Rhona Winnington Auckland University of Technology When New Zealanders go to the polls in September, they will also be asked to vote in a referendum on assisted dying. Parliament already passed the End of Life Choice Act in 2019, but the referendum will decide whether it comes into force. We
Jordan Williams Free Speech Coalition The power of public bodies to de-platform speakers deserves to be thoughtfully considered and we say it’s a matter of public concern. Unusually the permanent Court of Appeal panel will be hearing the appeal here in Auckland – it will sit in the old
Marta Rychert Massey University Chris Wilkins Massey University In less than three months, New Zealanders will vote in the world’s first national referendum on a comprehensive proposal to legalise the recreational use of cannabis. Unlike cannabis ballots in several US states in which the public only voted on the
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com The Resource Management Act is one of New Zealand’s worst performing pieces of legislation. It has become a major barrier to progress by adding costs and delays to the local authority consenting process. It has also been identified as a significant contributor to the
Once upon a time, I fervently supported euthanasia legislation. Then, a couple of things happened. First, we got to see it in practice. It turned out that the ‘slippery slope’ Cassandras were right: ‘safeguards’ were watered down with indecent haste. “Imminent terminal illness with intolerable suffering” became “terminal illness” and
Chris Penk The BFD is serialising National MP Chris Penk’s book Flattening the Country by publishing an extract every day. An Act of stupidity The passage of the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act will be remembered as one of the most shameful episodes in our Parliament’s history.
This coming election we will not only be voting on which party we want to hold the balance of power, but we will also be taking part in a referendum on a very controversial and emotionally charged proposed new law. Those of us who are against it cheerfully refer to
On September 19 New Zealanders will be voting in a referendum on whether or not to legalise cannabis. In the below podcast chief economist Dr Eric Crampton approaches the decision from an economic perspective. He says that even though there is not a lot of solid data available about how
Barry Brill nzcpr.com Barry Brill, OBE, JP, LL.M(Hons), M.ComLaw, is the Chairman of the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition. A former MP, Barry was a Minister of Energy, a Petrocorp director, and the Chairman of the Gas Council, Power NZ, ESANZ, and EMCO. On March 23
Six or eight thousand years ago, they laid down the law The B-52s, “Mesopotamia”. As the left tears down more and more of our Western heritage and, not coincidentally, descend further and further into barbarism, it’s more important than ever to remember how we acquired civilisation. Civilisation didn’
Aided by a US Supreme Court ruling allowing a 1964 law barring discrimination against women or men, transgender activists have begun going after laws preventing biological males from competing in women’s sports. Unfortunately for them, the Trump Administration is having none of it. Breitbart reports. President Donald Trump’s
Michael Dowling Chairman Council of Licenced Firearms Owners Yesterday afternoon Justice Cooke issued his judgment on our High Court Judicial Review case. While this is not a clear win Justice Cooke’s comments are a significant endorsement of many of our principle-based arguments. The Judge was clearly sympathetic to
Val Hooper, Victoria University Gordon Anderson, Victoria University Stephen Blumenfeld, Victoria University Anyone familiar with George Orwell’s novel 1984 will relate to the menace of Big Brother watching their every keystroke and mouse click. For a growing share of the workforce that dystopian reality arrived while most of us
The government told us we’d all be safer as a result of their ill-conceived gun confiscation. We told them that the laws would only affect law-abiding gun owners, not criminals. But Stuart Nash and his cronies knew best. We told them that if they didn’t follow
Welcome to the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone. A few blocks in the middle of Seattle that was abandoned by Police after their precinct was taken over by Black Lives Matter activists, Antifa and other thugs and hippies, following days of protests and confrontations. The City, a Democrat stronghold, did what
