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By Live News / March 6, 2019 / 24/7 News, AM-NC, DJF, FifthEstate1, KB, KB, Law, New Zealand, Press Release, Press Release Service New Zealand / Comments Off on DLA Piper Strengthens the Future of Law in the Pacific.
Source: Press Release Service – New Zealand (PR.co.nz) Pacific Island law students learn from top New Zealand lawyer. DLA Piper has a longstanding pro bono commitment to supporting the rule of law in Pacific Island nations. As part of this, the firm develops the legal knowledge and skills of lawyers from countries including Fiji, Vanuatu, […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / January 17, 2019 / 24/7 News, AM-NC, Analysis Assessment, Analysis-Reportage, Bryce Edwards, Critical Politics, cyber security, cybersecurity, data mining, Democracy, Digital activism, Digital data, Digital policy, DJF, Editor's Picks, Evening Report, GCSB, Government, Government Spying, Intelligence, Intelligence agencies, KB, KB, Labour, Labour Party, Law, Law enforcement, Lead, leadership, Legal issues, Legislation, Media, Media Intelligence, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, New Zealand Government Communications Security Bureau, New Zealand Security Intelligence Service, News Media, NZ Politics, Political freedom, Political Integrity, political protest, Political rights, Political Stability, Political Transition, Politics, Secret agents, Security, Security Intelligence / Comments Off on Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will the Government fix spying in the public service?
Political Roundup: Will the Government fix spying in the public service? by Dr Bryce Edwards The week before Christmas was dominated by what may actually have been the most important political issue of the year in New Zealand – revelations that government agencies have spied on New Zealanders through the use of private investigators. The […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / January 17, 2019 / 24/7 News, AM-NC, Analysis Assessment, Analysis-Reportage, animal rights, Animal Welfare, Bryce Edwards, Cattle, Critical Politics, DJF, Editor's Picks, Evening Report, Horses, KB, KB, Law, Lead, Legal issues, Legislation, Media, Media Intelligence, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, News Media, NZ Politics, Politics, Reform, Rodeo / Comments Off on Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Should rodeos be banned in New Zealand?
Political Roundup: Should rodeos be banned in New Zealand? by Dr Bryce Edwards The Summer rodeo season is in full swing. And so protesters are, once again, drawing attention to what they regard as the cruel and archaic nature of this “entertainment sport”. This is leading to clashes between rodeo supporters and protesters. Rodeo, steer […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / January 17, 2019 / 24/7 News, Adoption, Adoption Laws, Adoption Legislation, AM-NC, Analysis-Reportage, Barbara Sumner, Civil rights, Columns, DJF, Editor's Picks, Evening Report, Features, Human Rights, Identity, KB, KB, Law, Lead, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, Pacific Region, Self Determination, Self Identity, social change, Social Issues, Social justice / Comments Off on Consider youself one of us
Column: Barbara Sumner – As a child, my family saw the musical Oliver. For days after, my adopting mother hummed and sang the theme tune: Consider yourself one of usConsider yourself at homeConsider yourself one of the family ….etc etc The song is a bit of an earworm. I’d forgotten it and the memory until […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / December 5, 2018 / 24/7 News, AM-NC, Analysis Assessment, Analysis-Reportage, Bryce Edwards, Critical Politics, DJF, Editor's Picks, Employment, Employment Law, Evening Report, Human Rights, KB, KB, Law, Lead, Media, Media Intelligence, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, National Party, New Zealand, New Zealand National Party, News Media, NZ Politics, Political Integrity, Political rights, Politics / Comments Off on Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Seriousness of the Maggie Barry bullying allegations
Political Roundup: The Seriousness of the Maggie Barry bullying allegations Allegations of bullying and illegal activity in Parliament continue to dog National MP Maggie Barry, with leaks and anonymous interviews from former staff coming out daily since the Herald broke the story on Saturday. National MP Maggie Barry. Image sourced from Wikimedia.org. Photograph by Mark […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / November 23, 2018 / 24/7 News, Adoption, Adoption Laws, Adoption Legislation, AM-NC, Analysis-Reportage, Barbara Sumner, Civil rights, Columns, DJF, Editor's Picks, Evening Report, Features, Human Rights, Identity, KB, KB, Law, Lead, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, Pacific Region, Self Determination, Self Identity, social change, Social Issues, Social justice / Comments Off on Strange fruit
Barbara Sumner. Column: Barbara Sumner – There have always been inconsistencies in my birth story. The dates, the people involved, the actual circumstances. All missing, suspect or manufactured. As an adopted person I have no legal right to know anything other than the story my adopting parents chose to tell. So I decided to challenge […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / November 16, 2018 / 24/7 News, AM-NC, Analysis Assessment, Analysis-Reportage, Bryce Edwards, Critical Politics, Democracy, DJF, Editor's Picks, Ethical Space, Ethics, Evening Report, Exploitation, freedom of expression, Freedom of Information, Freedom of speech, Health, Human Rights, Investigation, Jami-Lee Ross, Journalism accuracy, KB, KB, Law, Lead, leadership, Media, Media ethics, Media Freedom, media integrity, Media Intelligence, Media law, media lens, Media persecution, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, NZ Politics, Political Donations, Political freedom, Political Integrity, Political Stability, Politics / Comments Off on Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Media’s fraught role in the Jami-Lee Ross scandal
