Stuff has reported that the head of Oranga Tamariki and two senior judges intervened in a part-heard Family Court hearing over a five-year-old girl. Oranga Tamariki was trying to remove the girl from her foster family because they were not Maori, arguing they could not meet her
Karen Chhour ACT Children spokesperson The Judicial Conduct Commissioner needs to become involved in a case where the Acting Head of Oranga Tamariki and two judges became inappropriately involved in a case. The Acting Head of Oranga Tamariki – Wira Gardiner and two senior judges intervened in a case that was
If people think the mask exemption download/printout from the Covid19 website is going to get them into the supermarket maskless they are in for a shock as was my adult daughter at Countdown Riverbank Lower Hutt last night. She wasn’t approached at all and asked where her mask
Days ago, a Victorian Supreme Court challenge against that state’s lockdown laws was dismissed. While that case is headed for appeal, a second challenge to the iron rule of Premier Daniel Andrews is headed for court. This time, against the shocking decision to impose yet another dusk-to-dawn
Bob McCoskrie National Director Family First The Government set a deadline date for submissions on the bill to ban “conversion therapy” of less than 4 weeks – the shortest time possible. They basically don’t want to hear from you, are not actually interested in your view, and are hoping you’
Oxford-educated, former police prosecutor Simon Bridges has always been thorough when perusing proposed legislation. As National’s justice spokesperson he has been all over the banning conversion therapy bill like a rash and found it wanting. Attorney General David Parker? Not so much. Using the media’s usual ridicule
David Seymour ACT Leader The saga surrounding Troy Bowker’s LinkedIn comments raises a simple question for Kris Faafoi and Jacinda Ardern, would he be arrested for his comments under their proposed Hate Speech law?” The Cabinet paper on the proposed law states that a person can be jailed for
Family First familyfirst.org.nz This is how ‘hate speech’ laws look in the UK, just a complaint – even a false one – can lead to significant persecution. No doubt similar events – leading to false arrests – will happen in New Zealand if the proposed Hate Speech laws come into force. “Miss
Bob McCoskrie National Director Family First In a shocking display of disrespect towards the democratic process, the Labour MPs on the select committee considering the ‘conversion therapy’ bill have gone against normal protocol regarding public submissions (usually 6 weeks – at least!) and have set a deadline date of less than
Eddie Clark of Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington claims that the Ardern government’s Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Bill will not land parents in jail if they object to their children “transitioning” their gender or advise them against dangerous medical treatments like puberty blockers. Put simply, this is
familyfirst.org.nz Here’s an extract from an article published by The Daily Signal: “Designating sex on birth certificates as male or female, and making that information available on the public portion, perpetuates a view that sex designation is permanent and fails to recognize the medical spectrum of gender
Eddie Clark Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Eddie Clark joined the Law Faculty of Victoria University of Wellington in February 2015. A VUW alumnus, he graduated in 2005 with a BA/LLB(Hons). After graduation, he worked for a number of years at a leading commercial firm, specialising
The Government must reverse its opposition to creating a new offence to apply to people who throw ‘coward punches’, says National’s Maureen Pugh. National’s Crimes (Coward Punch Causing Death) Amendment Bill would create a new offence of Assault Causing Death and would apply to those who throw cowardly
Labour has again demonstrated their determination to limit any public scrutiny on legislation they have already decided to pass, National’s Justice spokesperson Simon Bridges says. “Today Labour members voted against putting the Conversion Therapy Practices Prohibition Bill through the usual six week public submission process. Railroading conventional democratic pathways
Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. The big policy issue dividing the party in the weekend was the caucus decision last week to vote against the first reading of the Government’
