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New sentencing laws will drive NZ’s already high imprisonment rates – and budgets – even higher

27 March 2025

New Zealand jails more people per capita than Canada, Australia and England. But sentencing Act changes will contribute to a 40% rise in prisoner numbers over the next decade.

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A man has been charged - accused of breaking into Murupara's unmanned Police Station yesterday
	27 Mar: A man has been charged - accused of breaking into Murupara's unmanned Police Station yesterday... more

A 28-year-old Porirua man has appeared in court after an aggravated home invasion in Wellington's Miramar last week
	27 Mar: A 28-year-old Porirua man has appeared in court after an aggravated home invasion in Wellington's Miramar last week... more

Pig's head, decapitated rats sent to Indonesian media outlet Tempo
	27 Mar: Indonesian police launch a preliminary investigation into "acts of terror" against an investigative media organisation after carcasses were delivered to its Jakarta office.... more

A man who created fake social media accounts to contact young mothers to make disturbing comments about children, has been sentenced to home detention
	27 Mar: A man who created fake social media accounts to contact young mothers to make disturbing comments about children, has been sentenced to home detention... more

Notorious criminal Dean Wickliffe has been released - after decades behind bars
	27 Mar: Notorious criminal Dean Wickliffe has been released - after decades behind bars... more

Christchurch Police are appealing for sightings of a vehicle of interest, in the homicide investigation of the 39-year-old man who died at a Mairehau social housing complex
	27 Mar: Christchurch Police are appealing for sightings of a vehicle of interest, in the homicide investigation of the 39-year-old man who died at a Mairehau social housing complex... more

A paedophile teacher jailed indefinitely for sexually abusing 20 Northland boys, is eyeing up a move to the South Island, if and when released
	27 Mar: A paedophile teacher jailed indefinitely for sexually abusing 20 Northland boys, is eyeing up a move to the South Island, if and when released... more

A man's appearing in court today -- following an aggravated burglary in Wellington's Miramar early last week
	27 Mar: A man's appearing in court today -- following an aggravated burglary in Wellington's Miramar early last week... more

A foreign national's spending more than five years behind bars, after smuggling around 26 kilograms of MDMA through Auckland Airport
	26 Mar: A foreign national's spending more than five years behind bars, after smuggling around 26 kilograms of MDMA through Auckland Airport... more

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