New Zealand courts

‘There is nowhere near a material contribution of her mental health to the shoplifting,’ said a prosecutor.

The trans rights activist who poured tomato soup over British women’s rights campaigner Posie Parker in Auckland last year has pled guilty to assault.

From charges which don’t seem supported by the evidence to a prosecutor who refuses to give his name to media, the trial of Liz Gunn continues in courtroom 7.

The court recognised ‘neurodiversity’ had an impact on the behaviour of the man. The Free Speech Union is now looking at appealing the name suppression order.

The Supreme Court’s decision has attracted local and international attention as one that ’may open a new avenue in climate law.’

The coalition government has decided not to set new targets to reduce the number of people in jails, and to end cultural reports as part of sentencing.