Roger Partridge is chairman and a co-founder of The New Zealand Initiative and is a senior member of its research team. He led law firm Bell Gully as executive chairman from 2007 to 2014, after 16 years as a commercial litigation partner.

Roger recently published a report titled, Who Makes the Law? Reining in the Supreme Court, in which he warns of a looming constitutional crisis in New Zealand, as the Supreme Court increasingly oversteps its bounds, threatening the balance of power between the courts and Parliament.

Tune in as controversial writer and podcast host, Damien Grant, interviews Roger Partridge about the report, law and some alarming decisions made by the New Zealand’s Supreme Court recently.

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Martin van Beynen was born in Christchurch, and lived in West Auckland from the age of 11, where he attended St Peter's College. He later graduated from University of Auckland where he studied law and wrote for Craccum.

He also completed a Diploma in Journalism at the University of Canterbury in 1989, and began working with the Otago Daily Times in Dunedin and joined The Press in Christchurch in 1991. After several roles, he was appointed senior writer in 2004 and was a leading columnist on The Press for 17 years until 2021.

In 2020 Van Beynen published Black Hands, a gripping account of New Zealand's most controversial criminal case.

Join me, Damien Grant, as I interview Martin Van Beynen about Black Hands, the victims, and whether David Bain was infact guilty.

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The book Resilience, written by the late Inge Woolf, covers her remarkable life story. Born in Vienna before the war, her story tells of fleeing from Nazi oppression and genocide, establishing a tenuous life in England, her arrival in New Zealand, marriage, tragedy and children.

Join me Damien Grant, as I talk to lawyer, director, adviser, independent reviewer, chief executive, advocate, community volunteer and daughter of Inge Woolf, Deborah Hart.

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