While preparation of the haredi draft bill sped up in the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee in recent weeks, it is still unlikely to pass into law by March 3.

Jewish New Zealanders should not have to live under heightened security simply for existing as a community,' said the school representative.

Tifferet Weinberg Berkovits, owner of a popular hair salon on Derech Beit Lehem, explains why cutting and styling hair is so much more.