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in law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights Tags: constitutional law
Source: TheFacts Bob Edlin writes- An editorial in The Press – reproduced in The Post – acknowledged that it should be possible to have a respectful, informed national conversation about the interpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi and its application in present-day New Zealand. This would include such fundamental questions as whether an ongoing partnership […]
Hikoi organiser will walk in the name of the Treaty – but not talk about it (at least, not to people who lack “expertise”)
13 Nov 2024 Leave a comment
in health economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: cranks
Rongoā Māori is the “indigenous way of healing”: a combination of herbal and spiritual medicine used by the Māori of New Zealand. As The Encyclopedia of New Zealand notes, there were both supernatural and human illnesses, with the former treated through spiritual means (e.g., prayers, dunking in water, and other treatments described below), and the […]
Move over, modern medicine: it’s time to collaborate with Rongoā Māori
11 Nov 2024 Leave a comment
in discrimination, gender, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights, Public Choice, public economics Tags: Age of Enlightenment, economics of pandemics, free speech, political correctness, regressive left
With Kemi Badenoch taking over the leadership of Tories in the UK, newspapers have been replete with how this represents a radical turn to the right. Similar headlines appeared when Labour was booted from power in New Zealand. There was a time when I would have thought: “Shame. Why can’t these people not be more…
Ananish Chaudhuri: The sheer lunacy of contemporary progressive politics or How I became a right-wing extremist
05 Nov 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights Tags: constitutional law, free speech, gun control
So there is a reason why I should read the local MSM, especially when it’s really local, as in the Waikato Times. However, I saw the story first in the US-based libertarian publication Reason and of course their headline was much different than the story which they linked to, New Zealand Government Punishes Gun Owners […]
Free Speech meets “Fit and Proper” in NZ
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in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: law and order
I previously blogged on how the Electoral Commission referred Te Pati Maori to the Police for not filing their annual financials statements by 30 June 2024, as required by law. Their party secretary is Lance Norman (a manager in one of the Tamihere organisations) and I wonder if he realises the personal risk he is […]
Does the TPM Secretary know he could face jail time?
04 Nov 2024 Leave a comment
in election campaigns, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: free speech, political correctness, regressive left
The hysterical smears continue. Some on the left live in a fictional world where only organisations they agree with are grass roots organisations, and when an organisation succeeds they disagree with, their minds are so limited they think it must be due to overseas big money. Funnily enough they never scrutinise the organisations they like. […]
The left hate grassroots organisations that they don’t own
02 Nov 2024 Leave a comment
in law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights
Imagine trying to take instructions from a deceased client, or entering into a contract with your great-great-grandparents. According to our Supreme Court’s latest decision, these absurdities might not be far-fetched. In a ruling that defies both common sense and centuries of legal principle, the Supreme Court has just held that deceased tribal ancestors can satisfy…
ROGER PARTRIDGE: Can the Dead Own Property? Our Supreme Court Just Said Yes in Nikora v Kruger
01 Nov 2024 Leave a comment
in defence economics, development economics, growth miracles, international economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: China
It is just over a year since last year’s general election, and nearly a year since the new coalition Government was formed. How are they going? When I speak to Rotary Club audiences and similar, I talk about the five big challenges facing New Zealand: 1) Our long-standing under-performance compared with other developed countries (and…
DON BRASH: HOW ARE THEY GOING?
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in law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights Tags: constitutional law
Not so long ago, the Labour Party’s Deputy PM Sir Michael Cullen stated in no uncertain terms in Parliament that sovereignty was ceded in the Treaty of Waitangi. According to his Labour Party, “The power of the NZ Parliament to change the law is central to the exercise of sovereignty and therefore the contemporary exercise…
Maybe NZ’s Minister of Justice is Right. When Parliament Can’t Make Laws, the people have no choice but to take the Law into their Own Hands.
25 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, law and order
Nicole McKee announced: The Government is listening to New Zealanders and Cabinet has agreed to recommend modifications to the Sentencing (Reinstating Three Strikes) Amendment Bill, Associate Justice Minister Nicole McKee says. I’m glad they took on board that the bill as introduced was so watered down from the old law, that it would not be…
Three Strikes law slightly improved but still unlikely to be an effective deterrent
24 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, law and order
The Herald reports: Te Pāti Māori claims a police operation targeting Mongrel Mob members and associates alleged to be involved in a drug distribution network was “terrorism” and motivated by a “racist agenda”. It is amazing that a political party defends drug dealing gangs, and hates the Police so much they call them terrorists. TPM say they are…
Te Pati Maori back the drug dealers vs the Police
23 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
From Kiwiblog – Research NZ found: Change name to Aotearoa 8% (-5% from 2022) Change name to Aotearoa New Zealand 19% (-5%) Change name to something else 2% (+2%) Do not change name 66% (+7%) Unsure 5% (+2%) So the current name is 8 times more popular than Aotearoa and 3.5 times more popular than Aotearoa […]
Little support for name change
21 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, economic history, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights Tags: constitutional law
Sir Apirana Ngata is on our $50 note. He was a lawyer and then was the MP for Eastern Maori for almost 40 years. He was Minister of Native Affairs for six years.He made huge contributions to Maori land reform, language and culture. He also wrote a booklet in 1922 on the Treaty of Waitangi, […]
Sir Apirana Ngata on The Treaty
19 Oct 2024 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights, Public Choice Tags: constitutional law
My oral submission to the Regulation Review Committee. Yesterday [Oct 16], Parliament’s Regulation Review Committee heard oral submissions concerning my complaint to the Committee asking that a member of the committee move a resolution asking the House of Representatives to disallow the regulations promulgated by the New Zealand Council of Legal Education. If the regulations…
GARY JUDD KC: A student should not be forced to learn about tikanga to be a lawyer
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