Mcblog2 bobmccoskrie.com Summary of specific problems with the Abortion Legislation bill. Policy fail. *To remove legislation about abortion from the criminal code and insert it to the health code is to equate a procedure to remove an unborn baby with a procedure to remove an appendix, kidney stones, gall
Dennis Prager PA Pundits International Dennis Prager is a columnist for The Daily Signal at The Heritage Foundation and he is a nationally syndicated radio host, and creator of PragerU. We go from hysteria to hysteria. And even that’s not quite accurate. We now endure multiple hysterias at once.
Nicole McKee Spokesperson Fair and Reasonable Campaign On Tuesday, the Arms Legislation Bill is likely to be back in Parliament for its most critical stage and I’m writing to ask for your help for one last push to get the public to understand why this is so important. With
John You have heard the phrase “an inconvenient truth” no doubt before. The view from this bach window is inconvenient because it reveals a truth about Waitarere Beach that goes completely against the stories we are all being fed about coastal property being in danger because of Climate Change. I
George Open letter to the Prime Minister: Last night I witnessed you commenting on New Zealand’s first known case of the Covid-19 virus. You were at pains to promote the success of this intervention as an example of your Government’s readiness and competence to handle such an
Isabelle Groc @isabellegroc ensia.com Researchers are discovering plenty of ecological impacts — positive and negative — when humans interfere with wild animals’ natural eating routines. When she was about 8 years old, Judy Elson received a 500-piece jigsaw puzzle from her great-aunt that featured North American birds. Her relative
Kerrie Davies, UNSW Willa McDonald, Macquarie University In this series, we look at under-acknowledged women through the ages. In 1886, a year before American journalist Nellie Bly feigned insanity to enter an asylum in New York and became a household name, Catherine Hay Thomson arrived at the entrance of
Alexander Gillespie University of Waikato The Christchurch mosque attacks on March 15 last year have prompted a significant rise in tip-offs about people expressing extremist views, according to a report by New Zealand’s Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS). During the three months following the terrorist attacks, NZSIS received 455
Michelle Grattan University of Canberra A foreign intelligence service sent a “sleeper” agent to Australia, who provided logistical support for visiting spies, the head of ASIO, Mike Burgess, has revealed, in a speech pledging to intensify the fight against the threat posed by espionage and foreign interference. Delivering his first
Judith Graham Kaiser Health News For a dozen years, Larry Bocchiere, 68, didn’t find it especially difficult to care for his wife, Deborah, who struggled with breathing problems. But as her illness took a downward turn, he became overwhelmed by stress. “I was constantly on guard for any change
This is part two of a series of four articles that exposes the ideology behind the New Zealand Mates & Dates programme. Our Guest writer reveals what they don’t want New Zealand parents or the general public to know. *First published February 2019 Part one: The Truth about Mates
David Theobald I find it increasingly difficult to navigate my days with a settled countenance. There are three main things that I have to actively push to the back of my mind in order to reach sunset with some remaining degree of peace – blind acceptance of the validity of man-
Viv Forbes saltbushclub.com Viv Forbes has first-hand experience of noisy smelly flying fox colonies, mouse plagues, grasshopper swarms, livestock predation by wild dogs and foxes, and pasture predation by kangaroos, wallabies, hares and wild pigs. He is Executive Director of the Saltbush Club. Every Species Needs a Predator
Alwyn Poole innovativeducation.co.nz In an affluent country like New Zealand children are in material deprivation for one of two reasons. Either their parent(s) are not earning/receiving enough money in a relatively high-cost nation or they are not spending what they have in an effective and
Barbara McKenzie stovouno.org The Urban Development Bill ‘Objective of Bill is to better co-ordinate use of land, infrastructure, and public assets to maximise public benefit from complex urban development projects’ In the past private property in New Zealand has only been seized for essential public works such as
Barbara McKenzie stovouno.org The Proposed National Policy Statement on Indigenous Biodiversity (NPSIB) The NZ inspiration for the GWRC’s Policy Statement appears to be the Proposed National Policy Statement on Indigenous Biodiversity (2011), which has no legal effect: it was announced by the Minister for the Environment in early
