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And Who is to be Invited?
An article by our legal advisor David Garrett about the amendment to the Parole act 2007 that very nearly slipped "under the radar" and would have severely compromised the ability of victims to make submissions before Parole boards.

The Treatment Controversy
A debate that arose from a comment Garth made about the medical treatment of Jason Reihana, a response to that from a member of the public, and a reply by the webmaster

Law and Order
By Ross Crosby, who assists the webmaster with the Offender Databases, expounding on the changes needed to NZ legislation

Garth's Speech at the July 4th 2004 Ellerslie Racecourse Meeting at which we also had very good speeches from Don Brash of National and Marc Alexander of United.

Garth also has several Guest articles at Dr Muriel Newman's NZ Centre for Political Debate