saynopetodope.org.nz Tobacco companies lied to New Zealanders and the world for more than a century about the dangers of smoking. They based their market on addiction. They deliberately targeted kids. They even had doctors promote cigarettes as medicine. And today we are paying the price. The conversation is
Nicole McKee Spokesperson Fair and Reasonable Campaign Day One: I’m now out of our first day of hearings and a “Zoom” meeting with our lawyers. Of course a result is impossible to predict, and I make this observation as a non-lawyer, but it appeared Justice Cooke really engaged
saynopetodope.org.nz Potency: Today’s marijuana is a different, harder drug. Let’s be blunt. 2% THC weed of Woodstock era has been replaced by popping a handful of gummy bears containing 10 times the legal limit of THC per serving, or a 90% THC dab. It was just
Press Release: NZ Council Of Licensed Firearms Owners In a time when the Christchurch shootings and the COVID-19 pandemic have allowed the Government to take the opportunity to increase its power, a case in the Wellington High Court today will test the Government’s right to ban property without
Yesterday Chris Trotter’s Insight: Politics article, ‘Why Aren’t Those People Being Arrested?’ looked at iwi checkpoints, the reaction to them by the public and the context of the actions of the iwi who set them up. THE CLAMOUR for the Government and the Police to “do something” about
Today’s face of the day, former Green MP Catherine Delahunty, is tone-deaf to her own racism. She happily diagnoses it in others but fails to see the log in her own eye. 1. She promotes a petition asking the PM to continue to allow illegal checkpoints run by
Here is what the Minister of Police said when referring to a recent banning of public display of patches by gang members: “Gang insignia is intended to intimidate the public and other gangs. It is designed to claim ownership of a physical space and to encourage the recruitment of gang
Press Release: New Conservatives In 2017, the coalition of Labour, NZF and the Greens took control of New Zealand thus becoming the start of a journey that originally claimed transparency, openness and kindness but has failed to deliver except in the area of removing freedoms and disempowered democracy. New Conservative
At the start of the Level 4 lockdown, unknown to the public, the Police were flying by the seat of their pants, receiving almost daily updates telling them how to deal with the lockdown. At the start of the lockdown on 25th March, the Medical Officer of Health (MedOH) notice
The final proposed Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill is out. This post is about why, if you’re a conservative, you should vote yes in the Cannabis referendum. But first a summary: The Bill sets out a way for the Government to control and regulate cannabis. It proposes rules for
Update: I have been told this morning that Police do now have the power to stop people to ensure compliance with lockdown under s71A(2)(c) of the Health Act 1956 However, anyone who isn’t Police has no power to stop a vehicle (except some limited other govt departments
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Parliament passed the wrong law yesterday. Finance Minister Grant Robertson tried to minimise the error saying that the Government had always intended to bring the loan scheme forward. National Finance spokesperson Paul Goldsmith disputed Robertson’s version of what went wrong. “Robertson’s story doesn’t seem to tally with
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Press Release: ACT Party “The Government can encourage respect for the law and confidence in Police by releasing the Crown Law advice on the legality of the lockdown”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Today at the Epidemic Response Committee, the new Police Commissioner continued to stonewall on the issue of
