I genuinely hope that the sense of agency this provides gives those who are worried about their last days on earth some relief, but I also hope that this opens up a new debate about death in our culture because I think fear of pain and suffering, which can be managed by effective palliative care, has dominated this debate.
Today is for all those hundreds of thousands of Kiwis throughout history who have been penalised by this vile and spiteful law.
It’s barely 2 weeks since the election and I’m already regretting voting Green.
If the Supreme Court refuses to allow America to declare they have jurisdiction in our cyber space, the new Labour Government must immediately move to paint this fiasco as the toxic legacy of Key’s slavish devotion to the United States.
…and we will find out on Sunday whether or not the tofu crumbs they’ve been offered are worth their acquiescence.
Reparations from the white cis male patriarchy never tasted so sweet.
Talking with people who have first hand knowledge of the negotiations, it’s not looking good.
With the Warehouse dumping jobs, no one is getting a bargain and claiming that ill made imported products are somehow ‘sustainable’ is eye rolling.
If the only solution that we arrive at with the mutation that is Oranga Tamariki is to divert funding to a Māori Authority to run, then we have failed miserably in this crucial debate.