ACT party Press Release: “Wellington bureaucrats are meddling in schools by preventing principals from telling parents that unvaccinated children must remain at home”, ACT Leader David Seymour says. “ACT understands the Ministry of Education is telling principals and schools they must not advise parents to keep children home if they
ACT Party: Ihumatao Jacinda Ardern has created a mess at Ihumatao. Rather than standing up for the property rights of the owners of the land, she waded in, halted development, and conferred legitimacy on the protestors. Now we’ve seen the protest group march on her Auckland office, and then
New Conservative party Press Release: Predator-Free Wellington’s ambitious goal of being the world’s first predator-free capital is not reliant on 1080; they are using traps, and while the politicians in Wellington tell the rest of New Zealand that 1080 is a great option, it’s obviously not desired
Dr David Cumin Spokesperson Free Speech Coalition It was standing room only today at the back of the court for day one of our proceedings against Auckland Council and the Mayor for their de-platforming of two controversial speakers from Council-owned venues last year. Thank you to all of those members
National party Press Release: The government has been embarrassed into action on cancer by the National party and has fallen short, National’s spokesperson for Health Michael Woodhouse says. “After nine years of opposition and two years of sitting on his hands in government, Minister Clark has been dragged kicking
Free Speech Coalition Press Release: The Free Speech Coalition urges the University of Canterbury to resist bullying calls to suppress student freedom of speech. As an arm of the state, Canterbury is bound to uphold the freedom of speech assured by the NZ Bill of Rights Act. As a university
National party Press Release: The government’s recently announced Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy is frustratingly light on detail, National’s Social Development spokesperson Louise Upston says. “Despite the positive intentions of the strategy, there appears to be little that will result in material change for the most vulnerable Kiwi
New Conservative Press Release: Freshwater has become yet another opportunity to divide New Zealand by ethnicity arising from the Waitangi Tribunal report released on Wednesday. The report recommends to government the creation of a co-governance commission with Maori along with “proprietary recognition” such as royalty payments. “Water is the lifeblood
ACT party Press release: “Police need to increase the collection rate of the gun ‘buy-back’ scheme six-fold if it is to stand any chance of being a success”, ACT Leader David Seymour says. “Based on import figures from Customs, COLFO conservatively estimates that 250,000 firearms have been banned, but
The Taxpayers’ Union It’s almost time for our second annual Jonesie Awards, celebrating the ‘best of the worst’ of wasteful spending across central and local government. The Jonesies are our golden glitz and glamour Oscars-style award ceremony held at parliament where the Taxpayers’ Union (firmly tongue-in-cheek) recognise those most
Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance: Phil Goff says we must tolerate the local fuel tax and rate hikes for the sake of vital infrastructure. Despite promising to deliver efficiencies and refocus the Super City onto core services at the last election, he’s now trying to tell you it can’t be
Fair & Reasonable Campaign: On Tuesday the National Party went public on what it claims is a leaked copy of the Government’s draft legislation detailing the next round of firearms law reforms. We have also obtained a copy of the draft Bill, the details of which are best summarised
ACT party Press Release: “It has taken National five months to wake up to the fact that the government is targeting law-abiding firearm owners who have done nothing wrong”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. National has suggested it might vote against the government’s second Arms Amendment Bill. “Voting against
National party Press Release: The government’s 2019-2029 Minerals and Petroleum Strategy includes a ban on new mines on conservation land, bypassing the promised consultation process, National’s Energy and Resources spokesperson Jonathan Young says. “The strategy claims the government’s first goal in modernising the Crown Minerals Act will
New Conservative is calling for parliamentary salaries to be linked to the average wage so that any increases are fair and reflect the influence the government is having on the country’s economy. If the economy slumps and the average wage drops, so do MPs’ salaries. Linking salaries to the
National party Press Release: A leaked copy of the government’s Arms Legislation Bill reveals law-abiding firearms owners and gun clubs will be hit hardest, rather than gangs and genuine criminals, National’s Police spokesperson Brett Hudson says. “I’m worried about the path this government is going down on
