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Read in-depth feature stories, news articles and the president's column from each issue of Police News.

President's Column: Rethink vital after report exposes dark horrors

President's Column NZPA

The harrowing report into abuse in state care should cause all New Zealanders to pause and consider how this was allowed to happen and, more…

President's Column: Minister sticks to her guns to unwind positive changes

President's Column NZPA

Here we go again… time to resume full alert as politicians threaten anew to upend the past few years’ positive changes in our firearms regulations.

President's Column: The tools to work our way out of bad patch

President's Column NZPA

Parliament’s Justice Select Committee has finished hearing submissions on the highly publicised Gangs Legislation Amendment Bill. It aims to prohibit…

President's Column: Negotiating through a broken pay round system

President's Column NZPA

As this column was being written, we were still in the last stages of the extremely frustrating pay round negotiation process. It is an understatement…

President's Column: Let’s talk about speaking up

President's Column NZPA

Having been around policing for more than 30 years, I know that most members have an opinion or two on most subjects. When it comes to policing, they…

President's Column: Back to reality and unrealised expectations

President's Column NZPA

As we start the new year, the challenges for policing seem greater than ever against a backdrop of a public and political expectation for quick…