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Greg Moore Yesterday we found out that the Tiwai Point smelter will be finally closing late next year. This was always going to happen one day, so where to from here? The Greens are wetting their chinos and getting sweaty sandals imagining all that renewable energy somehow ending up in
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New Zealand’s borders remain closed to the world, with returning residents forced into managed isolation facilities. The government’s 26 temporary quarantine facilities – which are essentially commandeered hotels – have the capacity to accommodate 6,849 people. They are almost full. Several residents are reported to have behaved badly. Some
Claims by National leader Todd Muller that his party took “decisive action” to drive Christchurch’s post-quake rebuild have been met with scepticism and derision by politicians, academics and residents. Muller made the comments as he unveiled National’s economic plan at a lunch hosted by Canterbury Employers’ Chamber
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com At Labour’s annual conference last weekend, COVID-19 dominated Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s speech: “Our strong health response now gives us an economic head start, the ability to move from responding to Covid-19, to recovering and rebuilding… So today my ask of
Now that Michelle Boag has seriously compromised National’s prospects at the election, it is perhaps time to reflect on her ignominious past. In my original post, I missed out some of her sordid past. This article is more complete. National Party hack Boag’s history goes back a long
The National Party’s Chinese spy, Jian Yang, has announced he has been recalled to Beijing is retiring from parliament. National MP Jian Yang, who once admitted to training Chinese spies, has announced that he will retire from politics at the 2020 election. Dr Yang said in a statement on
Dieuwe de Boer and Tim Wilms discuss the latest news and developments happening in the Tasman. Melbourne is in lockdown again, while New Zealand has escapees from its quarantine hotels. It feels like we’ve seen it all before. The NZ National Party has seen a number of resignations and
My main takeaways regarding New Zealand and its culture during and post lockdown are as follows: The PM has exuded comfort and kindness. But her coalition has also pushed through very controversial legislation under “urgency” during the crisis. Votes for prisoners and a rise in the minimum wage are examples
Julian Wood maxim.org.nz As the numbers of people made redundant as a result of COVID-19 rises there is ever increasing pressure on the Government to fix it. The Government started strongly by throwing $12 billion dollars of wage subsidies at the problem, but this massive expenditure only
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Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com I was shocked as both a substantial Auckland ratepayer and central government taxpayer, to read that the Auckland City Council and the government have contributed over $250 million of our money to the staging of the America’s Cup. The justification for this largesse is
