Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com On Monday, Roy Morgan, Australia’s longest running independent market research company, published the results of its June survey of New Zealand political opinion under the headline “Is the COVID-19 ‘honeymoon’ over for PM Jacinda Ardern?” The poll of 951 Kiwi voters showed waning support
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Last Friday the Minister of Justice Kris Faafoi announced that the next step in the Government’s plan to introduce hate speech laws would be two public consultation processes – the first seeking feedback on their legislative proposals, and the second asking how to build a
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com A slow-moving coup is underway in New Zealand. Unlike most coups, the transfer of power through non-democratic means that’s taking place is being orchestrated by the Prime Minister. Under the guise of implementing the United Nations Declaration of Indigenous Peoples, Jacinda Ardern is planning
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Last year Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern declared a “climate emergency” in New Zealand. Now, in response to the Climate Commission’s report outlining how New Zealand should reduce greenhouse gas emissions to meet its United Nations Paris Accord targets, she’s claiming climate change is
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com “It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time.” President Abraham Lincoln When Jacinda
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com In their report Towards a Better Democracy, the 1986 Labour Government’s Royal Commission into the Electoral System, not only recommended changing our voting system to MMP, but they raised a number of other important constitutional matters. One that is particularly relevant to our present
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Budget 2021 was the most political budget we have seen in recent years. From the new railway assembly workshops in Dunedin – to keep the trade unions happy – to the major income boosts for beneficiaries of up to $55 a week, it represented a major payback
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com If organisers can collect sufficient valid signatures, California’s Governor, Gavin Newsom, faces the possibility of being removed from office by electors in the middle of his four-year term – through a “recall election”. Introduced in 1911, recall elections give voters a right of veto against
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce President, her background is in business and education. A bombshell ruling from the
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com “Democratic government can accommodate Maori political aspiration in many ways. It can allocate resources in ways which reflect the particular interests of Maori people. It can delegate authority, and allow the exercise of degrees of Maori autonomy. What it cannot do is acknowledge the existence
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com “The splintering of New Zealand from Five Eyes on the question of how to address China is a sad consequence of Beijing’s enduring strategy to coerce and undermine the vital partnerships between liberal democratic states… It is appropriate we debate this in the wake
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com “Totalitarianism: form of government that theoretically permits no individual freedom and that seeks to subordinate all aspects of individual life to the authority of the state.” – Encyclopaedia Britannica Under Jacinda Ardern’s stewardship, New Zealand is becoming a totalitarian state. Another giant leap down that
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com “Resources include flora; fauna; aquatic life; minerals and petroleum; rivers; water; and air. It also includes associated values such as biodiversity. Across all resources we support Maori having influence. Maori receive royalties for the use of particular resources such as water, petroleum and minerals.” Vision
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Last week’s housing announcement was a shocking indictment of Jacinda Ardern’s Labour Government. Without taking official advice and without assessing the economic and social costs of their actions, they have made fundamental changes to the residential property investment market and turned back the
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com “The United Nations Indigenous Peoples Declaration… is the final step on the road to separatism. This is the road to Zimbabwe.” Winston Peters, 2011 A recent report produced by the Ministry for Maori Development outlining a plan for implementing the United Nations Declaration on the
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com We all know politicians engage in propaganda. But most don’t admit it. Not so Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Desperate to avoid allegations of mismanagement over Auckland’s bungled lockdowns, she began lashing out, claiming individuals have been knowingly spreading the virus – including a young
