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Sixteen Coast Guard officers have been promoted despite a court order staying their promotions pending the outcome of judicial review proceedings of a decision to defer the recommended promotion of
This report was released as part of ‘Ready or not?’, an investigation into OIA practices at 12 core agencies.
OPINION: How does government and Parliament hold itself to account if political parties in government and Parliament have been penetrated by foreign influences?
Two soldiers at the centre of the Operation Burnham inquiry have escaped punishment by the Defence Force.
The Defence Force has finalised new rules on how it will deal with reports of civilian harm involving New Zealand soldiers. US and New Zealand soldiers take cover as a helicopter arrives to transport them to Khost province in Afghanistan in November 2008. Photo: AFP The move was one recommendation from the government inquiry into an SAS-led raid in Afghanistan - known as Operation Burnham. The NZDF said the order created a "consistent and transparent approach" to dealing with any reports of incidents. The framework states eight steps should be completed for reports of civilian harm: incident...