Paul Goldsmith
Topics
- Citizen's arrest powers and retail crimeQuiet since 26 Feb 2025
- Electoral law overhaul and Te Pāti Māori challengeQuiet since 31 Jul 2025
- Marine and coastal rights law changesQuiet since 22 Oct 2025
- Gang patch ban takes effectQuiet since 1 Dec 2024
- Ngāti Hāua Treaty settlementQuiet since 31 Mar 2025
- Election vote counting and enrolment changesQuiet since 26 Sep 2025
- Treaty Principles Bill submissions and haka inquiryQuiet since 26 Mar 2025
- Waitangi Day 2025Quiet since 7 Feb 2025
- Budget 2025Quiet since 6 Jun 2025
- Luxon's overseas trip and Nato summitQuiet since 30 Jun 2025
- Shoplifting penalties and retail crime responseQuiet since 30 Jul 2025
- New Plymouth fatal punch caseQuiet since 15 Aug 2025
All stories
October 2026
- Chief of Defence Force resigns over inappropriate relationship
+2 - One third of voters under 24 remain unenrolled ahead of deadline
- National and Labour remain stuck in polls at campaign halfway mark
- National proposes removing right to silence in child murder cases+2
- Greens and Te Pāti Māori defend meeting with Mongrel Mob
+1 - Pilot accused of hijacking attempt radicalised while studying in Australia
September 2026
- New Zealand renews deployment of Defence Force personnel to support Ukraine
- Coalition members disagree over select committee recommendations for move-on orders
- Whanganui Treaty settlement passes final reading in Parliament
- Around 10,000 public servants to strike over pay next week
+1
August 2026
- Man dies outside building shared by Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith
- Paul Goldsmith rules out running in Kaipara ki Mahurangi electorate
- National Party reveals candidate list for 2026 election
- Christopher Luxon maintains support for MMP referendum proposal
- New laws for retail crime and citizen’s arrest powers pass
December 2025
November 2025
- Winston Peters to campaign against new regulatory services law
- Coalition reports 38,000 fewer victims of serious violent crime
- New stalking and harassment law passes final reading
- Drug Foundation supports government action plan to combat methamphetamine harm
- Government unveils action plan to combat methamphetamine harm+2
- Crown apologises to Ngāti Pāoa as Treaty settlement bill passes
- Minister warned of retail crime advisory group chair's behaviour
October 2025
- Opposition promises to repeal changes to marine and coastal rights law
- Parliamentary vote on TV advertising bill nullified due to low attendance
- Ngātiwai leader challenges government authority over foreshore and seabed law
- Labour defends opposition to banning protests outside private homes
September 2025
- Government may legislate to remove tikanga Māori from court rulings
- Proposed law change could result in 55,000 disallowed votes
- Electoral Commission says proposed enrolment changes won't speed up counting
- Justice Minister promises to address suppression breaches in Tom Phillips case
- Auckland local board member apologises for gesture to Justice Minister
August 2025
- Government tracks ahead of violent crime reduction target+2
- Voters losing confidence in Government on key issues
- ACT opposes recommended changes to four-year term referendum proposal
- Bill to ban protests outside homes passes first reading
- Paul Goldsmith involved in David Seymour's United Nations letter controversy
- Government plans new offence for disruptive protests outside private homes+1
- Supreme Court rules riverbeds can be included in customary marine title
- Government to proceed with foreshore and seabed legislation changes+3
- Calls to fast-track punch laws following New Plymouth man's death
July 2025
- Electoral Amendment Bill passes first reading in Parliament
- Justice Minister calls Deputy PM's comments on voters unhelpful
- New technology used to scan plates for unpaid court fines
- Government announces overhaul of New Zealand electoral laws+3
- Justice Minister suggests possible introduction of more mandatory sentences
- Government announces tougher penalties and fines for shoplifting+2
June 2025
- Christopher Luxon holds press conference after overseas trips
- New offences introduced for one-punch attacks+3
- Government proposes tougher sentences for assaults on first responders
- New sentencing reforms come into effect to cap offender discounts
- Government proposes longer prison sentences for assaults on first responders
- Parliament passes bill regarding sex offender name suppression+3
- Finlayson criticises proposal for single Ngāpuhi commercial settlement+1
- Judicial Conduct Panel to investigate Acting District Court Judge Ema Aitken+1
- Work continues on Wellington Town Hall redevelopment project
May 2025
March 2025
- Crown apologises to Ngāti Hāua for Treaty breaches+1
- Te Korowai o Wainuiārua claims settlement bill passes Parliament
February 2025
- Violent crime victimisation rates remain mostly steady according to new data
- Government to introduce legislation for four-year parliamentary terms+2
- Government proposes strengthening citizen's arrest powers to combat retail crime
- New rules announced for citizen's arrests to tackle retail crime
- Government to expand citizen's arrest powers to combat retail theft+3
- Labour criticises spending on retail crime advisory group
- Minister Shane Jones threatens to cut Waitangi National Trust funding
- David Seymour's hapū requests he skip Waitangi Day commemorations
November 2024
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