Uncertainty whether a potential law criminalising protest action near private residences will be effective. 

Legislation is currently before Parliament that would give the Police greater power to move protesters in residential areas along – submissions on the bill closing yesterday.  

At the same time, an arrest has been made after an alleged vandalism at Winston Peters' Auckland home, which saw a window smashed and glass shattered over his dog. 

Peters says a number of pro-Palestine protests have been taking place outside his house recently, blasting loudspeakers just metres from his door. 

But Constitutional Law Expert Graeme Edgeler told Mike Hosking there's some confusion in the way the new legislation has been drafted, and he suspects people and police won’t be sure what’s covered.  

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Uncertainty whether a potential law criminalising protest action near private residences will be effective.&nbsp;
Legislation is currently before Parliament that would give the Police greater power to move protesters in residential areas along – submissions on the bill closing yesterday. &nbsp;
At the same time, an arrest has been made after an alleged vandalism at Winston Peters' Auckland home, which saw a window smashed and glass shattered over his dog.&nbsp;
Peters says a number of pro-Palestine protests have been taking place outside his house recently, blasting loudspeakers just metres from his door.&nbsp;
But Constitutional Law Expert Graeme Edgeler told Mike Hosking there's some confusion in the way the new legislation has been drafted, and he suspects people and police won’t be sure what’s covered. &nbsp;
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Graeme Edgeler: Constitutional Law Expert on the bill that would criminalise protest action in residential areas

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