Alan Hall Royal Commission of Inquiry Petition

When Jackie Foster heard about Alan Hall’s wrongful conviction, she got angry. Then she got busy. On Thursday, she will be at Parliament calling for an official inquiry into one of New Zealand’s worst miscarriages of justice. Mike White reports. Even though she lives nearby, Jackie Foster has never met Alan Hall, never had the …

NZ euthanasia laws: Taupō woman with degenerative disease denied dignified death by terminal illness rules

Taupō woman Nicole Martin says she applied to die with “dignity” under the end-of-life legislation but didn’t meet the criterion of having a doctor certify that her illness was terminal. Despite meeting four out of the five criteria for assisted dying at age 50, she is unable to prove a six-month life expectancy, leaving her …