A defence lawyer says the outcome of the trial of Restore Passenger Rail protesters is 'strange'. 

The Post reports six people have been allowed to withdraw their guilty pleas, and the judge tossed their charges. 

It was over a series of Wellington protests that disrupted traffic. 

Steve Cullen says it might be a case of the judge responding to a moral undercurrent. 

"A certain proportion of the community felt that these people shouldn't have been convicted at all."

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A defence lawyer says the outcome of the trial of Restore Passenger Rail protesters is 'strange'.&nbsp;
The Post reports six people have been allowed to withdraw their guilty pleas, and the judge tossed their charges.&nbsp;
It was over a series of Wellington protests that disrupted traffic.&nbsp;
Steve Cullen says it might be a case of the judge responding to a moral undercurrent.&nbsp;
"A certain proportion of the community felt that these people shouldn't have been convicted at all."
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Steve Cullen: defence lawyer on the group of Restore Passenger Rail protestors being allowed to withdraw guilty pleas

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A top economist advises thinking about working from home to save fuel.

Iran's maintaining its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz - retaliating to the continued bombing assault by the US and Israel.

It's led Sri Lanka to move to a four-day working week from tomorrow. 

Westpac economist Kelly Eckhold says unless things change quickly, something will have to be done within the next three weeks. 

"Through the Covid period, we were able to save quite a lot of fuel with the hard lockdowns. We're not going to save anywhere near that amount, but it'll certainly help provide more fuel for the higher-priority users of it." 

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A top economist advises thinking about working from home to save fuel.
Iran's maintaining its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz - retaliating to the continued bombing assault by the US and Israel.
It's led Sri Lanka to move to a four-day working week from tomorrow.&nbsp;
Westpac economist Kelly Eckhold says unless things change quickly, something will have to be done within the next three weeks.&nbsp;
"Through the Covid period, we were able to save quite a lot of fuel with the hard lockdowns. We're not going to save anywhere near that amount, but it'll certainly help provide more fuel for the higher-priority users of it."&nbsp;
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Kelly Eckhold: Westpac economist on whether more people will need to work from home following Middle East crisis

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There's fears there'll be no slowdown any time soon to the rapid rise in food prices.

Stats NZ figures show they rose 4.5 percent in the year to February.

Steak, mince and chocolate all shot up more than 20 percent.

Infometrics head, Brad Olsen, says the spike in oil prices because of the war in Iran will do nothing to help. 

"We know that not only oil prices are key to transport costs, but also just the production. Now if you're a farmer, you've got to use diesel to move stuff around to run the tractor and everything else. So this is going to hit."

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There's fears there'll be no slowdown any time soon to the rapid rise in food prices.
Stats NZ figures show they rose 4.5 percent in the year to February.
Steak, mince and chocolate all shot up more than 20 percent.
Infometrics head, Brad Olsen, says the spike in oil prices because of the war in Iran will do nothing to help.&nbsp;
"We know that not only oil prices are key to transport costs, but also just the production. Now if you're a farmer, you've got to use diesel to move stuff around to run the tractor and everything else. So this is going to hit."
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Brad Olsen: Infometrics Principal Economist on data showing food prices rose 4.5 percent in the year to February

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A return towards decentralisation is being painted as Health New Zealand's next chapter.

The Government's reverting to giving hospitals more control - letting them decide staffing, budgets, and service delivery from July.

It's adamant it's not a return to District Health Boards, with planning still done nationally.

Acting chief executive Andrew Brant says Health NZ's finances are looking good and it's delivering more, but this ensures improvement continues.

He explained the key change is bringing the operating model much more into the frontline - and communities into decisions.

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A return towards decentralisation is being painted as Health New Zealand's next chapter.
The Government's reverting to giving hospitals more control - letting them decide staffing, budgets, and service delivery from July.
It's adamant it's not a return to District Health Boards, with planning still done nationally.
Acting chief executive Andrew Brant says Health NZ's finances are looking good and it's delivering more, but this ensures improvement continues.
He explained the key change is bringing the operating model much more into the frontline - and communities into decisions.
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Andrew Brant: Health NZ acting chief executive on the planned move towards decentralisation

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Steve Cullen: defence lawyer on the group of Restore Passenger Rail protestors being allowed to withdraw guilty pleas

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