The complex task of establishing fitness to stand trial

Last year 185 people, charged with 729 offences, were deemed unfit to stand trial. 

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A dip into Listeners' past reveals a bygone age

Visiting the Listener on Papers Past, to read what the conversation was, is fascinating.

Stunning botanical gift for Aucklanders, forever

In an extraordinary act of generosity, Auckland philanthropist Rosemary Platt has gifted 5.63 hectares (approximately 14 acres) of ecologically significant land to the people of Tāmaki Makaurau.

Prada Creates Genuine Pants Anxiety (Published 2025)

In the label’s sexiest men’s runway show in recent memory, tight trousers waged a comeback.

‘One of the most beloved writers of all time’: the genius of Joan Aiken at 100

From Willoughby Chase to Black Hearts in Battersea, Joan Aiken’s tales of plucky orphans surviving in industrial Britain are a keystone of children’s literature

TV3’s owner donates entire news library to NZ public

There are 12,639 6pm news bulletins and more than 400,000 stories stored on around 18,000 tapes. So what has Warner Brothers Discovery done with TV3’s enormous news and current affairs archive?

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