Tag Archives: Country: New Zealand

NY Daily News: His wife, who didn’t know about her husband’s donation, called it the ‘utmost betrayal.’

Manawatu-Wanganui News: A Wanganui District Councillor has threatened to resign or appeal to the United Nations if the council does not stop its “archaic and insulting practice” of saying a prayer before council meetings.

LifeNews.com: The Prime Minister, John Key, has forfeited his right to govern New Zealand because of his support for legislation that would permit doctors to kill their patients or assist in their suicide.

LifeSiteNews.com: Right to Life New Zealand (RTLNZ) revealed that they have joined their name to the complaint in a press release Tuesday. The complaint is being lodged at the International Criminal Court in The Hague by a group of thirty-seven parents or siblings who have a family member with Down syndrome.

LifeSiteNews.com: Killing unborn children diagnosed with Down’s syndrome is “genocide” and “a crime against humanity,” a New Zealand pro-life group has said, an assertion they will be making in a case against the government at the International Criminal Court.

LifeNews.com: The New Zealand Court of Appeal has issued a legal decision saying unborn children have no legal rights under the laws in the Pacific island nation. It also ruled on whether the Abortion Supervisory Committee was improperly approving abortions on mental health grounds.

New Zealand Herald: One of the most evil manifestations of the abortion industry and the “health” system is their ability to have abortions performed on schoolgirls without the knowledge or consent of the child’s parents.

New Zealand Herald: “McDonald’s is under pressure to change the internet access policies at its restaurants because gay websites are not accessible.”

Christian Science Monitor: “‘Shanghai-China’ outperformed all other global participants in an average of the three areas of evaluation (math, science, and reading). South Korea (2), Hong Kong-China (4), Singapore (5), and Japan (8) also placed in the the top 10. Non-Asian countries in the top 10 were Finland (3), Canada (6), New Zealand (7), Australia (9), and The Netherlands (10). The US was no. 17.”

LifeNews: “The New Zealand High Court gave pro-life physicians a victory when it ruled that new Medical Council guidelines have overstepped the law and need to be amended.”

The Dominion Post: “In a landmark ruling the High Court has formally recognised Pakistan’s Islamic law, and allowed an 18-month-old boy to come to New Zealand. The judgment by Justice Christopher Allan in the case of ‘MH’ – as the child is now known – is the first by a New Zealand court to formally recognise the legal status of Pakistani guardianship.”

JTA: “New Zealand Jewish life is in jeopardy if the community loses its legal battle over the ban on kosher slaughter, Jewish leaders there warned.”

Christian Science Monitor: “The World Economic Forum released its 2010 Global Gender Gap Report on Tuesday. The report, which indexed 134 countries this year, evaluates how much of the gender gap each country has eliminated through economic opportunity, health access, education, and political empowerment. Below are the 10 countries that have been most successful.”

Otago Daily Times: “The five-year battle between anti-abortion group Right to Life and the Abortion Supervisory Committee (ASC) resumed today, with both parties appealing an historic 2008 High Court ruling that found the law had been misinterpreted.”

The Dominion Post: “The religious beliefs of a Muslim family outweighed public interest in deciding whether a full autopsy was needed to determine the cause of death of two Malaysian tourists, a coroner says.”

Sydney Morning Herald: “The number of IVF procedures performed in Australia and New Zealand has almost doubled in the four years between 2004 and 2008, a new study has revealed.”

” . . . The commission said the trust was not performing any public benefit because homosexuality was not a mental disorder and did not need curing.”

Voxy.co.nz: “Jews in New Zealand have won a temporary exemption from a key animal welfare requirement for livestock slaughter that animals being killed must first be stunned.” | Via Religion Clause

The Jewish Chronicle: “New Zealand’s small Jewish community has begun mounting a legal case against the nation’s centre-right government in a bid to overturn a ban on the kosher slaughter of meat.” | Via Religion Clause

OneNewsNow: “A Christian school in New Zealand has been ordered to pay compensation and apologize to a sports coach it fired because he was a homosexual.”

