Hipkins Wrote The Rule, Then Called It Racism
Hipkins ruled Greens and Te Pāti Māori out of police and corrections over the Mob pad photos. His own Tāmaki Makaurau candidate quit after a Mob video. Then he called the reaction racist and left her name on the ballot.
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Quick Hit: The Greens’ Plan In Numbers
The Greens promise $3b more for health at each of four budgets, a surplus a year later and $26.6b more debt by 2030/31, paid for with nearly $29b in new taxes. The Taxpayers’ Union says 17 other promises, worth $176.4b, are missing from the plan.
Quick Hit: What the Court Actually Said
The High Court struck down the puberty blocker ban on consultation and discrimination grounds. It also found the minister had a rational basis to act, made his own decision and did not act for an NZ First purpose.
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John Minto posted photos of two visiting Israelis and told people to go and confront them. His party has $82,011 of your money to spend on broadcasting.
Quick Hit: An Overhang Is Not Cheating
Luxon and Hipkins both said engineering an overhang is cheating. The Electoral Commission says it is how MMP works, and parliament has had one in five of the last seven terms.
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Quick Hit: The Greens’ Plan In Numbers
The Greens promise $3b more for health at each of four budgets, a surplus a year later and $26.6b more debt by 2030/31, paid for with nearly $29b in new taxes. The Taxpayers’ Union says 17 other promises, worth $176.4b, are missing from the plan.
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‘Candidates are responsible for their own choices, and when they fall short of the standard I expect, I will hold them to account’ – Hipkins
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The word for today is… sophisticated (adjective) - 1: deprived of native or original simplicity: such as a: highly complicated or developed : complex b: having a refined knowledge of the ways of the world cultivated especially through wide experience 2: devoid of grossness: such as a: finely experienced and aware b: