Todd Muller National Party Leader Facebook Few things can be more important than our commitment to keeping people in jobs and helping businesses invest and grow. That’s why today, I’m announcing that I will take on the role as National Party’s Spokesperson for small business. This will
As I remarked when I interviewed Australian student Drew Pavlou recently, how institutions and nations respond to China is often an acid test of principle. Leaders who bang on endlessly about climate change happily sign an agreement that allows far and away the world’s largest CO2 emitter to keep
BFD Political corner: Election 2020 is a series that features political speeches, political ads and political campaigns on Social media from a range of different political parties in the lead up to the New Zealand election. Today we have the Green Party: Marama Davidson: The budget falls short for people
The Forest Owners Association says the industry anticipates an unacceptable and pointless bureaucratic cost to all parts of the forest industry if the Forests (Regulation of Log Traders and Forestry Advisers) Amendment Bill becomes law. The bill was introduced into Parliament on the 14th of May and will go to
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com In his weekly newspaper column, Dr Steve Elers, a senior lecturer in journalism at Massey University explains the importance of recognising the underlying philosophy that drives those who are running our country. He says: “We would be fools to believe political decisions are primarily evidence
Two polls within days of each other and both tell a similar story. First, let’s take the simplistic view. Had National been in Government they probably would have got a similar bounce had the same numbers from the COVID-19 event occurred. Scott Morrison in Australia is currently at
The longevity of the current government has nothing to do with the Nats’ rearranging their chairs on the Titanic or the suppression of our rights after Christchurch and during Covid. The CoL’s demise will happen when the failing economy inevitably hits rock bottom. Gratitude to the prime minister for
Dieuwe de Boer and Tim Wilms discuss the latest news and developments happening in the Tasman on this weekly show, starting at 8pm every Friday. With the Coronacrisis moving into a fallout phase, two terrible polls for National saw the collapse of Simon Bridges and the rise of Todd Muller
Alexander Gillespie University of Waikato Reaction to the New Zealand government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and resultant lockdown has ranged from high praise to criticism that its actions were illegal and its management chaotic. Partly in response to the concerns, and to put the continued containment of
The National party caucus has decided to drown themselves in a puddle of wets. Simon Bridges‘ bold gamble has failed and now the party is under the pitiless gaze and control of Michelle Boag associates. We all know what happened the last time they did that. Here comes 2002 all
We have a twit of the day: Well, Rach, dear, It would mean they are every bit as stupid as you. Remember this? We do… I think Kepler Karen is a more appropriate name for her. But back to her proposition. Bill English was a two time loser as leader,
Jo Holmes Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance You may have seen in the media yesterday that Auckland Council has asked their staff paid more than $100,000 to take a voluntary pay cut. Since the news broke, we’ve been digging into the details. A modest start The Council is taking a
This week’s polls have been horrendous for Simon Bridges and the National Party and last night would have pushed many over the edge. Its only natural to want to get a giant eraser out and expunge the results, the pollsters, the people involved, the memory – everything. Anything for a
