NZ Could Lead The Way
Road-user charges can pay for more than just road maintenance, so why stop there? New Zealand could use electronic road-user charges to encourage all sorts of other behaviours.
Law
We Need to Think About This
In a country where public safety is used as the justification for ever-stricter firearms laws on civilians, it’s unacceptable that those granted the highest authority to carry and use firearms face the least scrutiny.
Is Gay Marriage in the US Headed for the Rocks?
As with Roe v Wade, the Supreme Court is being asked to overturn its previous decision.
Ripping up the Government Script
These people could stop the charade at any time – if they weren’t fanatics, that is.
Well, Tickle His Hairy Ball Sack
The landmark legal case the media won’t tell you about.
When Confusion Reigns, Children Pay the Price
There are calls for 16-year-olds to be allowed to vote, while the same MPs simultaneously argue that they are not old enough to access some websites and apps.
The History of Putting Animals on Trial
Mediaeval peasants treated animals more like people than even an animal rights activist today.
Court Dismisses Public Interest in Mass Medication
This is the same logic that justified Covid vaccine mandates – the state knows best, individual rights don’t matter, and anyone who questions medical authoritarianism represents only “private interests”.
Wellington: What Is Wrong With It?
To the rest of New Zealand, what goes on in the capital matters. That’s where our laws are made. We have a right to expect that officials provide quality input to them.
Update on the ‘Bill Gates’ Case in the Netherlands
This globally important case involves much more than 'just' Gates. The facts, the background, the drama, the media, the fact checkers, and the lawyer who is currently imprisoned.
The Law Commission IA Tangata Review
A review of the protections in the Human Rights Act 1993 for people who are transgender, people who are non-binary and people with innate variations of sex characteristics.
Jevon McSkimming’s Downfall: The Police’s Self-Inflicted Shame
Chambers can play the disappointed boss all he wants but the buck stops with him. He’s presiding over a force that’s more skilled at dodging accountability than upholding the law.