Derek Cheng
Political Reporter, Senior Writer at New Zealand Herald
Freelance Journalist at Freelance
Travel, climbing, street food. Politics, from time to time.
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1 week ago |
nzherald.co.nz | Derek Cheng
The drop in serious youth offending since the middle of last year, for example, started before many of the Government’s key policies to tackle youth crime were implemented. Youth advocates speculate that the number of serious repeat youth offenders spiked following the increased isolation and stress of the Covid pandemic, and has started reverting to the downward pre-pandemic trend.
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1 week ago |
nzherald.co.nz | Derek Cheng
“If you know somebody’s come in, they’ve robbed you 10 times before and you get them one minute after they arrive at the door, it’s a much easier discussion than dealing with them as they’re trying to get out with a full trolley. “I’m wanting to figure out what we can do to make sure it’s as useful as it can be.
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1 week ago |
nzherald.co.nz | Derek Cheng
The Ipsos Cost of Living Monitor, released to the Herald, shows how pessimistic Kiwis feel about household costs, inflation and the cost of living in the coming months. Inflation sat at 2.2% for the latter half of last year, while GDP grew 0.7% in the December quarter. Last week, the Reserve Bank cut the Official Cash Rate to 3.5%.
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2 weeks ago |
nzherald.co.nz | Derek Cheng
Opinion by Derek ChengDerek Cheng is a Multimedia Journalist for New Zealand’s Herald. He values holding those in power to account and shining a light on issues kept in the dark.
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3 weeks ago |
nzherald.co.nz | Derek Cheng
Proposed changes are part of a suite of health and safety reforms led by Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden. Photo / Kurt AsplinThe Government is moving to reassure landowners that they won’t be responsible for recreational activities they permit on their land, which has previously led to prosecutions under health and safety law following an accident. It’s part of a suite of health and safety reforms that Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden is announcing this week.
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