Because the value of a dollar changes over time, Teina Pora's compensation payment for wrongful conviction was fundamentally unfair. The High Court has just reminded the Government of this apparently simple fact.
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Here's one for the fans
Could the Labour Party end up in court over its party list? Probably not, but this is the Labour Party we're talking about!
Read MoreWhy do the write thing?
The reasons Sir Geoffrey Palmer and Andrew Butler give for their constitution-writing project are not convincing.
Read MoreYou see? It's okay. He saw it on the television
Can TV3 keep Colin Craig out of its debates? Maybe, or maybe not.
Read MoreI think National just broke our constitution
Our constitutional arrangements work on an implicit bargain - the principle of comity - that the Courts and Parliament don't mess with each other's turf. I think that bargain just got broken.
Read MoreSic semper tyrannis
Turns out King Gerry is not an absolute monarch. This is a good thing.
Read MoreI am in blood stepp'd in so far ...
Let's assume the Maori Party really wants Hone Harawira gone. What then?
Read MoreDown the rabbit hole
"Curiouser and curiouser!" cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English) ... . That little phrase might make an apt replacement for our Supreme Court's current moto, "Tuitui tangata, tuitui korowai".
Read MoreCubicle dairy farming: were the secret consents unlawful?
Don’t fire up the bulldozers in the McKenzie Basin just yet. Land use consents for cubicle dairy farms granted by the Waitaki District Council may need to be reheard
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