The NZ First “handbrake” is working again. I wrote a few weeks ago that Stuart Nash was overly confident about getting his anti-shooter bill passed, and voila!, NZ First is holding it up: The Labour party is struggling to get support to pass a new gun law as NZ First
Press Release: Stop the War on Tenancies New Zealand’s 290,000 rental property owners should resist radical changes to the Residential Tenancies Act both by submission and by vote in this year’s election, Tenancies War spokesman Mike Butler said on Sunday. The current government has the despicable habit
Chris Cahill NZ Police Association President Speech Transcript This time next week, all going well, Parliament will have passed the Arms Legislation Bill as the second tranche of firearms reforms designed to make all New Zealanders safer. Together, the reforms will do this by taking the most dangerous of weapons
Nicole McKee Spokesperson Fair and Reasonable Campaign On Tuesday, the Arms Legislation Bill is likely to be back in Parliament for its most critical stage and I’m writing to ask for your help for one last push to get the public to understand why this is so important. With
When Renae Maihi went to court, I couldn’t help but wonder where Don Brash, David Seymour and the free speech brigade were. Given that Brash and his “Free Speech Coalition” quickly rushed to court to defend Lauren Southern and what’s-his-face Molyneux’s right to free speech, I waited
There’s nothing quite like a story of a speeding teenager getting let off by a Dud Judge to get the opinions flowing. This week we hear of Kingston Webb, a resident of Napier (hmm, just what do you call that, a Napierian, a Napierite?). Anyway, young Kingston is a
Nicole McKee Spokesperson Fair and Reasonable Campaign Thank you to all of those who have used our email tool to tell Winston Peters and his colleagues to scrap the second round of firearms law changes, including the dangerous/insecure proposed firearms register. In politics, the squeaky wheel gets the oil,
Maureen Coleman Facebook (edited for clarity by The BFD) Where do I start? The second reading of the Arms Amendment Bill has been before the house, and the 3rd reading is very near. I hope and trust beyond all else that the end of a hugely important way of life
I can appreciate the anger, the frustration, the despair and the high levels of emotion. We’ve seen it happen before. Adults who are responsible for the care of their children, clamming up and en masse refusing to provide information to police that to all intents and purposes, would result
Caleb Stephen CitizenGO Please sign this petition calling on Winston Peters to immediately withdraw his Government’s Abortion Legislation Bill. It is not too late for him to do the right thing here. SAY NO TO ABORTION! Dear Leo, Before the 2017 election, deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters made clear
95% less harmful than traditional smoking, vaping is the very definition of harm reduction. Yet the media has gone all out to disparage it. Filter.mag dismantles one of the most recent attacks. New York Magazine ran an article this month—in its “Intelligencer” vertical, of all places—with the
As I wrote some time ago, there is a deep moral cognitive dissonance at the heart of the “right-to-die” movement. In our society, suicide is regarded with such horror that its very name cannot be mentioned by the media. Suicide is seen as an overwhelming moral harm. On the other
Press Release: ACT Party “The Ministry of Housing and Urban Development has told the Government that its new tenancy law will increase rents in the middle of a housing crisis”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. The Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill has its first reading in Parliament yesterday. “The bill’s
Andrew Little almost destroyed the Labour Party once and with a little luck he may well contribute to a drop in popularity again. His wonky crusade against freedom of speech will become part of the right wing’s rallying call as we charge over the barricades. Political commentator Chris Trotter
A summary of what was said by our politicians while debating the Arms Legislation bill is below. The source is the New Zealand Deerstalkers Assoc (NZDA) Vote: * 57 Opposed: National, ACT, Jami-Lee Ross. * 63 Favour: NZ First, Greens, Labour. Result: Bill passed its 2nd reading. The Speakers talking points were
