Justice Minister Andrew Little says changes to electoral law will strengthen democracy as voters will be able to enrol on election day and to vote at more venues, including supermarkets and malls. He also told interviewer Corin Dann that it’s a question of fairness and he blamed Nick Smith
Mike: Back to the cannabis referendum and the polls out would suggest the majority of us don’t want it – legalisation that is – the TV1 poll, for example, had the numbers at 52/39 I think, eight were left undecided. My editorial on the in column yesterday got all the
Jacinda Ardern has said that the government does not have a position on whether or not to legalise cannabis and that it is up to the public to decide in next year’s referendum. Two of the latest two new polls have revealed that more people would prefer the status
New video from Carlton McCoy: Politicians and commentators discuss upcoming Hate Speech legislation.
The government looks set to decriminalise all drug possession and use. Except they’re not. According to the government. The Government says its bill to make drug use a health issue is not default decriminalisation, even though a select committee was told today that prosecutions for drug use or possession
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By Dieuwe de Boer Rightminds In my submission against the Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Magazines, and Parts) Amendment Bill (aka Tarrant’s Law) I highlighted several embedded clauses that allowed the banning of firearms, magazines, and even ammunition via executive order. I have since been pointed at the source: the new
By Dieuwe de Boer Right Minds I am providing feedback on the proposed?Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Magazines, and Parts) Amendment Bill, or?“Tarrant’s Law” for short, named after its chief sponsor. This bill will in its current state: * Prohibit the general population from legally owning semi-automatic rifles; * Ban a
Press release ACT party The government appears to have hidden the fact that it deregulated New Zealand?s gun laws late last year, says ACT Leader David Seymour. Last December, eight days before Christmas, the prime minister made a regulation that allowed electronic applications for dealer?s licences, licences for
Guyon Let’s put some of that to the Acting Prime Minister, Winston Peters who joins us now, good morning to you. Winston Good morning. Guyon We’ve just had Nicole McKee from the Coalition of Licenced Firearm Owners, I know you probably wouldn’t have been able to hear
Whether or not you personally think that restricting certain firearms will make New Zealand a safer place or not, the following two points should make everyone pause to think. The new gun law is being rushed in a very undemocratic way. The government expects to pass legislation banning most semi-automatic