New Zealand Herald: “The New Zealand Mental Health Survey by the University of Otago in Christchurch has found that people identifying themselves as gay, lesbian, bisexual or having had same-sex encounters are more likely to have experienced events such as sexual assault and violence in the home as children.”

TVNZ: “Labour MP Steve Chadwick wants to further liberalise the laws around abortion. The list MP who lost her seat in Rotorua during the last election is proposing a new law to legalise abortion on request up to 24 weeks into a pregnancy. The need for two doctors to give their consent would be lifted, while abortions after 24 weeks would need medical support.”

New Zealand Herald: “The Sikh Council of New Zealand is taking legal action against the Manurewa Cosmopolitan Club after the club voted against changing a policy that effectively ban’s turban-wearing Sikhs from its premises.”

The Dominion Post: “Kosher slaughter of animals, known as shechita, is a ritual where the blood drains from an animal’s severed throat. The tradition is an oral law and a tenet for orthodox Jews. The Agriculture and Forestry Ministry commercial animal slaughter code released last week makes the stunning of all animals before slaughter compulsory – which contravenes shechita.” | Wikipedia: Shechita

LifeSiteNews: “The University of Auckland pro-life group, Prolife Auckland, today announced their successful affiliation at the University of Auckland. The announcement comes on the heels of the group’s recent overturning of a policy discriminating against pro-life groups at the university . . . ”

New Zealand Herald: “The lowest divorce rate in 29 years is not a sign couples had a smooth ride in 2009 – rather, it shows Kiwis now avoid marriage unless they’re truly committed, says a relationship counsellor at New Zealand’s biggest provider.”

Family First NZ: “Family First NZ says that three out of four parents of young children want the abstinence message taught in sex education – with 69% of kiwis overall supporting the ‘wait’ message.”

LifeSiteNews: “An eight-year-old policy specifically targeting pro-life clubs has been overturned at Auckland University this week, according to a media release from ProLife New Zealand . . . ”

New Zealand Herald: “Anti-abortion doctors have gone to court to challenge new Medical Council guidelines on how physicians with personal objections to abortion must deal with patients.”

3 News: “A gay rights group is challenging the New Zealand Blood Service’s ban on sexually-active homosexual men giving blood.”

Pam’s House Blend: “David Huebner, who served as the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation’s general counsel, has been confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa.”

New Zealand Herald: “The acting head judge of the Family Court has called for gay and lesbian couples to be given rights to adopt children, just as a private member’s bill on the issue goes into the ballot for Parliament’s order paper today.”

New Zealand Herald: “The acting head judge of the Family Court has called for gay and lesbian couples to be given rights to adopt children, just as a private member’s bill on the issue goes into the ballot for Parliament’s order paper today.”

Taranaki Daily News: “Anti-abortion group Right to Life is essentially seeking a ban on all abortions by arguing embryos should be given full human rights.”

Dawn Eden reports at Americans United for Life: “The media Down Under is abuzz with reports of a new home “gender test” for pregnant women, now available in stores without a prescription. It enables a woman who is eight or more weeks pregnant to learn the sex of her child, with 90 percent accuracy — opening up the possibility that she might abort it if she is not happy with the result.”

LifeNews: “The New Zealand Court of Appeal today dismissed the appeals of the Abortion Supervisory Committee and Right to Life, which are disputing a court ruling it is allowing abortions for unlawful reasons.”

The New Zealand Herald: “Women who have an abortion are more likely to suffer subsequent poor mental health, according to a new survey . . . the findings have implications for the legal status of abortion in New Zealand where …

LifeSiteNews.com reports: “Women who have an abortion face a 30% increase in the risk of developing common mental health problems such as depression and anxiety, according to a new study from the University of Otago, Christchurch.”

Press.co.nz reports: “‘Anti-smacking’ legislation is making parents reluctant to strike their children, the first results of a major study into child discipline show.”

The Catholic bishops’ conference of New Zealand has offered voters guidance on the expected election, saying that social and economic policies must be “in the service of human dignity and a humane society, in which every person matters.”

The Christian Institute reports on the battle over spanking in New Zealand