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First torture, now solitary - NZ's shame

Aaron Smale unravels the legal liability the Crown is now ensnared in after the Royal Commission into State Abuse's finding of torture at Lake Alice - how solitary confinement elsewhere is now in the gun, and the political implications.

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Ans Westra: the Dutch woman who showed us ourselves

Aaron Smale reflects on the work and significance of documentary photographer Ans Westra, who died on Sunday.

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Parker's office says slash an issue for Nash

On the day Cyclone Gabrielle was smashing into Tairāwhiti, Environment Minister David Parker was already passing the buck. Aaron Smale reports.

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Gangs meet with Royal Commission

The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care sat down with around 200 gang members to talk about what they'd gone through in the welfare system when they were children. Aaron Smale reports.

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It's not politics, and it's not OK

Māori issues editor Aaron Smale says sexism, racism, fairness and missed opportunities need to be considered when analysing Ardern’s complex legacy.

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Lake Alice report finally documents the truth

More than 50 years after children started being dumped at Lake Alice psychiatric hospital, a report by a Royal Commission of Inquiry has finally documented what those children went through and how the Crown responded to their systemic torture and abuse.

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Quarantine and punish - our national response to trauma

Analysis: Aaron Smale puts political rhetoric on youth crime in the context of our country's response to trauma

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Police want to change the laws they've broken

First the police denied it was a problem. Then they minimised the problem. Now they want the law changed so they can do it all the time after it was exposed that they were doing it all the time.

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A structure of impunity

The PM attended the Queen's funeral and the UN's General Assembly in a week. Aaron Smale asks if her Government's behaviour at home is insulting to both institutions.

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The passing of a myth

For nearly a century she was part of a family that had once ruled over large chunks of the globe. Aaron Smale reflects on the passing of someone else’s grandmother after losing his own.

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From Ngāruawāhia to London - in a waka

At 20, Hope Moke is one of the youngest in the national waka ama team. She tells Aaron Smale how she got her start, and how she made it to the world championships in London.

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State of denial: How police child abuse inquiries ran aground

In part two of a series on Crown Law withholding evidence from police, Aaron Smale asks: how did the government and its lawyers behave when they knew the state was guilty of serious crimes again

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Crown Law blocks the police in rare, costly legal standoff

Exclusive: Did the Government’s legal agency withhold evidence of the rape, torture and abuse of children from police investigations? Aaron Smale unravels an extraordinary paper trail.

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Officials' finger pointing over abuse scandals

Comment: Today the country's top public servant fronts up at the Royal Commission into abuse in state care. Aaron Smale says officials are still running interference

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Investigations win for Newsroom

Our investigative journalism has been recognised with a premier award and two runner up citations at the Voyager Media Awards.

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The political liability of Matt Tukaki

Questions still hang over the credentials and record of a political and media favourite who has shot to prominence amid more than a little controversy, writes Aaron Smale

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The dripping tap of indigenous rights

Analysis: Aaron Smale examines political attitudes towards the UN's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

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Now that I've got your attention...

Aaron Smale responds to a backlash about an article suggesting there was a minority that had special rights over water - Pākehā. farmers.

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Minority has already taken water rights

Aaron Smale argues it is not Māori but Pākehā farmers who have had preferential treatment.

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Moana Jackson - speaking truth to power

The words and work of Moana Jackson could not be co-opted or compromised, because he himself could not be compromised, writes Māori Affairs Editor Aaron Smale from Jackson's tangi.

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