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Christopher Luxon – Serious Risks in Three Waters Reform

While the problems and case for change when it comes to our three waters is clear, the Government’s proposed solution is already fraught with serious risks, National’s Local Government spokesperson Christopher Luxon says. “The Government seems to be forging ahead with a plan to create four to five

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Matt Doocey – Urgent Support Needed for Eating Disorder Services

Matt Doocey – Urgent Support Needed for Eating Disorder Services

People of all ages throughout New Zealand are suffering due to a lack of treatment available for eating disorders, National’s Mental Health spokesperson Matt Doocey says. Tomorrow Mr Doocey will accept a petition from Rebecca Tomms who is advocating for more expert care and subsidy assistance for young people

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Chris Bishop – Labour Once Again Stops COVID Scrutiny

Chris Bishop – Labour Once Again Stops COVID Scrutiny

Labour’s repeated refusal to allow senior officials to be questioned before Parliament’s Health Select Committee is an abuse of power, National’s Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “For the third Parliamentary sitting week in a row Labour MPs on the Health Select Committee have voted against a National

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Professor Philip Joseph Joins Free Speech Court Case

Professor Philip Joseph Joins Free Speech Court Case

Free Speech Union Because the issues are so important, Professor Philip Joseph, the author of New Zealand’s leading textbook on Constitutional and Administrative Law, has volunteered to support the Free Speech Union’s lead barrister Jack Hodder QC before the Supreme Court in its appeal relating to the banning

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Simeon Brown – Gangs Need Consequences, Not Cups of Tea

Simeon Brown – Gangs Need Consequences, Not Cups of Tea

Revelations Associate Justice Minister Willie Jackson met with the Mongrel Mob at gang headquarters and Black Power in the Beehive on multiple occasions indicate that, far from hostile, Government relations with gangs are practically friendly, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “Gangs are recruiting faster than the police, violent

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Pharmac Petition Tabled at Parliament

Pharmac Petition Tabled at Parliament

Brooke van Velden ACT’s Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson A petition with more than 100,000 signatures has today been tabled at Parliament after being accepted by ACT’s Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “This petition shows how strongly New Zealanders feel about overhauling PHARMAC and

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Green Party Launches Petition for Publicly-Owned Public Transport
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Green Party Launches Petition for Publicly-Owned Public Transport

Julie Anne Genter Green Party The Green Party is launching a petition calling on the Government to remove legislative barriers to public ownership of our public transport depots, vehicles and services. “Public transport is an essential service, and it makes sense for it to be publicly owned,” says Green Party

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Seven Out of Ten New Zealand School Students Found Home Learning during Lockdown Better, or the Same, as Learning in School Normally.

CensusAtSchool Co-director Rachel Cunliffe Seven out of ten New Zealand school students say that learning at home was the same or better during lockdown compared to learning in school normally, the latest results of a nationwide survey suggests. The insight comes from CensusAtSchool TataurangaKiTeKura, a non-profit, online educational project that

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Council Insolence Means Free Speech Union (NZ) Appeals to the Supreme Court in the Goff ‘Divisive Speaker’ Case – Despite Important Gains in the Court of Appeal

Council Insolence Means Free Speech Union (NZ) Appeals to the Supreme Court in the Goff ‘Divisive Speaker’ Case – Despite Important Gains in the Court of Appeal

The Free Speech Union is announcing its support of an appeal to the Supreme Court, of parts of last month’s Court of Appeal decision in the Goff “divisive speaker ban” case. Last month, the Court of Appeal told Auckland Council it could not hide from human rights law behind

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Dr Nick Smith – Nick Smith to Retire from Parliament
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Dr Nick Smith – Nick Smith to Retire from Parliament

National MP Nick Smith has announced he will retire from Parliament on 10 June at the end of the current Parliamentary sitting block. “I have decided to retire for personal and professional reasons, including a current Parliamentary Services inquiry into an employment issue. “I was disappointed to lose the Nelson

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Christchurch City Library Ban of Feminist Group Illegal

Christchurch City Library Ban of Feminist Group Illegal

Dane Giraud Free Speech Union The Free Speech Union is writing a ‘please explain’ to Christchurch City Council and its libraries after the feminist group ‘Speak-up for Women’ was banned from holding an event to discuss a controversial piece of legislation relating to sex identification. “This decision totally ignores the

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Melissa Lee – Cyber Threats a Greater Risk under Labour

Melissa Lee – Cyber Threats a Greater Risk under Labour

Labour’s Broken Compass Budget has failed to address the growing critical threats to New Zealand’s digital infrastructure, National’s spokesperson for Digital Economy and Communications Melissa Lee says. “We only have to look at what’s happening to the Waikato DHB to know how important it is to

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