"The 51 shuhada ... one of the key legacies ... was to make NZ safe, particularly from the menace of the semiautomatic killing machines."

#AbdurRazzaq, Chair of Federation of Islamic Associations (in NZ), 2025

https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/focusonpolitics?share=cf65a0e8-c8c6-43a1-82a3-0d61c93372a4

An excellent example here of the point George Orwell was making with NewSpeak; the words used to describe something, determines the starting point for how we think about it.

A gun *is* a killing machine. The normalisation of the word "gun" obscures that.

Focus on Politics also reported that Nicole McKee has;

"... committed a full 6 month select committee process, to hear public feedback on what she's put up."

#AnnekeSmith, 2025

https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/focusonpolitics?share=cf65a0e8-c8c6-43a1-82a3-0d61c93372a4

Unlike many of her NatACT First colleagues, who are happy to bulldoze their deeply unpopular bills through Parliament (*cough* Regulatory Standards Bill *cough*). Blatantly misusing urgency conventions, intended for use in emergency situations like natural disasters, pandemics, or wars.

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