It is so nice to read of a legal case where there is a fair outcome as in my experience often it is the person with the deepest pockets who wins not the person who was in the right. In this case the mother’s will was crystal clear about
Hon Judith Collins judithcollins.national.org.nz It is great to know that many people in Australia and New Zealand are going to be free of the travel restrictions of the past year by mid-April. I know that many of you supported my petition to the government to have
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An opinion piece by Claire Trevett in Thursday’s Herald was very revealing. Revealing in the sense that she seems to know a lot about what is going on behind the scenes in the National Party. Reading her article one could be forgiven for thinking she knows more than the
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com “Resources include flora; fauna; aquatic life; minerals and petroleum; rivers; water; and air. It also includes associated values such as biodiversity. Across all resources we support Maori having influence. Maori receive royalties for the use of particular resources such as water, petroleum and minerals.” Vision
Simon Bridges walked right into this one, chin out: He and his pal Chris Luxon might be whispering sweet nothings into the ear of Claire Trevett, but many in caucus well remember his toxic legacy the last time he was leader.
Covid: India travel ban Luke Malpass (Stuff): Is the the ‘temporary’ India travel ban proportional or a massive overreaction? Keith Lynch (Stuff): What the numbers say about the India travel ban 1News: Michael Baker says halting arrivals from India ‘absolutely right thing to do’ 1News: Temporarily halting travellers from India
On Wednesday Chris Bishop got Chris Hipkins on record regarding New Zealand’s pedestrian vaccine rollout. Hipkins advised on questioning by Bishop that he hadn’t received or seen a document written about the vaccine rollout in late January. Chris Bishop: Is he aware that the document I have just
Megan Woods is Nincompoop of the day for questioning whether electricity prices are too high and suggesting government intervention in the market when it was government intervention that contributed to the increase in the first place! Energy Minister Megan Woods is seeking advice about whether wholesale electricity prices are too
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