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NZ Constitutional Reform—the Need of Our Times
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NZ Constitutional Reform—the Need of Our Times

Guy Hatchard PhD covidplanb.co.nz December 9 2021 Sometimes in life we find ourselves at a moral crossroads. On the path of our development as a nation that point has now arrived for New Zealand. No one should think that the failure of our governmental system, which has just

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Disgraceful Sentence for Shooting Cop in the Back

Darroch Ball Leader/Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust “It is hardly any wonder police are being shot at in record numbers when we have a judge who has just handed out one of the most disgracefully pathetic sentences for shooting an officer in the back,” says Darroch Ball Leader of Sensible

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‘Suicide Machine’ Passes Legal Review in Switzerland
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‘Suicide Machine’ Passes Legal Review in Switzerland

righttolife.org.uk A ‘suicide machine’ has passed legal review in Switzerland and its maker hopes it will be available for use as early as next year. The 3D printed ‘suicide machine’ was created by Philip Nitschke, founder of the suicide advocacy group Exit International, proponent of ‘rational suicide’ and

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Progress for Victims’ Rights
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Progress for Victims’ Rights

The passage of the Rights for Victims of Insane Offenders Bill tonight is a positive step towards ensuring victims of insane offenders are treated equally and their needs are placed at the centre of our justice and health systems, Taupo MP Louise Upston says. This new law rectifies a current

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Road Block Law a Recipe for Disaster

Road Block Law a Recipe for Disaster

Hobson’s Pledge Trust hobsonspledge.nz Changing the law to allow Maori tribes to stop citizens to scrutinise vaccine passports and Covid-19 status is bad governance, Hobson’s Pledge spokesman Don Brash said today. Section 22 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response Amendment Act (No 2) 2021, that became law

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The Truth about the Prostitution Law Review
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The Truth about the Prostitution Law Review

Family First An in-depth review of the effects of the 2003 prostitution law change has revealed a huge gap between the reputation of the law and its actual impact. The detailed analysis challenges the assumption that the decriminalisation of prostitution has been a success, finding the benefits of the Prostitution

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Supreme Court Signals Shift on Abortion

Morgan Marietta University of Massachusetts Lowell Morgan Marietta studies the political consequences of belief. He is the author of four books, The Politics of Sacred Rhetoric: Absolutist Appeals and Political Influence, A Citizen’s Guide to American Ideology, A Citizen’s Guide to the Constitution and the Supreme Court, and

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This Is a Leading Indicator of a Civilization in Decline

Simon Black sovereignman.com Simon Black, as James Hickman is more commonly known, is the Founder of Sovereign Man. He is an international investor, entrepreneur, and a free man. His daily e-letter, Notes from the Field, draws on his life, business and travel experiences to help readers gain more freedom,

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Kris Faafoi Goes Back on His Word

Kris Faafoi Goes Back on His Word

Nicole McKee ACT Justice spokesperson Kris Faafoi wants to revictimise those who have suffered at the hands of New Zealand’s worst violent and sexual offenders. The Justice Minister wrote to the Select Committee overseeing the Three Strikes repeal asking it to examine whether people already sentenced under Three Strikes

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Judges Need to Be Asking These Questions

Judges Need to Be Asking These Questions

Ananish Chaudhuri Martin Lally Ananish Chaudhuri is Professor of Experimental Economics at the University of Auckland. Martin Lally is Director of Capital Financial Consultants. Vaccine mandates for Covid-19 are proving to be controversial. Consequently, New Zealand’s recent mandates have faced court challenges already and one expects more such challenges

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Online Anonymity Under Threat in Australia

Online Anonymity Under Threat in Australia

While people at home and around the world have been gripped by the spectre of Australians having their freedoms stripped away in the name of covid, another, more insidious cancer has been eating at Australians’ freedom, with barely any comment. That cancer is the raft of legislation passed by the

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End of Life Choice Foes Unite for Rule of Law

End of Life Choice Foes Unite for Rule of Law

ACT Party The leading figures from opposite ends of the polarising End of Life Choice debate have united to criticise the Government’s failure to issue Public Health Orders underpinning the traffic light system. Grant Illingworth QC appeared in television ads and media interviews and wrote opinion pieces against the

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Jobs for the Choirboys in Dandrewstan

Jobs for the Choirboys in Dandrewstan

One of the most remarkable things about perhaps the most sensational trial in Australia in the past decade is that Australians are forbidden to know who the plaintiff even was. Whatever else you may say about her, Brittany Higgins at least named herself long before the man she accused was.

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