News: Hamilton City Council to remove controversial statue ‘No way’ Oranga Tamariki allowed to take babies from hospital – Waitemata DHB Human barricade at Waitakere Hospital stops Oranga Tamariki baby uplifts New housing better fit for Maori needs Waikato-Tainui renew call to rename Hamilton original Maori name Kirikiriroa following statue removal
Election, cannabis referendum Jack Vowles (The Conversation): An election like no other: with 100 days to go, can Jacinda Ardern maintain her extraordinary popularity? Henry Cooke (Stuff): 100 days to go: How parties want to win Election 2020 Claire Trevett (Herald): Election 2020: 99 days out how are Act, the
Police Duncan Garner (Newshub): Why I don’t believe Andrew Coster when he says he wants an unarmed police service Jordan Bond (RNZ): The Detail: Why Armed Response Teams struck the wrong note in NZ Newstalk ZB: Defence expert: New Zealand should avoid militarising police Vita Molyneux (Newshub): People Against
Police * Zane Small (Newshub): Celebration or failed consultation? Police Association still at odds with Greens on armed cops * Vita Molyneux (Newshub): Green Party overjoyed at police decision to dump Armed Response Teams * RNZ: Petitioner urges police to talanoa after Armed Response Teams scrapped * Sam Sherwood and Collette Devlin (Stuff): Police
David Seymour Facebook The new ‘Unite For Recovery’ ad campaign shows New Zealand is being run by a PR agency masquerading as a government. Overnight, the ‘Unite Against Covid-19’ campaign became ‘Unite For Recovery’. With an election on the horizon, Labour will keep the country on a war footing and
Alert Level 1 move, recovery Amber-Leigh Woolf (Stuff): Psychologists reveal New Zealand’s political shift during lockdown Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): Hooray for level 1. Now what? (paywalled) Claire Trevett (Herald): Prime Minister’s reward for Covid-19 zeroes (paywalled) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Time to celebrate, then to rebuild Heather du Plessis-Allan
NZ First Audrey Young (Herald): The two contrasting faces of Winston Peters (paywalled) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Balance is vital for Peters and NZ First (paywalled) Richard Harman: Jones claims the Nats will get dirty in Northland Dan Satherley and Delphine Herbert (Newshub): Can Shane Jones win Northland and save
Source: Facebook The problem with times of crisis is that political bias clouds objectivity. Pragmatism is lost and support and opposition become personal, not logical. Traditional Labour supporters will support Labour policies or actions and oppose National policies regardless of the situation and this is reciprocated by National supporters when
Nicole McKee Spokesperson Fair and Reasonable Campaign Here at COLFO, we’re still chipping away at the politicians and the Government in relation to the second round of law changes – that are still sitting on the Parliamentary ‘Order Paper’ waiting for what’s called the Committee of the Whole Stage
NZ’s coronavirus response, public health strategy, Level 1 decision Derek Cheng (Herald): Big Read: Ashley Bloomfield and Health Ministry’s different views on elimination Peter Dunne: Public compliance and acquiescence during lockdown unlikely to be repeated even if future circumstances warrant it Collette Devlin (Stuff): Dr Ashley Bloomfield says
National MP Judith Collins says the government doesn’t have a clear plan in place for opening New Zealand’s borders. Film workers have been allowed to fly into the capital to work on the Avatar franchise despite the borders remaining closed. And the Prime Minister has put the brakes
Police Cat MacLennan (Democracy Project): Aotearoa is no place for armed police Jean Balchin (ODT): NZ police should not have guns Glen McConnell (Stuff): In these times of turmoil, what can we do? Amelia Wade (Herald): Police Minister: ‘There is no place for racism in the New Zealand Police’ RNZ:
Mixed messages over social distancing Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): George Floyd protest crowds show Beehive’s lost control on gathering Audrey Young and Claire Trevett (Herald): National leader Todd Muller says confusion reigns in Govt over alert-level 1 Natalia Sutherland (1News): Black Lives Matter protestors don’t need to quarantine
Green Party statement on the death of George Floyd Posted by Marama Davidson and Golriz Ghahraman June 01, 2020 11:39 AM “Today and every day we stand in solidarity with George Floyd’s family, friends and community who feel pain and fear about his untimely death at the hands
National Party Andrea Vance (Stuff): Could middle-of-the road Muller come out a winner? Martin van Beynen (Stuff): Todd Muller’s first week not a complete disaster Bryce Edwards (Guardian): Todd Muller’s beige persona might not be a bad thing in the battle against Jacinda Ardern Audrey Young (Herald): National
Thames to Coromandel Community Noticeboard & Grapevine “Sorry I got to say this… Here goes. Regarding the Tourist Industry, they come to us cap-in-hand now wanting our support. They want us to travel and visit New Zealand tourist sites. What a pity they’ve spent the last 20 years selling
