Hobson’s Pledge Trust The Government won’t appeal against the Bay of Plenty coastal judgement despite the flurry of emails that overloaded the inboxes of Attorney General David Parker asking him to stick up for all New Zealanders. The appeal has been left to self-funded private groups. The Attorney-General
Hobson’s Pledge Trust Will Tikanga law, that a High Court justice cited in a coastal area ruling, include inter-tribal warfare, cannibalism, slavery, and other primitive customs, or will it just be a modern version, historian Dr John Robinson asked this week. Dr Robinson, who wrote Dividing the nation: the
Susan Short Secretary democracyaction@xtra.co.nz Anger has erupted around the country over the Government’s much stronger approach to protect indigenous biodiversity, as outlined in the Draft National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity (NPSIB). Due to take effect in July 2021, it contains a set of objectives and
Simon O’Neill ONZM capitalmag.co.nz “Last month Wellington was treated to a production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni by a brand new and administratively lean opera company run by musicians for musicians. Against all recent trends they produced a full opera and made a profit. Eight principal roles
Cancel Culture bullies are heartless and vicious. The Kaiapoi Residents Noticeboard on Facebook need to clean up their toxic page and show some compassion to a man and his wife for whom the punishment is out of all proportion to the ‘crime.’ UPDATE: The message from David Gaughan’s wife
Hon Judith Collins judithcollins.national.org.nz It seems that the government did not deserve great applause for the recently announced Budget. I said it before and I will say it again this was not a budget for jobs it was a budget for benefits. There is very little in
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Free Press ACT Party ACT’s Education spokesperson, Chris Baillie, has prepared a submission on the Government’s proposed history curriculum. He’s inviting as many people as possible to sign it. The curriculum is one of those documents that forms a wider tug of war for the soul of
Rob Salmond General Secretary, Labour What a month it has been for the Labour team! You’ll have seen the Budget which predicted 200,000 more people in work in the next four years and a boost to main benefits so 33,000 kids will be lifted out of poverty.
State of Local Emergency in Canterbury Heavy rainfall has resulted in severe flooding across Canterbury, with ongoing dangerous river conditions and further flooding expected. If you are in the Canterbury Region, make sure to keep an eye on local and regional updates, and follow the directions and advice of emergency
As Leader of the Opposition one of the best parts of my job is getting out and about with real New Zealanders and hearing their stories about their aspirations and the challenges they face. So many of our industries are doing it tough due to red tape and rising costs
Hobson’s Pledge Trust We agree that the draft history curriculum divides history into villains and victims, contains significant gaps, and pushes a narrow set of highly political stories from our past, as a new petition on the ACT Party’s website states. The draft curriculum’s “three big ideas”
Hobson’s Pledge Trust Despite denials from our Prime Minister, there is no sign of any retreat from in-class race-shaming rituals intended to eliminate racism, but which end up making some children feel guilty about their skin colour. On Monday, ACT Party leader David Seymour called a Ministry of Education
Hobson’s Pledge Trust Please email Attorney General David Parker urgently and ask him to stick up for all New Zealanders by appealing against the High Court judgement two weeks ago that granted a Bay of Plenty Maori group customary marine title to several coastal areas. The right to claim
Hon Judith Collins judithcollins.national.org.nz A Budget for benefits not jobs The government has surprised everyone with their policies over recent weeks as they softened us up for their fourth Budget announced last week. It was interesting that we saw announcements that public sector employees would face a
Dr David Cumin Spokesperson Free Speech Union After all we’ve been through – and our recent decision from the Court of Appeal confirming that freedom of speech obligations apply to council-owned speaking venues – Christchurch City Council has done a Phil Goff. They’ve barred a feminist group, “Speak Up for
