“Please wake up, New Zealanders.”
Summarised by Centrist
Pro-democracy group New Zealand Values Alliance has submitted a petition to Parliament, urging an inquiry into Chinese interference in New Zealand and the Pacific. Freeman Yu presented the petition, signed by over 1,000 people, to ACT MP Laura McClure, warning of foreign influence eroding democracy and security. “Please wake up, New Zealanders,” Yu said, highlighting the Chinese community’s safety concerns.
The Advertising Standards Authority became involved after a voter complained that National was misleading people by claiming Labour’s proposed capital gains tax would hit small businesses and KiwiSaver.
Green MP Tamatha Paul physically pushed back an attendee and repeatedly ordered him to “get out” as he attempted to question former health minister Ayesha Verrall following a Wellington candidates’ meeting.
The Electoral Commission has used the Green Party’s election slogan, “For all of us”, in an official enrolment advertisement, then dismissed concerns about political neutrality by calling it a “common phrase”.
Police repeatedly withheld information about an Electoral Commission referral involving Te Pāti Māori by saying an investigation was active.
A purchaser may prefer the security of leaving the deposit in trust, while a vendor may need early access to complete a linked purchase. Where both sides are properly informed and voluntarily agree, the state should not make that bargain more difficult.
This is not a race we can afford to lose.
