Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio, tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under
Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 It’s probably a bit early to answer that question definitively because as I write we know only two of the candidates from major parties, those for ACT
Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 Not many months after the 2020 election freed the Labour Party from the constraints that New Zealand First had placed on them between 2017 and 2020, the Government
Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Was political corruption involved in the dishing out of millions of dollars by government ministers to tourism businesses? We can’t know, because the Government didn’t keep sufficient records or have proper processes for the handouts. That’s the obvious question arising from a scathing
Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura Vaccine mandates will eventually end, but will the divisions in society created by Covid restrictions be as easily overcome? What steps do you think we need to take as a society to heal? Stuff ** The below article is Stuart Smith’s response to the above
Lindsay Mitchell bassettbrashandhide.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio, tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under commission
Dr Lawrie Knight MSc (Hons) MBChB bassettbrashandhide.com Lawrie Knight is a doctor and former All-Black. The following is an abridged version of his submission to the select committee considering Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill. The original version can be viewed here. Warning Long Read. 3935 words. A decision
Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz The chaos, disruption and suffering brought about by Covid is far from over, but there’s now a sense that, politically, the virus has finished. The pandemic has dominated the political agenda for two years, and with yesterday’s announcement of a significant loosening of restrictions,
Richard Prebble bassettbrashandhide.com Richard Prebble CBE is a former member of the New Zealand Parliament. Initially a member of the Labour Party, he joined the newly formed ACT New Zealand party under Roger Douglas in 1996, becoming its leader from 1996 to 2004. Labour is heading for a landslide
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio, tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under
Karl Du Fresne karldufresne.blogspot.com I spent a couple of hours wandering the streets of downtown Wellington this week. What a dismal experience. Actually, it was worse than dismal. It was profoundly depressing. The city where I spent most of my working life looks as if it has lost
Rodney Hide bassettbrashandhide.com Rodney Hide is former ACT Party leader, and Minister in the National-ACT Government from 2008 to 2011 New Zealand has unravelled. The values and knowledge that underpin a free and prosperous society have been turned inside out, upside down and trashed. It has happened overnight
Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz The Government has delayed the introduction of its fraught hate speech law reforms, and there’s strong speculation they’ll remain on ice until after the next election. In fact, they may never see the light of day again. This is a win for those who
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com The term “co-governance” trips off ministerial tongues with ease but it’s clear most people don’t know what it means. Nanaia Mahuta would have us believe it simply means that Maori would be guaranteed some sort of undefined say in decision-making. Fair-minded
Bryce Edwards Victoria University Of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Bridges’ departure leaves National with plenty of problems. Losing any high-calibre frontbench politician is unfortunate, but particularly when the caucus is so lacking in experience. With a newbie like Luxon at the helm, it was highly advantageous to
Bryce Edwards Victoria University Of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Last week’s shock 1News opinion poll was the final indication, if Bridges needed it, that his chances of eventually taking back the leadership and becoming PM were slim to none. Any feeling that it was worth waiting around
