Waitaki Power Scheme Approved for Another 35 Years
“It also means we can step up the work we’re doing to explore opportunities to add more storage and generation to this scheme,” Meridian Chief Executive Mike Roan said.
NZ Politics
A Warning to Parliament and the People
This is the truth parliament refuses to face. This is the truth the public can no longer ignore. This is the truth that will define the legacy of every representative who remains silent.
Let New Zealand Decide the Future of Māori Seats
It is time to hand the talking stick back to the people of New Zealand and put this issue to bed once and for all.
What Is a Woman? Chlöe Swarbrick and Friends Reply
CS&F’s position means that a majority group, namely mothers and wives who serve and love their families, becomes insignificant. Their womanhood becomes not only insignificant but literally meaningless, for if anyone can be a woman then a woman is nothing. Mr Bennett, how’s that for exclusion?
Tiaki Wai and This Constitutional Revolution
These questions are vitally important, because history shows that the most enduring transfers of power are often the ones the public never realised were happening until it was far too late.
Labour’s Billion Dollar Blunders: Hipkins Dodges Again as Costings Collapse
New Zealand cannot afford another round of Labour’s fantasy economics. Voters are waking up to the pattern: announce the shiny promise, dodge the cost and blame someone else when the numbers fall apart.
Act with Conviction
David Seymour is sick of pretending that men can be women. Aren't we all?
The Naidoo controversy
How the media is fighting back at Richard Chambers and Mark Mitchell's questions.
Are They Consultants or Extortionists?
By ignoring these loopholes in the latest RMA reforms, where the new Planning Bill and Natural Environment Bill offered an obvious fix, the government has actively chosen to protect bogus consultation fees over real progress.
Driver’s Seat, Back Seat or Boot
We don’t want the racists in the driver’s seat or even the back seat. Preferably they should be given the boot – quite literally.
Public Transport Fallacies and Middle Class Welfare
Good intentions are no substitute for good policy, yet questioning expensive subsidies is increasingly treated as a moral failing rather than a legitimate debate about priorities.
Just Stating the Obvious
All I can think of is that we’re still living in clown world. You couldn’t make this stuff up.
We Must Use People Power
It may sometimes appear a thankless task contacting MPs and sharing your views, but what is clear is that if enough voters present the case for change, politicians will listen – especially in election year.
National Dives Below 30 Per Cent as Luxon Drags the Party Deeper Into the Mire
Voters are watching closely. The campaign has not even fully kicked off and already the trends favour a more fragmented parliament with stronger minor parties.