The NZ Herald reports that hundreds of children living on rural roads near towns are being barred from school buses under a law that hasn’t changed since 1904. On Inland Road near Helensville two Kaipara College students live 3.8 kilometres from the school but the bus is only
Ed Coomber’s opinion piece in Stuff (19 Feb) is insightful regarding the motivation behind the recent push to ban conversion therapy. It is clear from his article that ‘conversion therapy’ does not refer merely to a medical treatment, but as Tamati Coffey said last October 2020, “Conversion therapy is
I state this from personal experience as a former immigration officer involved in uncovering fraud in the immigration context. As a New Zealand born citizen Suhayra Aden has an absolute right to return to New Zealand at any time. Her citizenship cannot ever be “removed”. She can only lose her
Years ago, well, in 1996 to be precise, there was a programme on TV3 in New Zealand by the name of Police Stop! It was a spin-off of a UK show of the same name where Police in-car camera footage was used to create what was really one of the
Family First New Zealand familyfirst.org.nz Official advice to the Minister and Associate Minister of Health regarding ‘conversion therapy’ has revealed that a ban is not recommended. Official Information Act requests show that in 2018, Associate Minister of Health and Green MP Julie Anne Genter was advised by the
A. Kim cnsnews.com State attorneys general must sue President Joe Biden for his immigration policy, which constitutes a “full attack on the core notion of national sovereignty,” said Stephen Miller, who served as former President Donald Trump’s senior policy advisor, to Mark Levin on “The Mark Levin Show”
Simon Black sovereignman.com James (aka Simon Black) is an international investor, entrepreneur, and founder of Sovereign Man. His free daily e-letter Notes from the Field is about using the experiences from his life and travels to help you achieve more freedom, make more money, keep more of it, and
In the last decade or so, there have been at least 11 Islamic terror attacks or thwarted plots in Denmark. There have been no Christian terror attacks. So which religion is the Danish government persecuting? Christian churches in Denmark will be required to translate and submit all sermons to the
Eliora The incumbent Premier of Victoria, Australia, Daniel Andrews wants a law that will make it hard for religious organisations to maintain their religious identity and culture. A Victoria government plan to crack down on Churches using prayer to change LGBI people has been branded as the biggest threat to
The Government is hell-bent on implementing a gun register; apparently, such a thing will keep us all safe. Meanwhile, an NZTA worker has been sacked after 44 customers’ personal details were accessed unlawfully: Police have charged a worker at the New Zealand Transport Agency, and the worker has been sacked
As we continue to slide, hell-for-leather, down the rainbow slippery-slope, the far-left lurches from one straw-man to the next. First, it was “homophobia”, actually almost non-existent in a nation where more than 80% of adults say homosexuality should be accepted – one of the highest results in the world. Now it’
It’s said that you can judge a person by their enemies. Jacinta Price has made some very powerful – and very telling – enemies, not least the leech-like Aboriginal industry which sucks away at the $30 billion of taxpayers’ money poured every year into “indigenous spending”. Price is also loathed by
ACT Party The Government will rush through legislation so that citizens cannot petition against Councils establishing Maori wards. Besides the policy itself, the Government’s habit of rushed lawmaking is becoming its own problem. We don’t live in a dictatorship. Parliamentary democracy gives each adult the right to elect
Leah Gray mercatornet.com I am an ex-lesbian, as well as someone who experienced gender dysphoria as a child. Now I am married to a patient and gracious man and have a young son. Ten years ago I voluntarily sought counsel from Christian psychologists, ministries, support networks and people who
Dr David Cumin Spokesperson Free Speech Coalition Nearly a month into the new year and it’s been radio silence on the proposed hate speech law changes. This insightful article by Graham Adams sheds some light on possible explanations for the Government’s trepidation. But this doesn’t mean that
