Countering our fear of dying

By Alex Penk

Last week, I was struck by the fear of dying. Not my own, mind you. I was chairing a panel…

Kathryn Mannix Event Series

Dying, Death and Wisdom in an Age of Denial Conversations with Dr Kathryn Mannix Maxim Institute was proud to bring…

Alex Penk responds to Maryan Street’s op-ed in Stuff newspapers

By Alex Penk

In response to Maryan Street’s op-ed that predicted the End of Life Choice Bill would pass this year, CEO Alex…

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…

Curing and caring

By Guest Author

“It has become taboo to mention dying,” says Kathryn Mannix, a leading palliative care specialist from the UK. I know…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Short Cuts Info – Not a common law

By Danielle van Dalen

Where in the world is this practice legal? How often is this considered by other jurisdictions? Of a total 252…

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…

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,…

MIC 08 | The experts against euthanasia

With David Seymour’s End of Life Choices Bill up for a first reading in Parliament, legal assisted suicide is firmly on…

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…

Media Release: Euthanasia bill flawed from the start

By Maxim Institute

“David Seymour’s private member’s bill is based on an illusion. It assumes that it’s possible to create safeguards around assisted…

Unrealistic safeguards

By Danielle van Dalen

“Safeguards.” It’s an official-sounding and soothing term often used by those in favour of euthanasia, to ease concerns about the…

Euthanasia Facts: Critique 1

By Jane Silloway Smith

Critique 1: 1.8% of deaths in Belgium occur without the patient’s explicit consent The ACT Party’s regular bulletin, Free Press,…

Assisted dying rejected again

By Jeremy Vargo

This past Friday the UK’s House of Commons rejected a bill that would legalise assisted suicide; with 330 MP’s voting…

No longer protected

Professor Theo Boer, an ethicist at Utrecht University, thought that the legalisation of assisted suicide and euthanasia in his home…

Caring for the whole person

“Now what’s wrong with your dad?” I was asked for the seventh time that day.  I couldn’t believe it. We…