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Miscarriage Bill should be welcomed – Alex in The Spinoff
By Alex Penk
“A bill to provide bereavement leave for miscarriages will soon face its first vote in parliament. It’s a subject that’s…
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End of Life Choice Bill contains flaws that are impossible to fix
By Alex Penk
This column was published in Fairfax newspapers on Wednesday 20 June 2018 and on stuff.co.nz Parliament has started hearing submissions…
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Beware the consequences of the waka-jumping bill
By Danielle van Dalen
Like many, my first introduction to politics was through a class election. My group decided our key campaign promise was…
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Submission: Child Poverty Reduction Bill
By Kieran Madden
Maxim Institute supports this Bill and proposes amendments to strengthen it. We welcome this Bill and its potential to increase…
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Promises and plans to change poverty in New Zealand
By Kieran Madden
A few weeks ago, my colleague wrote about Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s “courageous move” to introduce the Child Poverty Reduction…
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Submission: The End of Life Choice Bill
By Danielle van Dalen
We are opposed to the End of Life Choice Bill. The dangers of this Bill lie at its very core…
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Short Cuts to the End of Life Choice Bill
By Maxim Institute
In the lead up to the Tuesday, 6 March deadline for making submissions to Parliament about the End of Life Choice…
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Short Cuts Info – Making people vulnerable
By Danielle van Dalen
How many wrongful deaths are New Zealanders prepared to risk if these practices are legalised? What is the number? What…
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Short Cuts Info – The risk of wrongful death in the End of Life Choice Bill
By Danielle van Dalen
How many people would this Bill make eligible for euthanasia and assisted suicide? First, the Bill seems to ignore the…
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Short Cuts Info – A clear boundary isn’t possible
By Danielle van Dalen
Are we willing to create a law which distinguishes between those whose life is worthy of protection from suicide and…
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New Zealanders need to inspect details of End of Life Choice Bill
By Alex Penk
MEDIA RELEASE: Thursday, 14 December 2017 With the End of Life Choice Bill now voted through to Select Committee stage,…
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The battle lines for our votes
By Kieran Madden
It’s the economy, stupid. This phrase, coined by one of Bill Clinton’s wily campaign strategists, has done a crude but…
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The illusion of certainty in the End of Life Choices Bill
By Danielle van Dalen
David Seymour is convinced his End of Life Choices Bill, drawn from the Private Member’s Ballot last Thursday, would be…
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Normalising suicide
By Jane Silloway Smith
Last week the Law Commission presented a report to Parliament concerning suicide reporting by the media. Fearing that the current…
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The value of human life
It hasn’t met with much fanfare, but two weeks ago Maryan Street removed her assisted suicide/euthanasia bill from the private…
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Lobbying Disclosure Bill rejected
By Jeremy Vargo
In October last year, Maxim Institute made a submission to the Lobbying Disclosure Bill. You can read the executive summary…
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Spying amendment lacks foresight
The Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) may not occupy an “enormous, pyramidal structure of white concrete”, but 1984 has been…
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Submission: Education Amendment Bill 2012
By Luke Fenwick
Maxim Institute has made a submission supporting the Education Amendment Bill’s introduction of partnership schools kura hourua, with suggestions for…
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Submission: Lobbying Disclosure Bill
By Alex Penk
The Lobbying Disclosure Bill is currently before Select Committee. Maxim Institute has made a submission on the bill, arguing that…
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Submission: Policing Bill
By Maxim Institute
Maxim Institute believes that the Policing Bill is a timely and appropriate piece of legislation that deserves the support of…
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