JUNE 2010

NOTICE OF VESNZ ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

 

This will be held in AUCKLAND on

 

Saturday, 26 June, 2010 at 2.00PM in

 

Mt Albert Bridge Club Rooms. Wairere Road,

(Off New North Road), Mt Albert, Akld.

 

AGENDA

 

1. Apologies
2. Minutes of the AGM Meeting of
VESNZ on June 20, 2009
3. Matters Arising
4. President's Report
5. Adoption of Annual Accounts
6. Appointment of Auditor
7. Election of Officers
8. Change to Rule
9. General Business

 

Please note: Written nominations for Officers at National level must be received at the Society's Post Office Box by the first post on Friday, 25 June 2010.
[The box is not serviced on Saturdays.] However nominations may also be made from the floor of the meeting. It is the responsibility of the nominator to obtain prior and willing consent of the nominee.

 

 

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November 2008

71% of NZers support medically assisted dying.

VESNZ SURVEY SHOWS THAT THE MAJORITY OF NEW ZEALANDERS SUPPORT MEDICALLY ASSISTED DYING

This year the National Committee of VESNZ decided that we should obtain an up-to-date, independent measure of the level of support in New Zealand for the legalization of medically assisted dying. To this end we commissioned one of New Zealand’s most prominent market research companies, Colmar Brunton, to conduct surveys during 2008.

The results, based on the opinions of over 2,000 New Zealanders aged 15 years and over, showed that an overwhelming 71% of New Zealanders want the legal right to choose a medically assisted death if they, personally, have an illness or condition from which they have no hope of returning to an acceptable quality of life.

In the measures obtained in August and September of 2008, the question asked was: “In some countries, though not all, if you have an illness that results in your being unable to have an acceptable quality of life, you are legally allowed to get help from a doctor to help you to die. If you had an illness or condition which resulted in your having a quality of life that was totally unacceptable to you, would you like to have the legal right to choose a medically assisted death?”

Seventy-one per cent said YES.Area, age and gender were set to ensure a representative spread and data were post-weighted to reflect nationwide population statistics in terms of gender, age and household size.

In our pre-election communication with all political parties we were pleased to be able to use this figure as evidence of the strong support of NZ citizens for a change in the law to enable medically assisted dying.