Treatment at Auckland Women s Prison degrading and inhumane - judge Guyon Espiner
Warning: This story discusses violence, rape, depression and suicide.
Auckland Women s Prison treated inmates in a degrading, cruel and inhumane manner in a concerted effort to break their spirit, according to a stinging ruling from a district court judge. © Provided by Radio New Zealand Mihi Bassett, who went on trial for setting a fire at Auckland Region Women s Correctional Facility, and in court exposed what was going on inside the prison Mihi Bassett was gassed in her cell, Manukau District Court Judge David McNaughton said. Photo: RNZ/Vinay Ranchhod
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RMA change will take years to boost housing supply - Parker Jane Patterson © RNZ / Tess Brunton
The repeal and replacement of the RMA is incredibly complex, and time will be taken to get the legislation right, the Environment Minister says.
Three new laws will cover land use and environmental regulation, strategic planning for future development, and climate change adaptation. This is a very big thing to give birth to, said David Parker, and it would be like triplets to deliver it all at once - one at a time.
It will take about two years to have the new laws in place, which will replace the Act described by Parker as too complicated, too slow and failing to properly protect the environment.
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