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Andrew Bayly – Only One of the 231 Shovel-Ready Projects Completed
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Andrew Bayly – Only One of the 231 Shovel-Ready Projects Completed

Of the 231 shovel-ready projects Infrastructure Minister Grant Robertson announced to much fanfare last year, only one project has been completed, National’s Infrastructure spokesperson Andrew Bayly says. “It has been has been 12 months since the shovel-ready infrastructure projects were announced. By most normal definitions of the

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Free Lunch Farce

Free Lunch Farce

David Seymour ACT Leader The Government needs to start looking at evidence and data before it rushes out a policy that is nothing more than a marketing campaign. The Waikato Times has revealed that up to 1500 lunches from Labour’s free school lunches programme are going to waste each

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Chris Bishop – Labour Blocks COVID Scrutiny

Chris Bishop – Labour Blocks COVID Scrutiny

The Government that said it would be the most open and transparent ever has once again done the exact opposite, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. After the debacle of last month’s Health Select Committee hearing which saw it filled with endless explanations about the end-

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Manawatu District Council Must Not Defer Maori Wards to 2024
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Manawatu District Council Must Not Defer Maori Wards to 2024

Teanau Tuiono Green Party MP A successful hikoi in Manawatu has challenged the decision by the Manawatu District Council to defer introducing Maori Wards to 2024. “Today I walked with iwi, hapu and whanau from across the Manawatu to protest against Manawatu District Council deferring of Maori wards to 2024”

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Once Again: Why Police Need Body-Cams

Once Again: Why Police Need Body-Cams

Darroch Ball Co-Leader/Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust Sensible Sentencing Trust is once again calling for the government to introduce bodycams for all frontline officers with yet another short clip of an arrest bringing accusations of police brutality. “The trial by social media has begun again with shortened cell-phone

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Newsflash: Gangs Don’t Care about Any Gun Laws

Newsflash: Gangs Don’t Care about Any Gun Laws

Darroch Ball Co-Leader/Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust The government has announced the introduction of ‘Firearm Prohibition Orders’(FPO) which in a nutshell is telling criminals who don’t care about the laws, that there are more laws in place to not care about, says Darroch Ball co-leader of

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Erica Stanford – Another Blow to Migrant Workers
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Erica Stanford – Another Blow to Migrant Workers

The Government’s announcement to open up MIQ spots for thousands of additional migrant workers is another kick in the guts for migrants already in New Zealand and waiting to reunite with their families, National’s Immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “While the announcement of additional construction workers is good

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Simeon Brown – Violent Crims Require a Tougher Response

Simeon Brown – Violent Crims Require a Tougher Response

After years of calling for Firearm Prohibition Orders against violent gang members to be implemented, the Government is finally listening, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “We still have questions regarding the Government’s proposal, such as whether its policy will include additional search powers against those who have

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Jacqui Dean – DOC Quietly Puts Iwi Land Consultation on Hold

Jacqui Dean – DOC Quietly Puts Iwi Land Consultation on Hold

The Government has suddenly placed consultations with iwi on how the Department of Conservation can give better effect to the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi, on-hold following National releasing the draft recommendations last week. “Neither the Prime Minister nor the Minister of Conservation have addressed the recommendations that

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yellow plastic bucket on brown sand near body of water during daytime
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Brash: Flawed Judgment Will Lead to Coastal Give-Away

Don Brash                   Hobson’s Pledge Trust hobsonspledge.nz Using flawed reasoning to give 44km of the Bay of Plenty coastal and marine area to a few private individuals and groups is not what is expected of the High Court of New Zealand, Hobson’s Pledge spokesman Don Brash said yesterday.

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Mighty Ape’s Book Bans Show Contempt toward Kiwis

Mighty Ape’s Book Bans Show Contempt toward Kiwis

Dane Giraud Free Speech Union The Free Speech Union says Mighty Ape’s decision to ban books on transgender issues shows contempt towards New Zealanders and our ability to arrive at informed opinions.  It has today [ 10th May] written a public letter to the company’s founder calling for the

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Nicola Willis – State Housing Register Continues to Climb
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Nicola Willis – State Housing Register Continues to Climb

Our public housing system is at breaking point with yet another record high number of New Zealanders waiting for a state house, National’s Housing spokesperson Nicola Willis says. The latest figures just released for the month of February show there are 23,259 people waiting for public housing, four

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Government Fair Pay Agreement Proposal Will Harm Workers and Consumers

Government Fair Pay Agreement Proposal Will Harm Workers and Consumers

Roger Partridge nzinitiative.org.nz The Government’s proposal announced Friday, May 7th to impose compulsory industry-wide collective bargaining on employees and employers without their agreement or even their participation will harm everyone but unions,” said Roger Partridge, chair of The New Zealand Initiative. Partridge said The New Zealand

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