The general election determines the make-up of Parliament, but forming a government usually requires negotiations between political parties. While there are some legal requirements, government formation is largely a political process guided by constitutional conventions set out in the Cabinet Manual

The High Court held that the court’s power under the Gangs Act 2024 to order seized gang insignia to be “destroyed or otherwise disposed of” could not be used to return a seized Mongrel Mob patch to its owner. The decision is significant in re-asserting a more orthodox approach to statutory interpretation that places greater emphasis on the statutory text.

The Court of Appeal held that mine shafts could not be consented on an unformed ‘paper’ road on conservation land for gold mining operations.