Alexander Gillespie University of Waikato Reaction to the New Zealand government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and resultant lockdown has ranged from high praise to criticism that its actions were illegal and its management chaotic. Partly in response to the concerns, and to put the continued containment of the
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Dane Giraud Spokesperson Free Speech Coalition At the Free Speech Coalition, we believe that nothing promotes the health of democracy more than when people with opposing views sit down together and have a conversation. Last week, I sat down with Daphna Whitmore, editor for Redline blog, for a broad-ranging discussion
Simeon Brown announced the other day that Police couldn’t enforce any action on places of worship exceeding 10 or more attendees. The Prime Minister rather stupidly retorted that she believed Crown Law over a post on social media. Well, Simeon Brown has trumped her with some internal Police documents
This letter was written by a group of Christians in New Zealand. If you agree with the letter, then please share this letter with those in your local church. On May 14 New Zealand went into COVID-19 alert level 2. Most businesses and services can now operate with social distancing
The duplicity of this government is shocking and it shows no sign of mending its ways. The BFD has exposed a number of its lies already. 1. The claim that they went hard and early 2. The claim that the lockdown was legal and there were no gaps in the
There was a time when people were scared of the gangs. They commanded respect even though only through intimidation. You didn’t mess with the Mob. Black Power (back when it wasn’t full of pakeha fullas) were pretty frightening if you were on the wrong side of them. The
Kris Gledhill Auckland University of Technology As New Zealand approaches the end of its strictest lockdown period, a debate has begun about whether it was legal in the first place. This is important because people are being prosecuted for breaching the lockdown. Naturally, lawyers are getting involved, so things are
saynopetodope.org.nz The Government proposes: A MINIMUM PURCHASE AND USE AGE OF 20 The problem: HAS IT WORKED FOR ALCOHOL? Research shows that adolescents access alcohol and tobacco primarily through friends and family, not from retailers. Why would cannabis be any different? Given the draft law allows cannabis growing
Ever since the Christchurch massacre, the Police have been operating in a doctrinaire and dictatorial fashion. We know that they used massive over-reach to grab as many guns as they could, and have treated their minister like he’s their lap dog. Earlier they announced that, despite disarming a large
An article in The Northland Age about the police finally taking action to open up an illegal roadblock is not all good news. The good news is that that police finally acted last Wednesday on behalf of law-abiding surfers by intervening in order to let the surfers through the illegal
For someone so completely obsessed with ‘image’, perhaps, Chris Comeskey has finally found his calling. With a failed dental supply business behind him and no chance of resurrecting his chequered legal career, the former headline-grabbing lawyer now has reinvented himself as Sydney’s answer to Tim ‘the Tool Man’ Taylor.
Unfettered by anything approaching accountability or the rule of law, we have seen during this crisis the underbelly of ‘kind’. Kindness speaks of morals and empathy but has been actioned through the suspension of liberty, democracy, and individual opportunity. The kindness-enforcer has stopped me visiting my mum in hospital today.
