We are running another yet fantastic book giveaway for our subscribers. The prizes are copies of Keith Mexsom’s latest book Gas Pedal to Back-Pedal – The Second Century of Auckland Transport which is Part Two of a planned trilogy that builds on the founding and development of Auckland’s transport
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ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour. “A Ministry of Health graph drawn by a graphic designer with no data to inform it is the perfect metaphor for this Government, all spin and no substance,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Like most things with this government, they present a nice picture
Owen Jennings I remember my father talking of surviving during the great 1929 depression. Meals consisted of what they could grow – often a carrot, a spud and an onion. No credit at the local shop. No new clothes, no car, homemade everything. People knocking on doors asking for food and
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Labour ministers are fast developing a reputation for shooting off at the mouth and getting things wrong as a result. Jacinda Ardern has attacked two lowly paid workers as she seeks to shift blame from lackadaisical border controls. The Police Minister blamed gangs rather than her own department for the
Banning “hate” against religion is a return to our recently vaporised blasphemy laws, but with more teeth. While many liberals, libertarians, and even some conservatives cheered on Andrew Little’s repeal of our old (unused) blasphemy laws in 2019, I urged caution. Nature abhors a vacuum. A society must have
Dr David Cumin Spokesperson Free Speech Coalition This is rather urgent. What the Government is proposing on hate speech laws is, frankly, scary. I’m writing to ask for your urgent support so we can stop it. The Newsroom website (for Newsroom subscribers only) has obtained the Cabinet Paper put
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The apple industry is pleading for help as thousands of tonnes of fruit go to waste, devastating growers. Due to a severe labour shortage, huge volumes of apples have been left on trees this season and the industry is predicting losses of more than $600 million to provincial economies. Stuff
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce President, her background is in business and education. We need to face facts.
National Party leadership Matthew Hooton (Herald): My message to National – and how to avoid another leadership fiasco (paywalled) Peter Dunne: National needs to sort out what it stands for before it thinks about leadership Grant Duncan: The National Party’s leadership woes Government Richard Harman: So Grant, what’s next?
It looks like Jacinda Ardern‘s loose lips in Parliament have smeared yet another minimum wage worker: First Security says the Government has misrepresented its efforts to ensure its managed isolation workers are getting regular Covid-19 surveillance tests. The company, contracted to provide security guards to some managed isolation and
