by Peter Harrison | Sep 1, 2020 | News
Hema Paterson, President of the New Zealand Association of Rationalists and Humanists, has applauded Tanya Jacob and David Hines for their tireless work challenging religious instruction allowances in the Education Act. Jacob and Hines worked for years to gather...
by Peter Harrison | Jan 16, 2020 | News, Schools Campaign
The New Zealand Association of Rationalists and Humanists applaud the Government and Education Minister Chris Hipkins for proposing legislation that will introduce mandatory informed consent for religious instruction in state primary schools. The The Education and...
by Peter Harrison | Aug 25, 2019 | News
Only ten years ago if you wanted an electric car you would need to build one yourself. In a EV event I attended in 2008 an owner explained why they were so awesome. His arguments remain true today. Low Operational Cost Compared to petrol electricity will cost about...
by Peter Harrison | Apr 21, 2019 | News
Today the people of Sri Lanka experienced terror on attacks on Christian churches leaving more than one hundred innocent people dead and hundreds more injured. Our hearts go out to the victims and their families. As with the Christchurch shootings last month there are...
by Peter Harrison | Mar 15, 2019 | Journal, News
New Zealand is a country built on principles of an open and free society, where people are free to believe and worship as they please. The New Zealand Association of Rationalists and Humanists stand fast to this principle as it is the cornerstone of an enlightened...
by Peter Harrison | Jan 13, 2019 | Blog, Journal, News
In November Mike Hosking published his opinion of electric cars titled ‘Environmentalists have no grasp on reality’, concluding that “no matter how hard the media, the spin doctors, and the environmentalists tell us that EVs are here and the future,...