Changes to Adoption Laws Keep Children at the Core
This reform is a welcome shift in focus. It sends a clear message: New Zealand will not be a destination for exploitative or unsafe adoption practices.
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Māori Want to Talk About Genocide
Just not the genocide they committed against the Moriori.
The Dangers of Comprehensive Sexuality Education
Kim in Wales explains what we’re grappling with across the world, and we are concerned that it’s NOT been removed from NZ’s education system.
Countries Officially Recognise a State of Palestine
Many countries have since condemned the war and a number have chosen to acknowledge Palestinian statehood.
To Save Gen Z
We must continue to challenge inquisitive students with ideas they may never have heard. And we should identify and mentor Gen Z’s bold, rising, leaders in early careers who’ve shown a commitment to critical thinking and free speech.
‘Hate Speech’ Is Not Real
Whether or not speech is ‘hate’ speech is totally subjective. What is one man’s hate is another man’s sensible observation.
No, the World Isn’t Ending
If you call your boss stupid and your boss takes offense, he/she ‘the boss’ has every right to can you from working in the office. ‘Free speech’ does not apply to the employee-employer relationship.
Why New Zealand Must Not Reward Hamas With Statehood
New Zealand should withhold recognition until Palestinians themselves demonstrate readiness for peaceful statehood. Anything else would be a betrayal. The obstacle to peace has never been Israel’s refusal to allow a Palestinian state. It has been Palestinian leaders’ refusal to accept a Jewish one.
Arise From the Ashes: The Untold Details
Very serious allegations were made against the Arise Church which troubled us all – but they were only ever ‘allegations’. And many of the allegations were made in the media – which we should always be very wary of.
The Right Response
The conduct of Charlie Kirk before his assassination, and the likes of Israel and Maria Folau, give us a good idea of how we should respond to the increasing challenges in society.
The Instinct to Hurt Those With Whom One Disagrees
We must learn to notice those instincts so that we can signal appropriate disgust wherever we encounter them.
There Are No Ordinary People
Ordinary people can be locked down, surveilled, imprisoned, cordoned off, written off, dosed up on junk food and fat jabs, made to install inefficient heat pumps, sacked, housed in ugly new builds, left uneducated, laughed at and looked down upon, because they’re only ordinary.
This House Has Confidence in the President-Elect
Is celebrating a political assassination is a breach of basic decency and in conflict with the aims of the union he is set to lead? What should the limits of free speech be in positions of responsibility and employment?