2 May 2018
PERSTON v NEW ZEALAND POLICE [2018] NZHC 910
- Citation
- [2018] NZHC 910
- Court
- High Court
The appeal is dismissed because although the police exceeded the implied licence and the search was unlawful, the breach was at most moderately serious and not in bad faith; the evidence was real, significant and compelling and the seriousness of the offending (class A drugs with firearms and over 237 grams of methamphetamine) together with lack of viable alternative investigative means meant exclusion under s30 would be disproportionate.