "hockey mom" Palin will remain on the world stage simply for our own entertainment? And does that make us as bad as the folks who convinced her she has a shot at choosing the drapes for the Oval Office?
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Wednesday July 8
Russia and US to dismantle hundreds of nuclear warheads; more Chinese protests defy lockdown (+backgrounders); Italy struggles to prepare for G8; Mousavi vows to fight on; and more
Read MoreBiofuels revisited
Jeanette Fitzsimons’ Sustainable Biofuel Bill has been drawn from the Member’s ballot. It’s sustainable, all right—defying repeal—and the first real test of this Government’s green credentials
Read MoreGreenland gets Warmer - But Not Greener
Melting ice provides Greenland with an economic lifeline. Should it grab hold?
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Tuesday July 7
Obama meets with Russian leaders; 140 killed in China protests; Myanmar pledges to hold open election; Zelaya attempts to return to Honduras
Read MoreCould the beach be to New Zealand what abortion is to the US?
Welcome to the cultural battleground... Resolving the foreshore and seabed could yet fall to the Supreme Court, in what would be a case of Roe v Wade proportions
Read MoreRossini the serious comedian
Gioacchino Rossini wrote serious comic opera that is still relevant
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Friday July 3
New offensive underway in Afghanistan; Medvedev: Russia has a "special responsibility"; Neighbours give Honduras coup deadline; China reaches out to IMF; and more
Read MoreForeshore & Seabed: Now onto the money round
Tariana Turia this week celebrates one of the great political triumphs in this country's history. However, this debate is far from settled. The trickiest decisions lie ahead
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