Parliament, and end of year reviews Chris Trotter (Interest): How the state was reclaimed for the people Richard Shaw (The Conversation): 2020 hindsight: can New Zealand apply the political lessons of COVID-19 in the year ahead? ‘Stuff political reporters’ (Stuff): How good were our political predictions for 2020? Well
IINZ israelinstitute.nz Many things changed in 2020 all around the world. However, the disproportionate attack on Israel at the United Nations continued. There were 17 resolutions passed by the General Assembly that singled out the Jewish state, while only 8 other countries were mentioned in 7 other resolutions. Those
Parliament, and end of year reviews Claire Robinson (Guardian): Jacinda Ardern should make Speaker Trevor Mallard pay the price for his costly ‘mistake’ Tova O’Brien (Guardian): It’s been an ugly year for New Zealand politics but there are grounds for optimism in 2021 Henry Cooke (Stuff): Green Party
A New Zealand-born boy embroiled in an international tug-of-love is looking forward to celebrating his first real Kiwi Christmas. Eighteen months ago, Dylan Laybourn, 13, was reunited with his father Bruce and older sister Gerry, but they didn’t get to celebrate with all the family. “For
December 19th 2020 A different kind of disaster became imminent following on from my letter of two days ago. Below is a picture of the Fowey river at Lostwithiel, Cornwall in normal times. Last night we stayed indoors, sheltering from the torrential rain and being told about even heavier rain
Karl D. Stephanro mercatornet.com Faithful Muslims are required to pray five times a day, facing toward Mecca. In our smartphone era, it was only a matter of time before someone came up with an app that reminds the Muslim user that it’s time to pray, and conveniently uses
Ihumatao deal RNZ: Ihumatao: SOUL marks the beginning of the end 1News: Ihumatao protest leader celebrates land deal with Government, but not sold on housing proposals NZ Herald: Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson denies Ihumatao will spark more deals for private land RNZ: At Ihumatao after the breakthrough: Relief, exhaustion
The Government is using taxpayers to pay off protestors, only to get fewer houses built. Bad news for Kiwis hoping for more housing, bad news for our full and final Treaty settlements and sets a very dangerous precedent for property rights. https://t.co/aVXp9qxHAs — Judith Collins (@JudithCollinsMP) December 16,
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Speaker Trevor Mallard’s rape allegations Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Trevor Mallard has made things worse Barry Soper (Herald): Trevor Mallard raises more questions than he answers Claire Trevett (Herald): National’s attacks water off a Mallard’s back (paywalled) Newstalk ZB: Barry Soper reacts to Trevor Mallard’s
Australia-NZ dispute over terrorist suspect in Turkey Dan Satherley (Newshub): Judith Collins defends Australia’s move to dump terrorist problem on New Zealand Tova O’Brien (Newshub): How Australia snookered New Zealand and angered Jacinda Ardern Audrey Young (Herald): Australia fails to meet its own ‘fair go’ test (paywalled)
