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Maxim Real Issues - No. 131
Friday, 8 October 2004, 10:19 am | Maxim Institute
A bitter battle for the mayoralty of Auckland City has sparked interest in the 2004 triennial local body elections. John Banks is fighting off a late challenge by cereal entrepreneur Dick Hubbard for the top job in the country's largest local council, ... More >>
Maxim Real Issues No. 130, 30 SEPTEMBER 2004
Friday, 1 October 2004, 8:45 am | Maxim Institute
The findings of an Education Review Office (ERO) study released this week on the quality of teachers in their second year of teaching are cause for concern. The study found almost half of new secondary school teachers are not fully competent and only ... More >>
Maxim Real Issues No. 128, 16 SEPTEMBER
Friday, 17 September 2004, 9:25 am | Maxim Institute
Clause 37 of the Care of Children Bill currently before Parliament enshrines an existing provision whereby girls of any age can have an abortion without their parents' knowledge. Not surprisingly clause 37 is consistent with a move in the bill; shifting responsibility ... More >>
Maxim Real Issues No. 127,
Friday, 10 September 2004, 9:21 am | Maxim Institute
Growing tax take threatens democracy Collision of religion and politics $6 father question Te Awamutu workshop next Monday 5 principles of Civil Society talk More >>
Real Issues: No. 126, 2 SEPTEMBER
Friday, 3 September 2004, 11:18 am | Maxim Institute
Statistics New Zealand have just released family and household projections up to 2021 which will have serious consequences for everyone. More >>
Maxim Institute - real issues - No. 125
Thursday, 26 August 2004, 5:06 pm | Maxim Institute
While the Civil Union Bills have received extensive media coverage in New Zealand, almost no attention has been given to a law change in Australia that prevents same-sex 'marriage'. On 13th of August, the Australian Senate, with support of Labour, passed ... More >>
Maxim Institute: Real Issues
Friday, 20 August 2004, 9:31 am | Maxim Institute
The huge media attention that Cambridge High and Principal Alison Annan have attracted over the past few days raises the question of what we expect from schooling and the role of the NCEA. More >>
Maxim Institute - Real Issues - No. 123
Friday, 13 August 2004, 9:42 am | Maxim Institute
Contents: --------- * Non-hierarchical Supreme Court defies its purpose * Hate Speech - The right not to be offended? * New School provides more choice More >>
Maxim Institute - real issues - No. 122
Friday, 6 August 2004, 9:59 am | Maxim Institute
Contents: --------- * Who is indigenous now? * It is better to give... * Redefining citizenship * Freedom of expression has obligations * Welfare in the long-term - 14 August symposium More >>
Government Intimidation Alarming
Monday, 2 August 2004, 12:58 am | Maxim Institute
In a press release today by the New Zealand Government the Minister responsible for the Civil Union legislation has taken the unusual step of criticising a charitable organisation contributing to public debate on the Bills. More >>
Maxim Real Issues: No. 121
Friday, 30 July 2004, 9:38 am | Maxim Institute
A new think tank "The New Zealand Institute" was launched last week with the call for a new generation of thinking. The start-up signals both a need and acceptance of think tanks as contributors of ideas to research and public policy. Similar organisations ... More >>
Maxim Institute real issues. this week: No. 120
Friday, 23 July 2004, 10:17 am | Maxim Institute
It is claimed that the purpose of the Civil Union Bills is to remove 'unjust' discrimination suffered by couples who are not married. But the Bills actually create a new kind of discrimination. More >>
Maxim Institute - real issues - No. 119
Friday, 16 July 2004, 9:01 am | Maxim Institute
This week CYF announced that there were 43, 414 reported cases of child abuse in New Zealand last year; up 31% on the year before that. This statistic is too personal to ignore, as are the faces of the children on our TV screens who have been abused ... More >>
Maxim Institute - real issues - No. 118
Friday, 9 July 2004, 9:52 am | Maxim Institute
National leader, Don Brash, released details of the party's law and order policy in an address to the Sensible Sentencing Trust last Sunday. He wants to dump the current parole system (meaning more people staying in prison and for longer), boost ... More >>
Maxim Institute - real issues - No. 117
Friday, 2 July 2004, 8:34 am | Maxim Institute
On Tuesday the Relationships (Statutory References) Bill passed its first reading by 77 votes 42. It will provide recognition of civil unions in existing legislation changing around 1,000 clauses in 125 Acts to remove any distinction in how the law ... More >>
Marriage a tall poppy which must not be levelled
Wednesday, 30 June 2004, 11:09 am | Maxim Institute
Treating all relationships the same as marriage will make it meaningless for future generations, says Greg Fleming, Managing Director of Maxim Institute. More >>
Marriage a tall poppy which must not be levelled
Wednesday, 30 June 2004, 8:26 am | Maxim Institute
Treating all relationships the same as marriage will make it meaningless for future generations, says Greg Fleming, Managing Director of Maxim Institute. More >>
Maxim Institute - real issues - No. 116
Friday, 25 June 2004, 9:21 am | Maxim Institute
After much waiting, Families Commissioners have finally been appointed and $28 million has been provided for the Commission over the next four years. More >>
Civil Unions a feel good deception
Thursday, 24 June 2004, 11:27 am | Maxim Institute
Introduction of the Civil Union Bill is a dubious feel good measure says Greg Fleming, Maxim Institute, Managing Director. More >>
Referendum on the Prostitution Reform Act
Friday, 18 June 2004, 11:32 am | Maxim Institute
A Repeal Week coinciding with one year since the Prostitution Reform Act was passed will launch a nationwide campaign to collect signatures for a referendum asking New Zealand voters, "Should the Prostitution Reform Act 2003 be repealed?" More >>
