by admin | Feb 14, 2023 | News, Submission
On 8 February 2023, Prime Minister Chis Hipkins stated that the Hate speech amending legislation is to be withdrawn to allow the law commission to take a closer look at the wider issue. This is in line with our recommendations in the submission we made on 2 February,...
by admin | Sep 7, 2021 | News, Submission
On 7 September the Humanist Society made a submission in support of the ban of so-called “conversion therapy”. You can read our full submission below. About Humanist Society of NZ (Inc.) The Humanist Society of New Zealand (Inc.) is a secular organisation...
by Mark Honeychurch | Aug 22, 2021 | Submission
This response is from the Humanist Society of NZ (Humanist NZ), a secular organisation with an interest in Human Rights with a particular emphasis on the rights of non-religious people. The Ministry of Justice is considering changes to legislation in response to the...
by admin | Jan 29, 2020 | News, Submission
In January we made a submission in support of the Crimes (Definition of Female Genital Mutilation) Amendment Bill. We also proposed that an obligation be imposed upon all medical practitioners to provide relevant details to their local Medical Officers of Health...
by admin | Nov 19, 2019 | News, Submission
On Thursday 14 November we appeared before the Foreign Affairs, Defence, and Trade select committee with our submission on the Terrorism Suppression (Control Orders) Bill. Our oral submission was supported by Gulalai Ismail, a Pashtun human rights activist...
by Mark Honeychurch | Dec 6, 2018 | Submission
Overview In general terms, the document does a good job of trying to bring potential issues with offering religious instruction to the attention of schools. These issues are both legal and ethical, and it is important that the focus of this document is kept on the...
