Another Fireside Freedom Exchange with lawyer and freedom fighter Kirsten Murfitt, who describes how she went from 'woke' to being awake through the covid debacle here in New Zealand.
Kirsten Murfitt is the DemocracyNZ candidate for Tauranga. A lawyer by profession and strong freedom fighter, Kirsten brings a wealth of business and life experience. After graduating from the University of Auckland in 1999, Kirsten worked in two of the top 10 law firms in Auckland before working for one of the largest law firms in Australia.
Kirsten took some time out of her career when her son was born and required regular hospital admissions and therapy. Her son has a rare congenital syndrome, which pivoted her to become active in the world of disability - a cause very dear to her heart.
Kirsten returned to private practice at a family-friendly law firm in 2011 on the North Shore in Auckland, before relocating with her family to Tauranga in 2016. She started KM Law in 2016, and has enjoyed building a successful business that reflects her personal values - based around integrity, loyalty and freedom.
Kirsten felt a moral duty to speak out as a lawyer in recent years to protect our fundamental democratic principles for future generations. This has ultimately led her to play an active role in politics, by standing as a candidate for DemocracyNZ. Kirsten shares the passion and determination that Matt and our other DemocracyNZ candidates have to get our country back on track.
Sources and resources from Kirsten:
1. I have set out links to the letters below to show the significant body of work I have undertaken in the interests of social justice. I have set out some of my work below:
Project Q&A: Questions and Accountability https://nzrising.co.nz/project-qa/
Letter to Parliament dated 22 January 2022 https://docdro.id/TTWjPjC
(c) Letter to Parliament dated 22 July 2022 https://docdro.id/XhkeZ0H
(d) Free NZ: In Conversation with Kirsten Murfitt about her Open Letter to Members of Parliament
https://freenz.substack.com/p/in-conversation-with-kirsten-murfitt
(e) Letter to the Police Commissioner dated 16 March 2022 https://docdro.id/vj3q8wL
(f) Letter to the Police Commissioner dated 11 April 2022 https://docdro.id/6EtblPx
(g) Letter to the Police Commissioner dated 22 April 2022 https://nzdsos.com/2022/04/27/3rd-letter-to-andrew-coster-refusal-to-meet/
(h) Letter to the Governor General dated 8 May 2022 https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3A12c79d29-e452-4e59-990e-5e0c9753bdaa&viewer%21megaVerb=group-discover
(i) Official Information Act 1982 request to the Ministry of Health dated 26 November 2022 in relation to the rollout of the vaccine to children https://docdro.id/6EtblPx
(j) Submissions in regards to the proposed changes to the Coroners Amendment Bill https://docdro.id/rEnhSho
(k) Submission to Parliament regarding the COVID-19 Public Health Response Amendment Bill (No 2) https://docdro.id/SSWN5kE
