Councils are licking their lips over a lolly scramble of free government money for “shovel-ready” projects. Of course, there is no such thing as free money, so alarm bells should start ringing for any rational observer. We need to take a closer look at this before we, the taxpayers, are
At 1.8% in the latest poll it is hard to see New Zealand First reaching the 5% threshold between now and September 12, that’s about ten weeks. There are some who are saying that he shouldn’t be written off and, if history is anything to go by,
Finally, after 6 weeks of almost nonstop rain, we had a beautiful sunny weekend in the Valley. Summer has finally decided to turn up, even if just for a couple of days. However, the tourists stayed away. The place is deserted. There is one simple reason for that. Presidential Elections
Election Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Elections are meant to be a contest of ideas, but 2020 is in danger of being hijacked by the intolerant mob Bryce Edwards (Guardian): We are in a period of great political volatility – the New Zealand election is far from decided Audrey Young (Herald): National is
Jacinda travelled to Queenstown last week to announce $85 million of government funding, aimed at assisting the town’s Town Centre project and also to help fund stage one of Queenstown’s Arterials projects. These projects are not of immediate assistance to the tourism sector, but will be funded partly
Information Satire Some of the Wild COVID gang have escaped from The lock-up in Missie Ardern’s Saloon. Some of them have been rounded up but not all. Apparently there were earlier escapes as well. My Marshall Woodhouse has revealed this to the townspeople but they are still very worried
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com New Zealand’s COVID-19 free status was short-lived. The team of 5 million is being badly let down by government incompetence at the borders. While bureaucratic ineptitude is nothing new, given the personal sacrifices that everyone was required to make during the lockdown, the stakes
IINZ News israelinstitute.nz Welcome to the Israel Institute of New Zealand 2020 Voters’ Guide. Our first guide was in 2017 and this one was also compiled after we wrote to all MPs asking for their and their party positions on Israel. Selected MPs Alfred Ngaro re-started the New Zealand-Israel
Welcome to the Israel Institute of New Zealand 2020 Voters’ Guide. Our first guide was in 2017 and this one was also compiled after we wrote to all MPs asking for their and their party positions on Israel. Opposes NZ funding extremism New Conservatives have committed to NZ withdrawing funding
The Government is planning on a second media handout “Support package” before the election. Mainstream media, like businesses everywhere in New Zealand, have lost a huge amount of revenue. However, mainstream media, unlike every other small or large business, are being given government money to help make up for that
Michael Dowling Chairman Council of Licenced Firearms Owners Yesterday afternoon Justice Cooke issued his judgment on our High Court Judicial Review case. While this is not a clear win Justice Cooke’s comments are a significant endorsement of many of our principle-based arguments. The Judge was clearly sympathetic to our
