The Trump administration ends President Obama’s moratorium on federal death penalty executions, despite concerns about racial disparities on death row. While the move changes the method of lethal injection to reduce pain — following the Texas model — the risk of executing an innocent person remains. What’s the role of
The plastic bag law hasn’t been in force for long, but already numerous ‘paper bag incidents’ have occurred. Even our family experienced an episode of paper bag induced trauma recently when our son purchased two bottles of wine at Countdown which were then packed into a paper bag with
Isn’t it funny how the Legacy Media change their descriptors depending on how they wish to control the narrative? Wellington car enthusiasts‘ turnout dwindles after road roller incident TVNZ Not long ago TVNZ would have been touting this road roller incident as a failure of National party policies and
By Craig M Newshub has uncovered a loophole in the Government’s gun ban which means previously restricted firearms are now available to hundreds of thousands more people. […] The Hammerli .22 calibre semi-automatic holding a 20-round magazine is illegal in New Zealand. However, a Hammerli .22 calibre semi-automatic with a
While it’s mildly surprising that vegan activists have been able to summon up the strength to carry their recent campaign of intimidation and violence against farming families, what’s been truly shocking is the indulgence with which police have treated these soy-powered terrorists. When militants raided a goat farm
Jacinda Ardern has chosen to alienate 10% of the Voting Public because one foreign criminal skirted all our existing safeguards. She thinks that she can do what Canada, Australia and the UK have all failed to do at a cost of millions of dollars. The Government wants a national register
Since the Christchurch terror attack, the media hand in glove with the government have done their very best to demonise gun owners. Now the Deputy Police Commissioner Mike Clement has gone one step further… he is demonising inanimate objects! Guns cannot be “evil” in their nature, as he claims, any
If you thought compulsory insulation, compulsory kitchen and bathroom fans and compulsory fixed heaters were enough, you are going to be disappointed. More than a year ago, the government announced that rental losses were going to be ringfenced. This has now passed into law… not that you would know about
National party The government’s announcement that, despite passing legislation last year, it’s now consulting with the public on proposed regulation and standards on medicinal cannabis shows just how badly it has managed this process. The government has really mucked up the order when passing its medicinal cannabis Bill
Way back in August last year, I wrote a post on the effects being seen on the rental markets down my way, due to the openly landlord-hostile policies of our Minority Labour government and their enablers. We here at the BFD have long been suggesting that rental property owners will
by Beth Houlbrooke ACT Deputy Leader / Vice President Until now, I’ve not commented much publicly on the End of Life Choice Bill because my views are quite personal. But I want to acknowledge the tenacity and courage of David Seymour for bringing this debate to our parliament. David is
By David We frogs in the pot should really be feeling the heat turned up a notch since yesterday. Lots of stuff has been happening. Firstly there are the rental insulation regulations. The infringement cost is $4000. Our master’s in the government say there will be no leeway as
The End of Life Choice Bill states in clause 4: Meaning of person who is eligible for assisted dying In this Act, person who is eligible for assisted dying means a person who— (a) is aged 18 years or over; and (b) is— (i) a person who has New Zealand
The New Conservative party is concerned that, despite its flaws and strong opposition to it, the government is going to pass the Euthanasia bill. Following the second reading of the “End of Life Choice Bill on 26th June, they pointed out that the public might very well wonder if all
New Conservative party The government’s firearm buyback scheme is not just bullying and unfair, it uses the New Zealand police to force its draconian law on law-abiding New Zealanders, who are already feeling cheated and manipulated by this process. Being forced into handing over your own property, watch it
National party MP Nick Smith has accused the government of rushing changes in electoral law to advantage the coalition’s re-election. He called the move “sneaky” and pointed out that it was being done in an unprecedented way and against convention. In the past, changes to the electoral law only
