Politicians mirror our preferences. Even non-participation, such as apathy or failing to vote, allows extreme adherents to dictate outcomes. This is the hard truth of representative government: change is slow because the system reflects us, as a people.
As election year is upon us, we must all demand real reform of both the RMA and Local Government.
In election year it is time to wake up lazy political aspirants. Quiz them. Do they know what they are signing up to if they talk about “Te Tiriti”?
The thought of all the other motorists on the street competing to get to that lamppost first every night and the aggro which will undoubtedly follow is frightening.
The betrayal of innocence as 13-yr-old Christian girl abducted, raped and forced into Islamic marriage.
Despite approving a major policy shift, the CDC continues to distribute vaccine information it knows is no longer accurate – denying people informed consent.
These lop-sided public and political pressures commonly cause central banks to ease off on inflation too early. Jarring policy reversals are then needed.
Labour and Te Pāti Māori competed in the drama stakes airing their dirty laundry.
‘No place in cabinet’. There’s the wriggle room explicated. Still allows Hipkins to have the Māori Party join him in a coalition.
Criticisms of Collins’ appointment as Law Commission president are selective and hypocritical. The Law Commission needs to be put back on track and King’s Counsel Collins is the right person to do that.
He died in 1905. Lewis called him the closest writer to the Spirit of Christ. The church buried him anyway.
American allies are turning away from American military suppliers.
Ireland’s sexual offence rate is 43 per cent above the EU average.
Satire/Parody: Pavlova Post blends real headlines with made-up jokes – not factual reporting.
