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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,

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New Offence for Non-disclosure in Child Abuse Cases
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New Offence for Non-disclosure in Child Abuse Cases

Press Release: National Party Opposition Leader Simon Bridges has today announced a National Government would introduce a new offence to criminalise the non-disclosure of information relating to child abuse cases. “As a former Crown Prosecutor and father of three children I know something needs to be done about the

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Justice Minister gets it Completely WRONG on Child Abusers
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Justice Minister gets it Completely WRONG on Child Abusers

Press Release: ACT Party “The Justice Minister has got it completely wrong when it comes to the silence of child abusers”, according to ACT Deputy Leader Beth Houlbrooke. “Andrew Little says New Zealanders wouldn’t accept ending the right to silence and that he won’t compel child abusers to

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Someone is Responsible for Bashed Boy

Someone is Responsible for Bashed Boy

Press Release: New Conservative When a four-year-old boy is so badly bashed that the only two foreseeable options are death or permanent brain injury, then someone must be held accountable. New Conservative have long held the view that parents are responsible for their children, so then in a

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Measles, Coronavirus, Labour & Vote Plantations

Measles, Coronavirus, Labour & Vote Plantations

Press Release: New Conservative A damning report has revealed how a lack of action by this Labour/Green/NZF government enabled the tragic measles outbreak in Samoa last year, where most of those who died were children under the age of fifteen. Children. Since the current Labour government took over

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A Fork in the Road
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A Fork in the Road

Press Release: New Conservative New Conservative has stated that this year’s general election will be the most important in living memory, and we find that the fork in the road that is the Ihumatao situation is part of this. We know that the Ihumatao deal was already signed and

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Labour Deserves to LOSE Every Maori Seat This Year

Labour Deserves to LOSE Every Maori Seat This Year

Press Release: ACT Party “After its dismal performance on Maori issues in government, Labour deserves to lose every single Maori electorate this year”, according to ACT Leader David Seymour. “Labour’s Maori caucus of 13 is a record and the Ministry is almost a third Maori. What have they achieved?

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National Rules Out Working With NZ First
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National Rules Out Working With NZ First

Press Release: National Party National Party Leader Simon Bridges on Sunday ruled out working with NZ First to form a Government after the 2020 election. “A vote for NZ First is a vote for Labour and the Greens,” Mr Bridges says. “National wants New Zealanders to have a clear choice

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Crossing Fingers is NOT a Strategy

Crossing Fingers is NOT a Strategy

Press Release: National Party Further screening needed as outbreak ramps up The World Health Organisation’s decision to declare the coronavirus outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern reinforces National’s call for the Government to increase its efforts to prevent the spread of the virus to New Zealand,

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