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Media Release | Government’s rushed COVID-19 Bill denies New Zealanders a say in their own future
By Danielle van Dalen
“New Zealanders deserve to have a say in their own future, and the Government’s use of urgency to pass the…
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The peril of overriding personal conscience
By Danielle van Dalen
One of the non-blockbuster films of the summer is Terrence Malick’s latest project A Hidden Life. It’s based on the…
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MEDIA RELEASE | End of Life Choice Bill report highlights multitude of “concerns and contradictions”
By Alex Penk
Released today, the Justice Select Committee’s report does not recommend passing the End of Life Choice Bill. Instead, it highlights…
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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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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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Getting fit to compete in the global game
By Julian Wood
While political and economic “change” is on everyone’s lips, we need to be clear about our current situation, and what…
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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…
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The aftershocks of King Henry VIII
By Alex Penk
What does a long-dead Tudor king have to do with the Canterbury earthquakes? In late 2010, after the first shock,…
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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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Demanding answers
By Keiran Madden
Ruth Porter | 22 April 2008 Published in The Northland Age, 22 April 2008 Finally Parliament is waking up to…
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Submission: Electoral (Integrity) Amendment Bill
By Maxim Institute
Maxim Institute submits that, in its current form, this Bill has the potential to undermine democracy by ignoring the mandate…
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