Deborah Manning
Activist Ahmed Zaoui charged and jailed in Algeria
Algerian New Zealand activist Ahmed Zaoui, has been charged with subversion and moved to a jail in his homeland, following his arrest there three weeks ago.
Zaoui was arrested after holding a… Audio
NZ citizen Ahmed Zaoui detained in Algeria
Ahmed Zaoui - a New Zealand citizen - has been detained in Algeria after a political meeting at his home.
Zaoui is an activist for democracy. He rose to national prominence here twenty years ago… Audio
Bookmarks with Deborah Manning
Refugee and human rights lawyer Deborah Manning was 27 years old when she took on the state as co-counsel for Ahmed Zaoui, a former Algerian MP who came to New Zealand as a refugee in 2003. After… Audio
Democracy activist Ahmed Zaoui arrested at gunpoint
The Algerian democracy activist and New Zealand citizen Ahmed Zaoui, has been arrested at gunpoint by Algerian security forces after making public comment about human rights violations.
Lawyer… Audio
Woman with suspected IS links returning to NZ wants privacy - lawyer Deborah Manning
The lawyer for a terror suspect with links to Islamic State wont say if the woman will be monitored or subject to special restrictions when she arrives back in New Zealand with her two young children.
…NZ born terror suspect - what next?
What is likely in the case of the New Zealand born woman linked to Islamic State, and her two young children, detained in Turkey? 25-year-old Suhayra Aden has lived in Australia since the age of six… Audio
Deborah Manning - Fighting food waste
New Zealand industry generates over 100,000 tonnes of food waste per year at the same time as many kiwi families are unable to afford and access good food. Deborah Manning saw an obvious solution to… Audio
A disordered food system has created an obesogenic world which engineers overconsumption
Kim Hill explores the true cost of abundant cheap, fatty and sugary food with Dr Sally Mackay, Dr Matire Harwood, Deborah Manning and Prof. Hugh Campbell. Audio
New revelations won't obstruct Operation Burnham Inquiry
Hit and Run author Jon Stephenson's revelation he now believes armed insurgents were in a village attacked by NZ SAS soldiers won't interrupt the Operation Burnham Inquiry, Political Editor Jane… Audio
Manning responds to Stephenson's 'Hit & Run' retraction
One of the authors of Hit & Run, the book that criticised an NZSAS raid in Afghanistan, has retracted one of the key claims.
Jon Stephenson says he now believes armed insurgents were in a village… Audio
'Exhausted' Afghan villagers abandon inquiry - Deborah Manning
Earlier in June it seemed Afghan villagers at the centre of the Operation Burnham Inquiry might finally get a chance to have their voices heard in person.
But on Tuesday it was announced they've… Audio
Renewed calls for police to stop chasing young drivers
One person remains in a stable condition, and another's been discharged from hospital, following a police pursuit which ended in a crash in the West Auckland suburb of Te Atatu last night. Audio
Mosque attacks: Human rights advocates urge open inquiry
The Human Rights Foundation is urging the Government to ensure the inquiry into security and intelligence agencies after the Christchurch terrorist attacks is open and transparent. To back up this… Audio
Lawyers seek review of closed-door Op Burnham inquiry
The Government's inquiry into Operation Burnham is facing a challenge in the High Court. The inquiry is being held in response to allegations made in the book Hit and Run, which said the military… Audio
Police reject claims of bias in police pursuits
NZ Police says more Māori are being warned and charged in police pursuits because more are choosing to flee. RNZ revealed yesterday that in the past four years more Māori were warned, charged and… Audio
'Police need to be adults' on police chases - Deborah Manning
A lawyer who's advised families of people killed in police pursuits says the police should accept their policy needs to change. Yesterday national road policing manager Superintendent Steve Greally… Audio
Afghan villagers' case against NZDF still headed for court
One of the lawyers representing the Afghan people caught up in a Defence Force raid in 2010 says persisting confusion about the minutiae of the attack shows exactly why an independent inquiry is… Audio
Police 'letting themselves down' on pursuits policy - Manning
The police are facing renewed criticism of their pursuit policy but say drivers who choose to flee have a choice to stop. A second review in ten years into the police's policy for giving chase to… Audio
Hit & Run villagers back authors account of SAS raids
Lawyer Deborah Manning is representing Afghans from the two villages that the books authors Jon Stephenson and Nicky Hager claim were raided by the New Zealand SAS in 2010. She says they'll be writing… Audio
Evidence points toward Defence Force cover up, lawyers say
Lawyers Rodney Harrison QC, Deborah Manning and Richard McLeod today called for an independent inquiry into New Zealand's SAS troop's involvement in a 2010 raid in Afghanistan. Video, Audio