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Police interviewing techniques have been a controversial topic here and around the globe.

There have been countless, high-profile cases where someone has been convicted but later exonerated – and their interrogations questioned.

In New Zealand, Teina Pora was wrongfully convicted of murder and rape largely based on a confession given during a lengthy police interview.

And more recently, Harry Matchitt had his manslaughter con...

More than 36-thousand Nurses' Organisation members nationwide went on strike yesterday, and they will walk off the job again tomorrow.

Health New Zealand says the action could disrupt treatment, services and care over the entire week - especially for patients with non-urgent needs.

It’s while the Health Minister, Simeon Brown, has criticised the strikes – saying they’ll disrupt more than 13,000 surgeries and appoi...

As many as one in five Kiwi youth, aged between 15 and 24, have experienced anxiety or depression at some point in their lives.

The 2022/23 New Zealand Health Survey found that of those young people experiencing high mental health needs, 77% can’t access support when they need it.

So, with services experiencing this kind of unprecedented demand, what if there was another solution?

What if, teens turned to AI for mental health...

Debbie Ngarewa-Packer is known for unapologetically fighting for the rights of Māori.

The co-leader of Te Pati Māori never shies away from speaking her mind -- especially when it comes to social and climate justice.

Since becoming co-leader in 2020, and MP for Te Tai Hauauru at the last election, she’s been suspended from Parliament and criticised the coalition’s “intent to dismantle indigenous rights”.

At t...

20 years on, and the devastation left behind by Hurricane Katrina is still being felt.

The category three hurricane made landfall on August 29, 2005 devastating parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama – with New Orleans suffering catastrophic flooding due to levee failures.

About 80% of the city was inundated with water, and while a mandatory evacuation order was made just one day before landfall, many people – up ...

US President Donald Trump has reaffirmed his ‘close relationship’ with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un.

In a meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, he said he hopes to meet with Kim later this year, saying “I look forward to seeing him... we got along great.”

Meanwhile, in an unusual move, Kim has recently released a highly emotive video of a ceremony for fallen soldiers in Pyongyang who died fig...

A group of concussion researchers have likened Run It Straight events to “dwarf tossing”, where organisers turn “real human risk and harm into a spectacle”.

There are growing calls to ban these events – where two people tun head-to-head at each other before making body-jarring contact.

These ‘sporting spectacles’ have gained popularity in recent times – with competitors promised thous...

There’s been a leadership shakeup at the Royal NZ Police college, after a recruit debacle.

It’s while a newly released survey of training officers has found two thirds were concerned about probationary cops’ understanding of police responsibilities when holding suspects in custody.

It also found 55% feel new cops were ‘barely or not at all’ well equipped with knowledge of arrest and charge procedures.

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The illegal tobacco trade has become a very lucrative business worldwide.

In Australia for example, illegal, excise-evading cigarettes now comprise of half of the products sold to the country’s 2.7 million smokers, according to the ABC. It’s thought the $10 billion a year in revenue there is going straight into the pockets of organised crime.

But, has this trend made it to New Zealand shores? And how much of a headache ...

Marsden Point operated as New Zealand’s only oil refinery for nearly 60 years.

At its peak in the 80s, it employed around 1700 people – when it was closed in 2022, nearly 240 lost their jobs.

Run by Channel Infrastructure, the site now operates as NZ’s largest fuels import terminal storing and distributing 40% of the country’s fuel.

In recent weeks, a slew of Ministers have visited the site, with NZ First in...

The race is on for the Tāmaki Makaurau by-election – sparked by the death of Te Pati Maori MP, Takutai Tarsh Kemp.

The Māori electorate covers central and southern Auckland areas, from the Waitakere Ranges to Bucklands Beach and Waiheke Island.

Voting begins today for overseas voters, advance voting opens on August 25, and election day is set for September 6.

Today on The Front Page, Victoria University of Wellington associat...

New Zealanders are well on their way to a collective $1 trillion in debt.

At the current rate of growth, we’ll hit that landmark inside the next three years. Current gross debt sits at more than 870 billion for the year to May.

At the same time, five years after Covid hit and the Government is still paying the price.

Core Crown borrowings rose 11% in a year, hitting $239 billion—that's 156% higher than in May 2019.

Toda...

Since entering Parliament 10 years ago, Mārama Davidson has become a co-leader, been appointed a Minister, and has helped the Greens reach its largest-ever caucus.

She’s always been a staunch advocate for children, so it comes as no surprise that last week, the Green Party launched an open letter calling on the Minister of Children to adopt seven promises to children in state care, so “no more tamariki fall into harm&rd...

The countdown to the Putin-Trump summit is on.

The two leaders are due to meet in Alaska to discuss what peace could look like in Ukraine, more than three and a half years after Russia’s invasion.

While Trump has spoken to Ukraine’s Volodymir Zelenskyy ahead of the meeting, European capitals remain apprehensive that a resolution will come from it, and are rallying behind Kyiv.

So, is this latest development in fact, a d...

A New Zealand citizen and her son have been detained by ICE in the US.

Sarah Shaw and her six-year-old son were detained at the Canadian border after she drove her two eldest children to a Vancouver airport for a flight to New Zealand to visit their grandparents.

The pair are currently sitting in a detention facility in Texas.

They are two of tens of thousands of people who are currently being detained by the agency – most do...

The Government’s decision on whether it’ll recognise the state of Palestine has been put on hold until next month.

It’s despite our closest neighbour Australia following a sweep of countries moving to support Palestine.

78 years since the United Nations resolution to create the State of Israel and a Palestinian state, Australia’s PM Anthony Albanese said the world “can no longer wait for the implementa...

Video-sharing website, YouTube, began 20 years ago with a 19 second video of one of its founders at the San Diego Zoo.

Now, hundreds of hours of content are uploaded to the platform every single minute.

There has been a huge shift globally to reign in the social media giants -the UK has introduced age verifications requirements, with Australia to follow suit by the end of the year. Other countries like India, Germany, Spain, Italy ...

A self-described “Prince of the Provinces” - there are few politicians like Shane Jones.

He’s Minister of Oceans and Fisheries, Regional Development, and Resources -- and has been in the spotlight recently for spearheading a restart and expansion of oil and gas in New Zealand.

Over the years he’s face criticism for his close relationships with industry leaders OVER the environment. Comments like “Goodb...

Cost of living and the economy remains top of the agenda for National.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s already touting his leadership as one that’s a “clear choice” for New Zealanders at next year’s election, saying the government “inherited a mess and sorting it out”.

However, commentators have been quick to out the issues facing National ahead of the campaign – writing that Luxon...