The Three Legged Stool
Have you ever had a three-legged stool when one leg goes a bit wonky or loose? The stool is in danger of failing in its job and you might end up on the floor! It is a useful image of … Continued
What a marvellous help AI is ….until it’s not!
Sometimes when you google Humanists for Life, a summary appears before you get into the website. This summary seems to contain the main points made in the website material or in the stance of the organization that the website refers … Continued
Hidden Crimes Against The Vulnerable
by Richard Harward This article does not claim to be legal advice or legal opinion, which should be obtained only from a qualified and registered legal practitioner. The article is a personal view based on a personal understanding. Feedback, corrective … Continued
ERA News October 2025
Update This Update refers to Todd Stephenson’s End of Life Choice Amendment Bill. There is a term used by some political operators called ‘flooding the zone’. This means that so much provocative material is put around that the opponents feel overwhelmed. There … Continued
No Man is an Island – Muffin Talk with Richard Harward
Assisted dying or killing? Are the boundaries failing us?Misunderstandings of the current legal situation around Euthanasia often give the illusion that any decision about life is personal. Richard Harward shares his views on why Euthanasia is not an individual matter … Continued
Advance Care Directives
Advance Care Directives claim that the patient has made a decision at a previous time wanting to be put to death, in circumstances where there is no specific current patient request. This claim may depend on a piece of paper … Continued
Let’s reclaim the Language
We can try to avoid the term ‘Assisted Dying’ as much as possible when we mean euthanasia or assisted suicide or simply ‘killing’. The term is used to make palatable something which is actually quite shocking. We can use the … Continued
Updates – Assisted Suicide
Pope Leo XIV says the Jubilee Year theme of Hope, “seeks to draw people’s attention to how the mystery of suffering, so prevalent in the human condition can be transformed by grace into an experience of the Lord’s presence.” Read … Continued
The Principle of Life
VAD – a “repudiation” of the principle of life…
ERA News January 2025
· We have continued to network and build links, laying a foundation. You will see the further outcome of this in early 2025. · We have encouraged the development of a euthanasia section in the Humanists for Life NZ website: (www.humanistsforlife.nz) Our … Continued