Law
Statement From NZDSOS on Recent Court Case: NZDSOS vs MCNZ
The absence of mainstream journalists at the court appearance of doctors challenging their regulator is noteworthy. This situation underscores the critical importance of transparency and accountability in the healthcare sector.
Not the Brightest Move Dotcom
He should have retained the best US criminal lawyer he could find and cut a deal – a quick guilty plea in return for, say, seven years, $10 million in fines and restitution and been out of prison in 2019. But he didn’t and so his US legal problems are just beginning.
Illegal Immigrants With Convictions Released Into US
Statistics include 62,231 illegal immigrants convicted of assault and an additional 42,915 facing pending assault charges.
More Radical Changes to Birth Certificates
Having a space to name a father and mother is simply not enough and is not inclusive in the eyes of the current government.
Looking for the ‘Smoking Gun’
In New Zealand there are very few regulations to ensure the public can find out about what influences government decision-making. Therefore, we shouldn’t be surprised that no smoking gun has yet emerged.
Routh Indicted for Attempted Assassination of Trump
Second individual to try to kill the former president faces five counts – but will they all stick?
The True Legacy of Ardern and Hipkins
Collapsing trust in NZ education, parliament, courts, heathcare, police and media to all-time lows.
Into the Void? Please Keep Trying
Our legal friend has received no reply to his two messages to an acquaintance, a senior National Party staffer.
Simon O’Connor on Q+A With Jack Tame
We believe the review by the Ministry of Health is designed to expand euthanasia/PAS in New Zealand. You have until 5pm Thursday, 26 September 2024, to submit your view, so please find 10 minutes and complete it today.
Should the Crown Prosecutions Be Prosecuted?
Why did they waste millions of taxpayer dollars on a doomed ‘murder’ trial? And should they be sued for defamation?
Iwi Bandits Are at Work
If iwi keep inventing new privileges under Article Two of the Treaty, then the Crown should use Article Three which says that Māori rights and duties are the same as those of everyone else.
Face of the Day
A jury at the Auckland High Court has found Dr Philip Polkinghorne not guilty of killing his wife, Pauline Hanna, in their Remuera home in April 2021.
There Was No ‘Project 2023’
The fate of the coalition Government’s ill-thought-out effort to roll back the cultural changes of the Labour Government highlights the difficulties of acting without first securing the active support of both the state apparatus and the wielders of the society’s ‘soft power’.
Why the Gun Register Will Fail – Part Two
Here is yet another example of why the much-vaunted gun register will fail.
Paul Goldsmith Announces Tougher Sentencing Reforms
Goldsmith said these reforms are essential for ensuring communities and law-abiding New Zealanders are protected from offenders who display a “flagrant disregard for the law”.