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NZ Police in full spin over buyback database breach
Since the New Zealand government moved to ban semi-automatic firearms after 15 March 2019, owners of now-prohibited firearms have been entering their personal details and the details of the firearms into the database Police have been using to manage the buyback process. On Monday 2nd December (18 days before the buyback is scheduled to end)… Read more
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Labour Party seeks voting boost in 2020 through Prison Inmates
The latest policy from the government to hit headlines is one of those incarcerated in our state prisons being given the right to vote. Apparently it’s some kind of breach of their Human Rights to not be allowed to vote, and there hasn’t been any noticeable grumbling from inmates upset about losing the right to… Read more
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Are women really working for free?
The Council of Trade Unions has declared that Kiwi women are ‘working for free’ until 2020. Did anyone tell the women of New Zealand this? I’m sure anybody, regardless of gender, would pack up and go home if they were really working for free – so what is this all about? It is about the… Read more
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Select Committee shuts down livestream after submitter points out shooter could not have been vetted properly
The Finance and Expenditure Select Committee is currently hearing oral submissions on the governments second round of firearms law changes, and so far some 95% of the submissions have been against the bill. Such opposition is completely understandable given that the bill cranks up restrictions and punishments on those who try to comply with the… Read more
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Police inflate firearms offences by a factor of 10 in legislation impact report
The Arms Amendment Bill is in the process of being pushed through parliament, and as part of that the Police have issued an “impact statement” claiming that there will be no unintended side effects, which is unfortunately far from the truth. But that’s not all – under a section of the impact report we are… Read more
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What is a climate change emergency?
“Don’t listen to me! listen to the scientists!” Greta angrily exclaimed during her impassioned speech to the U.N. Great, because the scientists are most definitely not saying there is a climate change emergency. Yes, there is a a problem and we need to take is seriously, but an emergency? a supervolcano filling our atmosphere with… Read more
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