Ashby v R - [2014] 2 NZLR 453

Constitutional law — Police powers — Whether statutory power to make warrantless entry — Person inside premises apparently in distress — Whether forcible entry excluded — Whether use of force implicit in circumstances — Whether NZBORA over-riding — Whether search evidence admissible at trial — “Enter” — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, s 6.

Statutes — Interpretation — Relevance of history of legislation and common law — Whether statutory purpose met — Whether absence of reference to forcible entry means it excluded — “Enter” — Search and Surveillance Act 2012, s 14.