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Scheduled for announcement next week, this decision could mean an increase in the price of piped natural gas.

Discussing the week in politics

Just like any other public place, you can be trespassed from Parliament. But unlike any other public place, the decision to do so, by the Speaker is open to review and must take in to account rights under the NZ Bill of Rights.

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.

Talking about the week in politics

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.

Discussing the week in politics with Kathryn Ryan