Without "yes" at the referendum, this will continue to happen.
Quote Governor Phillip Murphy (New Jersey) when signing his State's Medical Aid In Dying legislation for the terminally ill Act. "While my faith may lead me to a particular decision for myself, as a public official, I cannot deny this alternative to those who may reach a different conclusion. It is a personal choice and this legislation best respects the freedom and humanity for all New Jersey residents."
Our Government has put out an easy-to-read summary of our legislation to help voters decide at the referendum: www.referendum.govt.nz. Here we have the facts, worded impartially to allow honest information.
It may help to remember that medically assisted dying is only for the dying.
Tess Nesdale
Tauranga
Fairytale in New York by the Pogues has again been talked about, vilified, ridiculed and, inevitably I have been asked if I like it.
Yes, is the short answer, every Christmas I listen to it and I love it.
It must be the Irish in me that responds to the sentimentality, the loneliness, the feeling all exiles have, the loneliness not from lack of company but from the lack of those who went before, to me, it is Christmas and is probably why as commercial as it has become, Christmas will always be a big part of my life because it is part of my memories, the nostalgia that is written in the heart of exiles everywhere.
I can recall believing in Santa, my parents, wisely, kept the dream alive for the first four or five years of my life and I love them for it.
Live the dream, it is only once a year, but live it, as you get older you will thank yourself for that indulgence.
Merry Christmas! (Abridged)
Jim Adams
Rotorua
