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EPISODE · May 14, 2026 · 29 MIN

Who keeps the courts in their lane?

from The New Zealand Initiative · host The New Zealand Initiative

In this episode, Oliver talks with Roger Partridge about the Government’s decision to legislate to stop the Smith v Fonterra climate change case. They discuss why Parliament was right to step in after the Supreme Court reinstated a claim the Court of Appeal had unanimously struck out, the causation problems at the heart of the case, and why media claims of an attack on judicial independence get New Zealand’s constitutional order backwards.

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