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Parliament begins the discussion on the End of Life Choice legislation.
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Some petitions on Parliament's website are truly bizarre.
Gun owners 'angry and frustrated': Some say they won't hand in now-illegal firearms
Council of Licenced Firearms Owners is exploring legal action over Govt's buyback scheme.
20 months jail for man who strangled partner
New legislation made strangulation and suffocation a criminal offence.
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Conservation Comment: Heard of the Zero Carbon Act?
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David Seymour says Govt wants to 'censor thoughts', debuts new-look Act
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US offers extra options to extradite Kim Dotcom
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A tale of two Kims: The parallel cases
Comment: The US is finally presenting its case against Kim Dotcom - but will it matter?
Editorial: Your last will and testament - or not
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David Fisher: Speed-dating, magic and Kim Dotcom at the Supreme Court
In the Supreme Court, lawyers tackle a judicial Everest in the Megaupload case
Supreme plotting at Kim Dotcom's court of last resort
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Dotcom lawyer: Movie warnings on copyright 'propaganda'
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Kim Dotcom's final extradition appeal ends the sideshows
The long-running extradition case reaches the Supreme Court for its final(ish) hearing.
'Evil' pension policy to be abolished
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Michael Cullen: Time to blow the lid off Budget secrecy
Comment: Pageantry around formal presentation serves little purpose.
Police have seized 500 firearms since March 15 terror attack
Police have also seized a further 500 guns during raids, call-outs and vehicle stops.
Georgina Beyer - why I'm not going to Destiny's big gay out
Transgender former MP and mayor says: "I want to hear an apology."
Letters: Avoiding agonising death
We must change our attitude to death and discuss it openly with family and friends.
Only 530 semi-automatic guns handed over, police say
Only a fraction of the estimated 300,000 illegal guns have been handed over.
Political Roundup: Abortion reform in question
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Mike Hosking: Legalising cannabis makes no sense
Comment: There is nothing aspirational about encouraging drug use, Mike Hosking says.
Andrew Little: No room for haze in vote on cannabis
COMMENT: NZ doesn't need a 'Brexit-style' outcome to cannabis vote.
Time to adopt a law against ecocide?
COMMENT: Governments are impotent in the face of the pillage of our natural environment.
Grieving father of pilot killed in Fox Glacier crash criticises CAA
Mitch Gameren's father said family members were still seeking answers.
Exclusive: Christian party deal in Botany - National's big hope?
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Kris Gledhill: Why hate speech laws are a decent idea
COMMENT: Freedom of speech is a limited right, with a need to respect others.
Could miscarriages land American women in jail?
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