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Euthanasia referendum: Could terminal patients really be 'dead by the weekend'?
Arguing over euthanasia at the dinner table? Here's what the evidence says.
Judge says hospices won't have to provide assisted dying if Kiwis vote for euthanasia
Kiwis will be asked in September to decide on what side of this debate they stand.
Matt Vickers: A letter to my late wife Lecretia Seales
Comment: Time to reflect, five years since Lecretia Seales succumbed to her brain tumour.
The man charged with informing Kiwis about cannabis and euthanasia
Saatchi's Paul Wilson finds himself in the middle of two of NZ's most contentious issues.
What does our Covid-19 reaction say about how we could respond to legal euthanasia?
"Covid-19 has uncovered the reality of how truly we care about the vulnerable."
Hospice NZ takes court action to object to possibly having to aid in assisted dying
It comes before NZers will have their final say on whether or not to legalise euthanasia.
Focus: Anglican minister Rev. John Fox opposed to euthanasia
Focus: Anglican minister Rev. John Fox is an opponent of euthanasia being legalised. Video / Mark Mitchell
Focus: Euthanasia referendum - Amanda Simpson
Christchurch widow Amanda Simpson says she will vote 'yes' in the euthanasia referendum, after seeing her husband die an agonising death last year.
Kiwis have the final say on euthanasia this year. This is what it could look like if we vote 'yes'
Euthanasia could be legal in NZ by 2021, and this is what it would look like.
Letters: A plea from one who knows . . .
A peaceful end should be everyone's right. Why should the terminally ill be punished?
Letters: Neuro Foundation donor peeved
As a donor to NF, the thought of this man buying golf balls with my money makes me wild.
Letters: Royal privilege put to good use
Having over 95% of our financial system owned by Aussie banks insults the Treaty.
Letters: Bad law and bad tenants
A do-gooder attitude to bad tenants will cause a bigger housing crisis than ever before.
Best of 2019: Tariana Turia: Euthanasia would undermine whānau values
Comment: Euthanasia undermines the role of family in Māori life.
Letters: Hope lies in young people
World powers don't care what climate change will do to people and all living things.
Letters: Expect rubbish over EOLC Act
Despite scaremongers against death with dignity, the silent majority will prevail.
Editorial: Two important decisions for voters in 2020
EDITORIAL: Kiwis will be asked whether to legalise cannabis and euthanasia.
Letters: Thoughts on Majestic Square
Relocate the Peter Snell statue to Majestic Square. It's too far from the madding crowd.
All the right moves: David Seymour has high hopes
David Seymour talks guns, euthanasia and Dancing with the Stars.
Mike Hosking: Here's my politician of the year
COMMENT: David Seymour deserves to be the politician of the year.
Letters: The rising cost of being a tidy Kiwi
Just watch the rise in illegal dumping because people can't afford to be law-abiding.
Letters: Save Horizons buses
Palmerston North has an electric bus coming — the low-carbon future is on its way.
The champion who picked a date to die
New York Times: She was a world-class athlete. A gold-medal winner. And she wanted to die.
Audrey Young: Why election 2020 is going to be ugly
The cannabis referendum is likely become more enmeshed in party politics than euthanasia.
Right-to-die campaigner Matt Vickers remarries, baby due
Matt Vickers remarries days before the End of Life Choice bill is passed.
Comment | Why most doctors are against euthanasia
The wishes of individuals does not balance the harm done to society.
Beehive Diaries: Jacinda Ardern's list-itis, Simon Bridges schooled by 8-year-old
Love for David Seymour from unusual quarters, Simon Bridges' review from an 8-year-old.
The reasons for Northland's lone political voice against euthanasia
Five of Northland's six MPs voted "yes" - the one hold-out explains why.
Letters: Right-to-die word games
Jay Kuten is playing word games in his promotion of this dangerous legislation.
Euthanasia vote 2020: Will it divide us?
Campaigners in euthanasia debate will now turn their attention from MPs to the voters.
Lecretia Seales' widower applauds End of Life Choice vote
Matt Vickers said his late wife Lecretia would've be 'very happy' to see the vote pass.
Mike Hosking: Euthanasia bill proves there's power in a party-of-one
Comment: There's much to be admired about the success of ACT leader David Seymour.
'She would have been over the moon': Lecretia Seales' mother celebrates euthanasia vote
The euthanasia campaigner's mother came to Parliament to watch the final vote.