When Confusion Reigns, Children Pay the Price
There are calls for 16-year-olds to be allowed to vote, while the same MPs simultaneously argue that they are not old enough to access some websites and apps.
Law
The History of Putting Animals on Trial
Mediaeval peasants treated animals more like people than even an animal rights activist today.
Court Dismisses Public Interest in Mass Medication
This is the same logic that justified Covid vaccine mandates – the state knows best, individual rights don’t matter, and anyone who questions medical authoritarianism represents only “private interests”.
Wellington: What Is Wrong With It?
To the rest of New Zealand, what goes on in the capital matters. That’s where our laws are made. We have a right to expect that officials provide quality input to them.
Update on the ‘Bill Gates’ Case in the Netherlands
This globally important case involves much more than 'just' Gates. The facts, the background, the drama, the media, the fact checkers, and the lawyer who is currently imprisoned.
The Law Commission IA Tangata Review
A review of the protections in the Human Rights Act 1993 for people who are transgender, people who are non-binary and people with innate variations of sex characteristics.
Jevon McSkimming’s Downfall: The Police’s Self-Inflicted Shame
Chambers can play the disappointed boss all he wants but the buck stops with him. He’s presiding over a force that’s more skilled at dodging accountability than upholding the law.
The SFO’s New Anti-Corruption Taskforce: A Toothless Tiger in a Corrupt Jungle
Let’s call this what it is: a PR stunt. The government is desperate to look like it’s doing something about corruption, so they’ve thrown together a hodgepodge of agencies, given it a fancy name and promised a report by Christmas.
The Slippery Slope of Age Verification
New Zealand should be wary of the coming violation of personal privacy and online liberty in Australia, as a private member’s bill from National MP Catherine Wedd awaits being drawn from the ballot.
More Race Rubbish in Our Unis
ACT MP calls out University of Auckland’s Māori-only job programme.
This Is Destroying Faith in the Government
After being told for months that justice was coming, we get nothing.
Did They Play the Rainbow Card?
The gay couple who abuse together get slapped on the wrist together.
