The New Zealand government has decided that questions of sex, sexuality, and gender will be left out of the 2018 census following 2016 and 2017 data collected having been ruled invalid on “statistical grounds”. Statistics Minister James Shaw explained the decision last Monday to The AM. “The problem is that people put down different answers, […]
In New Zealand, a 20 year old man has been found guilty of the manslaughter of Wellington journalist Philip Cottrell. In December 2011 Nicho Allan Waipuka punched Cottrell causing him to fall and hit his head on concrete breaking his skull. Cottrell also suffered multiple breaks to his arm and head injuries. During the […]
New Zealand is on the steady path to legalizing same sex marriage; with the first vote to pass the bill producing overwhelming results in favour of the legislation. The near-landslide 80 to 40 vote generated cheering and rejoices in a full public gallery, a simple majority vote was all that was required to initiate a […]