Dr Bryce Edwards. The media has played a central role in this year’s huge scandal involving MP Jami-Lee Ross. Journalists, broadcasters, and political commentators have reported on the scandal – including choosing to withhold some information – and interpreted it all. Inevitably questions have been asked about how well the media have performed, and the […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / November 16, 2018 / 24/7 News, Adoption, Adoption Laws, Adoption Legislation, AM-NC, Analysis-Reportage, Barbara Sumner, Civil rights, Columns, DJF, Editor's Picks, Evening Report, Features, Human Rights, Identity, KB, KB, Law, Lead, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, Pacific Region, Self Determination, Self Identity, social change, Social Issues, Social justice / Comments Off on I blame Karl Marx
Column: Barbara Sumner – The Gallows Bird is a historical trilogy I have coming out next year. There, we meet Mr Fingleston, a silk merchant and tailor. The character of Mr Fingleston visited me in the early hours, over 20 years ago. I described him as an ivy bush of a man, small and messy […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / November 15, 2018 / 24/7 News, Adoption, Adoption Laws, Adoption Legislation, AM-NC, Analysis-Reportage, Barbara Sumner, Civil rights, Columns, DJF, Editor's Picks, Evening Report, Features, Human Rights, Identity, KB, KB, Law, Lead, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, Pacific Region, Self Determination, Self Identity, social change, Social Issues, Social justice / Comments Off on In the blood
Column: Barbara Sumner – The Gallows Bird is a historical trilogy I have coming out next year. In it, we meet Mr Fingleston, a silk merchant and tailor. Mr Fingleston visited me in the early hours. I described as an ivy bush of a man, small and messy with a moustache drooping below his chin. […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / November 2, 2018 / 24/7 News, AM-NC, Analysis Assessment, Analysis-Reportage, Bryce Edwards, Crime, Critical Politics, Detainees, Detention, DJF, Editor's Picks, Evening Report, Immigration, KB, KB, Law, Law and order, Law enforcement, Lead, Legal issues, Media, Media Intelligence, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, News Media, NZ Politics, Politics / Comments Off on Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Minister fails to Czech facts
Dr Bryce Edwards. It’s looking like the Government has made an embarrassing stuff-up over the controversial decision to allow a Czech criminal to stay in the country after he finishes his prison sentence. Czech national, Karel Sroubek, is currently in prison for a drug importation conviction, but has had his deportation effectively cancelled by the […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / October 31, 2018 / 24/7 News, Adoption, Adoption Laws, Adoption Legislation, AM-NC, Analysis-Reportage, Barbara Sumner, Civil rights, Columns, DJF, Editor's Picks, Evening Report, Features, Human Rights, Identity, KB, KB, Law, Lead, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, Pacific Region, Self Determination, Self Identity, social change, Social Issues, Social justice / Comments Off on We’re not your real parents
Barbara Sumner. Column: Barbara Sumner – There’s a cartoon doing the Internet rounds. A mum and a dad look down at their little girl: “Sarah, I’m afraid we’re not your real parents. You were made with sperm from Germany and an egg from Denmark from an Italian man and a Swedish woman, born to an […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / October 25, 2018 / 24/7 News, AM-NC, Analysis Assessment, Analysis-Reportage, DJF, Editor's Picks, Editorial, Elections, Electoral Commission, Ethics, Evening Report, General election, Health, Health and Fitness, health care, Health emergency, Health services, Human Rights, Human rights journalism, Indepth, Inquiry, Investigation, Jami-Lee Ross, journalism, Journalists, Judiciary, Judith Collins, KB, KB, Law, Law enforcement, Lead, leadership, Legal issues, Mainstream media, Media ethics, media integrity, Media Intelligence, Mental Health, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, National Party, National Party Leader, New Zealand, New Zealand National Party, News Media, News sources, NZ Politics, Opinion, Parliament, Paula Bennett, Police, Political Integrity, Political rights, Political Stability, Politics, Simon Bridges / Comments Off on Evening Report Analysis – National Affairs and the Public Interest
Evening Report Analysis – National Affairs and the Public Interest, by Selwyn Manning. Former National Party MP, and current independent Member of Parliament, Jami-Lee Ross. Accusations have surfaced alleging the current National Party leadership conspired to politically destroy Jami-Lee Ross – this after details of his affair with a fellow party MP became known to […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / October 23, 2018 / 24/7 News, Adoption, Adoption Laws, Adoption Legislation, AM-NC, Analysis-Reportage, Barbara Sumner, Civil rights, Columns, DJF, Editor's Picks, Evening Report, Features, Human Rights, Identity, KB, KB, Law, Lead, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, Pacific Region, Self Determination, Self Identity, social change, Social Issues, Social justice / Comments Off on A selfless act?
