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Democracy is an Essential Service
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Democracy is an Essential Service

Press Release: ACT Party “The Government’s move to adjourn Parliament while assuming extraordinary new powers is misguided”, according to ACT Leader David Seymour. “Although the Business Committee today came to a compromise that will allow the Opposition to continue to hold the Government to account, it’s worrying that

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Go to Alert 4 Now – for Our Children’s Sake

Go to Alert 4 Now – for Our Children’s Sake

Press Release: New Conservative New Conservative joins the many experts in their fields and is calling for the Government to immediately implement Covid-19 Alert 4. On Sunday alone, Auckland had 4 schools linked to Covid-19. Today, a call to Government to go to Alert 4 and close all schools and

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The Mortal End of a Kind of ‘Kind’ Government
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The Mortal End of a Kind of ‘Kind’ Government

Press Release: New Conservative Dismembering a live baby with or without sedation can never be classified as kind. Brutal?  Yes. Repugnant?  Yes. Inhumane?  Yes. Kind?  No! Leaving a living baby on a cold stainless steel bench to die does not qualify as kind either, yet this government has rejected requiring

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Late Night Police Visits, Raids on Conservatives, Increasing

Late Night Police Visits, Raids on Conservatives, Increasing

Press Release: New Conservative According to an article released this week, late Saturday night on the eve of the commemoration of the Christchurch massacre, a firearms licence holder was visited and interrogated by armed police at his home, and segregated from his family when they returned home later. He was

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NEW Commissioner of Police Appointed
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NEW Commissioner of Police Appointed

Press Release Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern Hon Stuart Nash Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today announced the appointment of Andrew Coster as the next Commissioner of Police. “Andrew takes up this leadership role at a time when the Government is making our communities safer by adding 2,000 new police officers

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The BFD Faces of the Day

The BFD Faces of the Day

Press Release: Embassy of Israel in New Zealand Wellington, 5 March 2020 An Agreement on Cooperation in Technological Innovation, Research and Development was signed today (5 March 2020) between the Government of the State of Israel and the Government of New Zealand resulting to pursue a sustained effort to promote

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Things that Make Me Go Hmm
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Things that Make Me Go Hmm

Press Release: New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union Green Party Backbenchers Spend MOST On Flights The Parliamentary expense disclosure released today shows that, on average, Green Party list MPs are outspending list MPs in all other parties on air travel. On average, the list MPs from the Greens are spending more than

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STOP the War on Tenancies

STOP the War on Tenancies

Press Release: Stop the War on Tenancies New Zealand’s 290,000 rental property owners should resist radical changes to the Residential Tenancies Act both by submission and by vote in this year’s election, Tenancies War spokesman Mike Butler said on Sunday. The current government has the despicable habit

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Blatant Attack on PRIVATE Property Rights
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Blatant Attack on PRIVATE Property Rights

Press Release: New Conservative New Conservative is extremely concerned over what is tantamount to the confiscation by government of private land, without compensation. Taranaki farmers and landowners have had portions of their properties classed as “Significant Natural Areas” (SNA). This places extraordinary conditions on the use and development of land

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Free Press: NZ Property Rights Under Threat
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Free Press: NZ Property Rights Under Threat

Press Release: ACT Party The basis of nearly everything Planning a better tomorrow, and carrying your plans out – there’s not much meaning left in life if you can’t do these things. Unless you’re a nudist, your plan probably involves property, so it’s hard to carry out

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Housing: Immigration Freeze, NOT Rent Freeze Required
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Housing: Immigration Freeze, NOT Rent Freeze Required

Press Release: New Conservative Since 2017 New Conservative has been calling for net zero immigration until our housing stocks meet demand. Immigrants must prove they are financially independent so they have the means to pay higher rents which forces those at the bottom of the rent chain to drop off.

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Official Advice: New Tenancy Law will INCREASE Rents
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Official Advice: New Tenancy Law will INCREASE Rents

Press Release: ACT Party “The Ministry of Housing and Urban Development has told the Government that its new tenancy law will increase rents in the middle of a housing crisis”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. The Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill has its first reading in Parliament yesterday. “The bill’s

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Thousands of Jobs at RISK as Government takes Aim at Film Industry

Thousands of Jobs at RISK as Government takes Aim at Film Industry

Press Release: National Party The Government’s proposals for more regulation in New Zealand’s film industry will put jobs at risk, National’s Workplace Relations and Safety spokesperson Todd McClay says. “Labour, the Greens and New Zealand First are seeking to repeal National’s legislation governing the film industry

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‘Spoke Up Now Set Up’

‘Spoke Up Now Set Up’

Press Release: Jami-Lee Ross Statement of Jami-Lee Ross 19 February 2020 Just like donations to political parties, the justice system should be open and transparent. That is what I believe and have sought. Until now, however, I have been unable to make a public statement regarding these allegations, despite wanting

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