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
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
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
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
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
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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
Mary Beth Pfeiffer Rescue with Michael Capuzzo rescue.substack.com Investigative journalist and author. Since early 2020, Mary Beth has written 20 articles on early treatment for COVID-19. She is outraged by the medical injustice and corruption that denies lifesaving care. Articles, etc: thefirstepidemic.com Sun Ng, a retired
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
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
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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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.
Let’s indulge in a thought experiment. Suppose you or I decided, for whatever reason, that we didn’t like a local business. So, we start standing out front, shouting to passers-by that the owner is a bastard and not to shop there. Perhaps we try and stop drivers
David Seymour ACT Leader The Government yesterday made it illegal for businesses to display signs saying all staff are fully vaccinated – a result of its rushed COVID laws. This was clearly a mistake by the Government given ACT has obtained draft signage from the Ministry of Health prepared for businesses
The Freedoms & Rights Coalition Information Opinion How bad do things have to get before Kiwis wake from their COVID coma? While most were putting their feet up Tuesday night after a long day at work, or perhaps celebrating after another successful protest at the Mt Eden Prison Remand Centre,
