Graham Hill MA (Hons) LlB (Hons). In mid-March when COVID-19 was imminent, our Minister of Justice stated that the ‘hate speech’ legislation was to be brought forward. Ideas for legislative change have existed since 2017 but the impetus for action arose due to the mosque shootings on the 15th of
Press Release: Stop the War on Tenancies Since any promises made by former National Party leader Simon Bridges are effectively void, the new leader, Todd Muller, should tell New Zealand’s 290,000 residential rental property owners whether he supports Labour’s disastrous experiments or whether he intends to restore
Lindsay Perigo solopassion.com When Parliament rushed through the Wuhan Virus Public Health Response Bill last week, the redoubtable Cameron Slater observed that New Zealand had thereby formally become a police state. The following atrocities from the Act make clear that this claim was not hyperbole. Allow time for the
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
