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.

Point of Order: Buzz from the Beehive - 3/8/23

Millions will go into East Coast clean-up and reconstruction – it’s reassuring to learn Moodys are not discomforted

Well over $400 million of state spending was mentioned in a press statement today that describes what the government is doing to support the findings of the Ministerial Inquiry into the devastating East Coast weather events of recent months.

Each of the inquiry report’s recommendations was carefully considered, and the government is firmly focussed on reducing risk and setting the region up for sustainable longer-term change, Environment Minister David Parker said.