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Good news on Wellington Rape Crisis
Wellington Rape Crisis has announced that they have met their funding target and will return to full-time operation: Wellington Rape Crisis (WRC) has today announced that it will be able to open its doors again on a Friday after just one week of... More about Good news on Wellington Rape Crisis
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An admission
Back in 2002, in the wake of 9/11, Parliament passed the Terrorism Suppression Act. The Act brought us into line with international law on terrorist financing and bombing, but it also went further than that, and at the time there was widespread... More about An admission
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Kiwis support marriage equality
TVNZ released its latest ONE News Colmar Brunton Poll on Sunday, showing that 63% of kiwis support marriage equality. But its a more interesting picture when you delve into the demographics [PDF]. They show a strong divisions by age, by gender,... More about Kiwis support marriage equality
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NZ First comes out for bigotry
NZ First has announced that it wants a referendum on marriage equality, and so will be opposing Louisa Wall's bill. This is probably a fair reflection of their elderly supporters' bigotry. At the same time, its deeply worrying, in that... More about NZ First comes out for bigotry
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Drilling for mustard gas
Today Gareth Hughes was asking about deep sea drilling off Wellington in Parliament. His concern was the risk of an oil spill, but there's a worse one: chemical weapons. According to Owen Wilkes' History of New Zealand Chemical Warfare... More about Drilling for mustard gas
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An improvement, but not democracy
The Labour party has approved amendments to its constitution to give the membership a say in leadership elections: Under the current rules, only MPs vote on the leader, but under the proposed rules - due to be signed off at the party's annual... More about An improvement, but not democracy
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ANPR and privacy
According to their annual report, our police are currently experimenting with Automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) technology. For those who don't know, this is basically hooking OCR up to a camera to automatically read car licence... More about ANPR and privacy
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Iwi and rivers
Last week, the Supreme Court decided a significant case. Paki and Others v Attorney-General of New Zealand [PDF] was officially about a very tight legal question: whether the Coal-Mines Act Amendment Act 1903 (which asserted crown ownership of the... More about Iwi and rivers
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Consented
Mighty River Power has been granted resource consent for its proposed 159MW Puketoi wind farm. As with other recently-consented projects, it is unlikely to be built until electricity demand picks up - but it is at least now in the pipeline, and... More about Consented
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So much for "common sense"
The privatisation bill is back before the House today for its committee stage, and the opposition are planning to filibuster with hundreds of amendments. But not all of those amendments are delaying tactics. The Greens have promoted an... More about So much for "common sense"
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