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Two-and-a-half cheers for child poverty bill
By Alex Penk
I was born at the tail-end of Gen X, so I grew up with a pop culture saturated by “fear…
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Irresponsible lenders on borrowed time
By Julian Wood
While borrowing money at an annualised interest rate of up to 693% wouldn’t appear at the top of anyone’s wish…
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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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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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What is the number?
By Alex Penk
Anyone advocating for euthanasia or assisted suicide should have to answer this question: How many wrongful deaths is Parliament prepared…
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Submission: Health Select Committee Inquiry into the ending of one’s life in New Zealand
By Jane Silloway Smith
Since late 2013, Maxim Institute has undertaken a stream of research into the legal and policy arguments regarding euthanasia and…
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Maxim Institute’s parliamentary term submission
By Keiran Madden
We have just released our submission to the Constitutional Advisory Panel arguing that it’s time for a fixed four-year parliamentary…
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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 to the Lobbying Disclosure Bill
By Alex Penk
Maxim Institute made a submission to the Lobbying Disclosure Bill, which is currently before Select Committee. Below is the executive…
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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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MMP Review Submission
By Kieran Madden
New Zealand should have a voting system that enables our MPs and the government to have the freedom to lead…
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Submission: Electoral Finance Reform Issues
By Alex Penk
Maxim Institute has made a submission to the first stage of this process, arguing that the law needs to strike…
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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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Submission: Electoral Finance Bill
Maxim Institute opposes the Electoral Finance Bill (“Bill”) on the basis that its core provisions create unjustifiable limits on freedom…
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Submission: Crimes (Repeal of Seditious Offences) Amendment Bill
Maxim Institute believes that seditious offences protect a vital interest, one that is central to our democracy, and when they…
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Submission: Prostitution Law Review Committee
Maxim Institute believes that all forms of prostitution are harmful to all who are engaged in them and that street…
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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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Supplementary material: Crimes (Abolition of Force as a Justification for Child Discipline) Amendment Bill
Additional material Maxim Institute supplied to the Justice and Electoral Select Committee when making an oral submission on the Crimes…
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