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The majority of the Supreme Court found the three strikes regime is subject to section 9 of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act. This means the High Court should not have imposed the maximum sentence for Mr Fitzgerald’s third strike offence where it was grossly disproportionate to the seriousness of the offence.

The New Zealand Motor Caravan Association successfully judicially reviewed the introduction of a blanket ban on freedom camping across the Marlborough district by the Marlborough District Council.

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The High Court overturned the government’s vaccine mandate for the New Zealand Police and Defence Force, finding it was not a justified limitation of rights and therefore unlawful.

Auckland Council’s decision to impose a targeted rate on specific accommodation providers was set aside by the Court of Appeal as it breached the Local Government Act 2002.

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Transpower was granted consent to relocate a set of controversially placed power lines right next to the entrance to the Maungatapu Marae.

The Court of Appeal declined Make It 16’s application for a declaration that the minimum voting age was inconsistent with the right to freedom from discrimination under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990.