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Kainga Ora Gang Members: Boot Them Out
NZ

Kainga Ora Gang Members: Boot Them Out

Winston Peters Leader NZ First NZ First Media The case of an elderly couple being abused, threatened, and intimidated by feral gang members at a next-door state house this week unfortunately is not an uncommon event,” says Winston Peters Leader of New Zealand First. “The frequency of these types of

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Labour Must Delay Disposal of 600,000 Books to Internet Archive

Despite opposition from a large number of authors and publishers around New Zealand and overseas, this government is pushing through a deal with the Internet Archive to clean its hands of 600,000 books from The National Library’s Overseas Published Collection on the ‘deadline’ of 1 December 2021, says

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Simon Bridges Demoted Following Complaint

Simon Bridges Demoted Following Complaint

This evening, with unanimous support of the board of the National Party, Simon Bridges, Member for Tauranga, has been demoted and relieved of his portfolio responsibilities. The decision follows an allegation of serious misconduct relating to Simon Bridges’ interaction with a caucus colleague. The case relates to comments made by

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National Launches First Step to World-Class Tech Sector

Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says technology will create exciting careers and higher paying jobs and has the potential to transform the New Zealand economy. The National Party has today launched an issues paper entitled Growing the Technology Sector as part of its Big Fixes plan to develop solutions

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PM Sows More Uncertainty

PM Sows More Uncertainty

That the Prime Minister can’t answer even basic questions about her Government’s traffic light system is cause for major concern, says Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins. When asked what the criteria were for moving from one traffic light colour to another, the Prime Minister was unable to

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1461 Forced Out of Their Jobs

Adrienne Perry TAS District Health Boards have released updated information about staff who are unable to continue working at DHBs because they did not receive their first COVID-19 vaccination by 11.59 pm 15  November. As of 9.00 am 22 November, about 1.8 % of the 20 DHB total

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New Law a Roadblock to Racial Equality
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New Law a Roadblock to Racial Equality

NZ First Party “Legislation passed that allows illegal iwi roadblocks to now become legal is pure legislative separatism,” says Winston Peters Leader of New Zealand First. “Not only does it allow the government to continue their dangerous separatist agenda, it makes a mockery of the policing system in New Zealand.

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Choose the Option That Doesn’t Divide Us

Choose the Option That Doesn’t Divide Us

Family First Kalandra The petition “Don’t Divide Us.nz” has now reached 70,000 signatures. Launched two weeks ago, the petition says “We oppose the ‘no jab no job’ policy, which will create a divided New Zealand. We call on the Government to allow the use of COVID rapid

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Allow Aussie travel for Christmas, Prime Minister
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Allow Aussie travel for Christmas, Prime Minister

If the Prime Minister won’t heed the calls of the nearly 100,000 people who have signed National’s petition to end MIQ right now then she should at least open the Trans-Tasman Bubble for Christmas, says Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins. MIQ is a lottery of human

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Freedom of Speech and NZ Bill of Rights on Trial

Freedom of Speech and NZ Bill of Rights on Trial

The Freedoms & Rights Coalition Team The New Zealand Police have summoned Brian Tamaki and his wife Hannah Tamaki to front at the Auckland Central Police station this morning at 9.30 am due to them speaking at Auckland’s National Compassion Day last Saturday 20th November 2021 at the

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Traffic Lights to Become Law without Any Scrutiny

The Government’s intention to ram through the traffic light framework legislation under urgency this week with no opportunity for public consultation is an outrageous abuse of power, says National’s Covid spokesperson Chris Bishop. The Prime Minister announced the traffic light framework on Friday, October 22 but, exactly a

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Vaccine Choice: Freedom, Liberty, and Personal Responsibility
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Vaccine Choice: Freedom, Liberty, and Personal Responsibility

Winston Peters Leader of New Zealand First “The manner of the slow vaccine rollout will not help our society if the current legal and constitutional overreach ends up removing New Zealander’s freedom of choice,” says Winston Peters Leader of New Zealand First. “All the international evidence and best practice

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Why Some of Our Finest Teachers Left

Why Some of Our Finest Teachers Left

Mike Shaw NZTSOS Inc. “This heartless Government may not be interested in why thousands of educators across the country are laying down their careers after decades in education, but we sure do” said Mike Shaw Spokesperson for NZTSOS Inc. NZTSOS Inc. says the results from its Educational Mandate Snapshot Survey

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Strong Support For Testing To Keep Jobs – Poll

Strong Support For Testing To Keep Jobs – Poll

Family First A nationwide poll has found significant support from New Zealanders for regular testing to be allowed as an option so that kiwis can keep their jobs. In the poll of 1,000 New Zealanders surveyed by Curia Market Research, respondents were first asked: Do you support or oppose

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Government Eviction Ban Breaks the Law
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Government Eviction Ban Breaks the Law

The Government must urgently direct Kainga Ora to drop its state house eviction ban which breaches its obligations as a landlord and is resulting in the victimisation of innocent neighbours, National’s spokesperson for Housing and Urban Development Nicola Willis says. Despite Minister Williams’ misleading denials, documents I have obtained

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Government Ducks Questions about the Looming Summer of Chaos
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Government Ducks Questions about the Looming Summer of Chaos

The Government continues to duck simple questions about how its stop-and-check travel restrictions are supposed to work in practice, including how long Aucklanders will have to queue at the border to go on holiday, says Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins. Answering questions on behalf of the Prime Minister, Covid

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