Open Justice

Decision on whether boy remains in full immersion te reo kura or goes to mainstream school decided by Family Court, after parents divided.

Allegations of bullying, harassment and “the overbearing nature” of judges made up some of the complaints among the hundreds lodged against the country’s judiciary this past year.

Niko O’Neill Brooking-Hodgson died aged 24.

A sportsman has been found not guilty of indecently assaulting three women and drugging one at a gym Christmas party.

The Family Court judge said the girl was clearly cherished and much loved but under the Hague Convention she must return home.