Richard Harman wrote at Politik yesterday about the National Party selection in Takanini over the weekend. National’s new leader Todd Muller set out yesterday to answer critics who had charged that his “Make America Great Again” cap and the absence of any Maori on his new front bench pointed
Colonial statues, place names, Black Lives Matter Cherie Howie (Herald): Race relations commissioner Meng Foon calls for dialogue on colonisation-linked statues, place names Jason Walls (Herald): NZ First Leader Winston Peters: Getting rid of historical statues ‘idiocy’ 1News: Winston Peters outraged over ‘idiocy’ of ‘wokeism’ amid statue removal Mark
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News: Hamilton City Council to remove controversial statue ‘No way’ Oranga Tamariki allowed to take babies from hospital – Waitemata DHB Human barricade at Waitakere Hospital stops Oranga Tamariki baby uplifts New housing better fit for Maori needs Waikato-Tainui renew call to rename Hamilton original Maori name Kirikiriroa following statue
Election, cannabis referendum Jack Vowles (The Conversation): An election like no other: with 100 days to go, can Jacinda Ardern maintain her extraordinary popularity? Henry Cooke (Stuff): 100 days to go: How parties want to win Election 2020 Claire Trevett (Herald): Election 2020: 99 days out how are Act, the
Police Duncan Garner (Newshub): Why I don’t believe Andrew Coster when he says he wants an unarmed police service Jordan Bond (RNZ): The Detail: Why Armed Response Teams struck the wrong note in NZ Newstalk ZB: Defence expert: New Zealand should avoid militarising police Vita Molyneux (Newshub): People Against
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Police * Zane Small (Newshub): Celebration or failed consultation? Police Association still at odds with Greens on armed cops * Vita Molyneux (Newshub): Green Party overjoyed at police decision to dump Armed Response Teams * RNZ: Petitioner urges police to talanoa after Armed Response Teams scrapped * Sam Sherwood and Collette Devlin (Stuff): Police
Imagine that you are a struggling business trying to stay afloat and to keep all your staff employed after a punishing 7 week lockdown. Then imagine that you are finally allowed to open but with costly and restrictive conditions. Then at last you are told at level one you are
Alert Level 1 move, recovery Amber-Leigh Woolf (Stuff): Psychologists reveal New Zealand’s political shift during lockdown Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): Hooray for level 1. Now what? (paywalled) Claire Trevett (Herald): Prime Minister’s reward for Covid-19 zeroes (paywalled) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Time to celebrate, then to rebuild Heather
NZ First Audrey Young (Herald): The two contrasting faces of Winston Peters (paywalled) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Balance is vital for Peters and NZ First (paywalled) Richard Harman: Jones claims the Nats will get dirty in Northland Dan Satherley and Delphine Herbert (Newshub): Can Shane Jones win Northland and