Column: Barbara Sumner – While browsing Instagram, an image jumped out at me. A woman and her husband stand beside the bed of an exhausted mother who has given birth to twins. The woman, identified as the #IP (intending parent) has her hands clasped in prayer or gratitude. Her husband is leaning over looking as […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / October 15, 2018 / 24/7 News, Adoption, Adoption Laws, Adoption Legislation, AM-NC, Analysis-Reportage, Barbara Sumner, Civil rights, Columns, DJF, Editor's Picks, Evening Report, Features, Human Rights, Identity, KB, KB, Law, Lead, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, Pacific Region, Self Determination, Self Identity, social change, Social Issues, Social justice / Comments Off on I’m So Lucky
Barbara Sumner. Column: Barbara Sumner – How special do you feel? What factors make up your sense of special – or otherwise? Many adopted people remember being told they were ‘special.’ “We chose you,” is a standard phrase for adopted people. At the same time, it is implied there is no difference between you and […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / October 9, 2018 / 24/7 News, Adoption, Adoption Laws, Adoption Legislation, Analysis-Reportage, Barbara Sumner, Civil rights, Columns, Editor's Picks, Evening Report, Features, Human Rights, Identity, Law, Lead, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, Pacific Region, Self Determination, Self Identity, social change, Social Issues, Social justice, test-kb / Comments Off on Who Owns You?
Barbara Sumner. Column: Barbara Sumner – Who owns you? Have you ever asked yourself this question? If you are a non-adopted person then the idea that someone could own you may never have occurred to you. If you are an adopted person, you may not be aware of the terms of your adoption. Or […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / October 7, 2018 / 24/7 News, Adoption, Adoption Laws, Adoption Legislation, Analysis-Reportage, Barbara Sumner, Civil rights, Columns, Editor's Picks, Evening Report, Features, Human Rights, Identity, Law, Lead, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, Pacific Region, Self Determination, Self Identity, social change, Social Issues, Social justice / Comments Off on Dear Toni Street
Column: Barbara Sumner – Dear Toni StreetCongratulations on the arrival of your child born through a surrogate. I have read of your frustration at the hoops you must jump through to now adopt him.Thank you for lending your profile in support of a petition to update the Adoption Act 1955. By doing so, you are […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / October 6, 2018 / 24/7 News, Adoption, Adoption Laws, Adoption Legislation, Analysis-Reportage, Barbara Sumner, Civil rights, Columns, Editor's Picks, Evening Report, Features, Human Rights, Identity, Law, Lead, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, Pacific Region, Self Determination, Self Identity, social change, Social Issues, Social justice / Comments Off on Why I hate biographies
Column: Barbara Sumner – Barbara Sumner. I have a friend who loves biographies. She’s always telling me to read accounts of dire lives turned around, the fall and rise of a star or a tragedy overcome. But I can’t. Biographies and especially autobiographies unsettle me. It is not the sweep of grand lives that leaves […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / October 6, 2018 / 24/7 News, Adoption, Adoption Laws, Adoption Legislation, Analysis-Reportage, Barbara Sumner, Civil rights, Columns, Editor's Picks, Evening Report, Features, Human Rights, Identity, Law, Lead, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, Pacific Region, Self Determination, Self Identity, social change, Social Issues, Social justice / Comments Off on What more do you want?
Column: Barbara Sumner – Barbara Sumner. I’ve spent most of my adult life searching for my biological family. I’ve encountered endless roadblocks. The majority of them from officialdom. During the search and now as I start a campaign to free all adoption files, I am often asked – what do you want?But as an adopted […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / October 6, 2018 / 24/7 News, Adoption, Adoption Laws, Adoption Legislation, Analysis-Reportage, Barbara Sumner, Civil rights, Columns, Editor's Picks, Evening Report, Features, Human Rights, Identity, Law, Lead, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, Pacific Region, Self Determination, Self Identity, social change, Social Issues, Social justice / Comments Off on Like a Stranger
Column: Barbara Sumner – Barbara Sumner. There once was a woman who kept changing everything: her hair, her glasses, her furniture, her style, her husbands and her lovers. She moved 34 times and changed her name seven times. Her restless journey was almost unconscious. She described herself as emotionally and physically peripatetic. The idea of […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / October 6, 2018 / 24/7 News, Adoption, Adoption Laws, Adoption Legislation, Analysis-Reportage, Barbara Sumner, Civil rights, Columns, Editor's Picks, Evening Report, Features, Human Rights, Identity, Law, Lead, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, Pacific Region, Self Determination, Self Identity, social change, Social Issues, Social justice / Comments Off on Letter to Jacinda
Column: Barbara Sumner – Barbara Sumner. Dear Prime MinisterYour child is almost three months old. I was this age when I was taken from my mother because of her marital status.Or, it could have been earlier.Or later.I don’t know because I have three possible birth dates, seven months apart and two birth certificates.Can you imagine […]
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