Jim Bolger thought he was secure when he went overseas as Prime Minister, only to be met by my father telling him Jenny Shipley had the numbers to roll him. Chris Hipkins now dances with the same perils as he swans off to the UK.
Claire Trevett has written an article at the NZ Herald about Chris Hipkins, the polls and the chances of being rolled by his caucus while he is away.
Hipkins has stated that he has the confidence of the caucus, but then so did Jim Bolger when he headed off to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in November 1997.
Hager drops a mystery book Tuesday. Gallery sells destiny. The poll charts from 2002 to 2020 say noise. Agitprop in a journalist costume.
Van Velden has lost confidence in FENZ CE Kerry Gregory after a seriously significant file was withheld for a year. SFO sits on a historical levy matter FENZ says is proactive and not Gregory personally. Accountability needs the file. Breach of trust. Then the SFO.
Ngarewa-Packer made the remark after Speaker Maureen Pugh told fellow Te Pāti Māori MP Oriini Kaipara to watch her language in response to her calling the government’s move-on orders “bull crap”.
What the reaction to another Sydney Sweeney advertisement reveals about consistency, power, and political double standards.
Mr Hager is known to be working on a follow up to both Dirty Politics and Dirty Work, entitled Dirty Jokes. A compendium of jokes scrawled on the parliamentary bathroom walls. The mothers of several well-known MPs are said to figure prominently.
Treasury has the deficit at $6.8 billion and next year within $0.8 billion of surplus. It says that is partly inflation lifting the tax take while spending allowances stay fixed, which is how Willis got there with no new taxes.
The latest 1News poll tells us what we’ve known for a while. National can only get back to power through its electorate MPs.
