I read David Farrar’s article on the above subject with interest. I am one of those people who is probably classed as ‘resistant’ to embracing the use of te reo, and its accelerated prominence in our lives, but the article gave me an opportunity to examine my reasons why.
Nash Acting like a Tourist Rather Than the Tourism Minister After 12 months of neglect our tourism sector needs more than a few hints and ‘maybes’ at what support might come from the Government in the future, National’s Tourism spokesperson Todd McClay says. “Tourism Minister Stuart Nash needs to
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Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Wellington MP Nicola Willis hit the news this week with her claim of feeling unsafe in Wellington’s CBD. I’ve heard this repeatedly in recent weeks. So what’s occurred to suddenly bring about this state of affairs? Nicola knows but being a typical
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Cultural Norm Remember when Maori Affairs Minister Peter Sharples flew secretly to New York to give a speech to the United Nations and sign New Zealand up to a declaration on indigenous rights? It was April 19, 2010, just over a decade ago. Little did the New Zealand people then
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The Green Party appears to be the party for pedos: Nearly 600 child sex offenders will be put back on to the national register after MPs rushed through an urgent, retrospective law change at Parliament. Amendments to the Child Protection (Child Sex Offender Government Agency Registration) Act 2016 were passed
Labour’s lack of solutions to the housing shortage has seen the Government fork out millions in emergency housing grants to some motels and hotels, which are raking it in at the expense of taxpayers. New figures released to National show the ten highest-paid emergency housing providers – a mix
Today’s faces of the day are Knitwits because they are both woolly thinkers. Both are known for spinning yarns and wanting to needle the population. I say that they are very good at pulling the wool over our eyes but others see them as wolves in sheep’s clothing
Today’s GDP result is particularly disappointing because it appears the biggest contributor is the decline in the infrastructure sector, National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly says. “According to Stats NZ 2.9 per cent is the largest annual fall ever in GDP for New Zealand. Construction activity has fallen
