Judy Gill: Protecting Kiwi Teens from Irreversible Facial Tattoos

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New Zealand rightly sets 16 as the age of consent for sex and marriage. Yet our law lets a 13-year-old receive a permanent facial tattoo — even on a state-school campus — if a parent agrees. That contradiction puts children in harm’s way medically, socially, and economically.

Rodney Hide: The end of childhood

Warning: If you are likely to be upset by exposure to material available to your children and grandchildren, do not proceed.

I fear that in 20 years time the age of consent will be gone. Middle aged men will be bragging about sex with pubescent girls, P will be added to the LGBTQI+ alphabet and pedophiles will parade their Pride.

It’s the next sexual taboo to fall.