It was the first time the police commissioner
had addressed a crowd since Derek Chauvin, an American police officer, had knelt on the neck of George Floyd outside a grocery store for nearly 10 minutes in front of a crowd of onlookers, leading to his death. The death sparked protests about police brutality and the mistreatment of people of colour in more than 60 countries, including in every major city in New Zealand. Coster, who was just 44 when he was appointed last year, making him the youngest police commissioner, was just two months into the role. He was leading an organisation of 14,000 staff, and facing intense scrutiny and pressure.
Northland police unlawfully used checkpoints to gather information for years
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3.15pm: National created two versions of election review – report
A follow-up to a news story from earlier (see: 12.40pm) on National’s review into last year’s election loss.
Newshub’s Tova O’Brien has revealed that the National Party has created two versions of its election review. One is the full, unedited report while the other is a sanitised version with all the “gory details taken out”. Those are the words, according to O’Brien, of a party insider.
Newshub has been told that the party is frustrated with the closed process after being told to disclose everything during the review process. We can, almost certainly, expect more on this at 6pm.