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Assisted Dying Referendum

Alice Snedden’s Bad News held a euthanasia debate dinner party

Alice Snedden’s Bad News held a euthanasia debate dinner party

In this episode of Bad News, Alice Snedden is forced to confront her own mortality before hosting a very special dinner party to get to grips with the euthanasia debate.
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By Alice Snedden's Bad News | 15th January, 2021
Guest writer
Analysis: The online ad campaigns fought over the weed and euthanasia referendums

Analysis: The online ad campaigns fought over the weed and euthanasia referendums

Which side spent more and why? Jihee Junn crunches the numbers and finds some misleading claims along the way. 
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By Jihee Junn | 9th November, 2020
Contributing writer
(Photo: Getty Images)

Yes votes prevail in assisted dying referendum

The End of Life Choice Act will be enforced in 12 months' time, with 65.2% voting yes in the referendum.
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By Alice Neville | 30th October, 2020
Deputy editor
A protest sign during the Women’s March on Washington, D.C. (Photo: Getty Images)
Opinion

Three similarities in the fight for assisted dying and abortion rights

ALRANZ Abortion Rights Aotearoa president Terry Bellamak on the things she's noticed the two movements share.
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By Terry Bellamak | 9th October, 2020
Guest writer
The envelopes included both the official information and a ‘no vote’ flyer. Image: Tina Tiller / The Spinoff

Complaint laid after assisted dying ‘vote no’ flyers found in official EasyVote packs

Promotional material from a group opposing the End of Life Choice Bill included alongside some official voting information packs, according to Northland family.
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By Alex Braae | 5th October, 2020
Staff Writer
Family First’s Bob McCoskrie (Image: Tina Tiller)

A night in Gore with New Zealand’s most formidable conservative campaigners

Family First has been on tour over the election campaign, pounding out the message that voters should say no on both referendums.
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By Alex Braae | 25th September, 2020
Staff Writer
Why are we considering assisted dying in a pandemic?
Opinion

Why are we considering assisted dying in a pandemic?

Disabled people have fought hard for the human rights protections this act erodes.
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By Robyn Hunt | 24th September, 2020
Guest writer
(Image: Getty)
Opinion

The End of Life Choice bill is safer than many of our current critical care laws

Uncertainty is an unavoidable part of healthcare at the edges of life.
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By Colin Gavaghan | 23rd September, 2020
Guest writer
Alice Snedden’s Bad News: I held a dinner party to help decide which way to vote in the euthanasia referendum

Alice Snedden’s Bad News: I held a dinner party to help decide which way to vote in the euthanasia referendum

In this episode of Bad News, Alice Snedden is forced to confront her own mortality before hosting a very special dinner party to get to grips with the euthanasia debate.
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By Alice Snedden's Bad News | 27th August, 2020
Guest writer
End of Life Choice bill sponsor David Seymour speaking to reporters at parliament (Getty Images)

‘Very clever bit of misinformation’: Seymour attacks quiz about euthanasia referendum

A widely shared quiz on the End of Life Choice bill referendum is 'designed to create fear, uncertainty and doubt about the bill', says its leading proponent.
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By Alex Braae | 21st August, 2020
Staff Writer
Everything you need to know about the 2020 assisted dying referendum

Everything you need to know about the 2020 assisted dying referendum

The bumper Spinoff guide to the vote on voluntary euthanasia.
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By Alex Braae | 5th August, 2020
Staff Writer
Derailed by Covid-19, euthanasia and cannabis referendum campaigns gear up

Derailed by Covid-19, euthanasia and cannabis referendum campaigns gear up

Campaigners on how their plans have been affected by the recent crisis, and the risks of misinformation in a largely online battle
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By Yvette McCullough | 11th June, 2020
Guest writer
(Photo: Getty Images)

A collection of voices on the End of Life Choice bill

We have sought to treat different views with respect throughout this process, and as a likely referendum approaches in 2020, we will continue to do so. 
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By The Spinoff | 13th November, 2019
Staff writers
Photo: Getty Images.

In an ideal world, euthanasia would make sense. We don’t live in an ideal world                          

Proponents of the End of Life Choice say that controls on euthanasia will make it safe for all. But the reality is that euthanasia is inherently uncontrollable, argues Jannah Dennison.
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By Jannah Dennison | 30th October, 2019
Guest writer
Dame June Jackson with her son, Labour MP and broadcaster Willie Jackson. Image: supplied

I never thought I would support this bill. But, then, there’s Mum

The End of Life Choice Bill passed its second reading last night by 70 to 50. Among a number of heartfelt speeches was this, from Willie Jackson.
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By Willie Jackson | 27th June, 2019
Guest writer
ACT leader David Seymour. Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images

Why we should be sceptical of David Seymour’s euthanasia bill

This week, Alex Penk found himself agreeing with David Seymour when he said that there’s been “a constant misinformation campaign” about the End of Life Choice Bill. It’s just that the chief culprit was Seymour himself, he argues.
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By Alex Penk | 8th April, 2019
Guest writer
A man in a wheelchair

Assisted dying devalues the disabled

At first look, it all seems so sensible: people who find no value in their lives should be allowed the choice to end them. Right? Wrong, says Dr John Fox – and here's why.
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By Dr John Fox | 18th July, 2017
Guest writer
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, March 31, 2016 in Washington, DC. Trudeau participated in a panel conversation titled “Growing Canada’s economy and the North American relationship.” (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Opinion

The lessons for NZ from Canada’s assisted dying bill

David Seymour has thrown his member's bill into the parliamentary hat. But the legislation currently being debated in Canada differs in some important ways, writes Andrew Geddis.
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By Andrew Geddis | 2nd May, 2016
Contributing writer

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