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Madeleine speaking to Kerre McIvor on Newstalk ZB re Flannagan v ACC

September 12th, 2013 24 Comments

This morning on my way to work I turned on Newstalk ZB to find that Madeleine and her recent ACC victory were the topic of Leighton Smith’s morning show – Kerre McIvor was filling in. Madeleine ended up speaking to Kerre on air – you can listen here: Or download here: NewstalkZB have also reported on the […]

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Flannagan v ACC – Victory

September 12th, 2013 13 Comments

Long time readers of this blog will remember than 5 1/2 years ago I was in a car accident that saw me suffer a herniated cervical (neck) disc and require disc replacement surgery. Readers will also be aware that the pain I lived (live) with did not end after that surgery and that when the […]

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Watch Matt on the GCSB Bill on Shine TV

August 1st, 2013 2 Comments

On 30 July 2013 Matt was interviewed on Shine TV about the Government Communications Security Bureau and Related Legislation Amendment (“GCSB”) Bill. The discussion on the issues of civil liberties, spying in times of threats against citizens is very good. The video is here:

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Yet Another Lawyer Agrees: Marriage Amendment Act Bill is an Affront to Freedom of Religion and Belief

March 13th, 2013 22 Comments

Barrister Ian Bassett has given another opinion describing the risks to freedom of religion and belief of Louisa Wall’s Marriage Amendment Act Bill if it is enacted in its presently proposed form, which would include this amendment: “Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), no celebrant who is a minister of religion recognised by a religious […]

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Tom Wright on Hypocrisy: Catholic Church Sex Scandals, the Media and Jimmy Savile

March 9th, 2013 7 Comments

N T Wright, theologian and research professor at St Andrews University, tells the British media a few home truths about  hypocrisy and faux moral outrage. I listened in disbelief as John Humphrys interviewed Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor on Radio 4’s Today programme this week. Surely, he said, like a headmaster addressing an errant teenager, if highly placed people knew about […]

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Matt on Radio: Women tells Court of Appeal being pregnant with a defective baby is an injury

March 5th, 2013 3 Comments

A New Zealand woman has gotten her case against the Accident Compensation Corporation (“ACC”) into the Court of Appeal. The Herald carried the story. Matt was interviewed for his view on Radio Rhema last week. ACC claim mother: I would have aborted Woman says she would have terminated pregnancy had she been told baby was […]

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Matt on David Shearer, Gaza and Performance Pay for Teachers on “The Panel” – with Bob McCoskrie

November 22nd, 2012 Comments Off on Matt on David Shearer, Gaza and Performance Pay for Teachers on “The Panel” – with Bob McCoskrie

If you tuned in to Radio Rhema at 11:45am (NZ time) on 21 November 2012 you would have heard this blog’s Matthew Flannagan and Bob McCoskrie discuss the David Shearer and the political events from yesterday, the latest in Gaza, and whether performance pay for teachers is a good idea or not, on “The Panel” on Pat Brittenden […]

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