Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WATER RNZ: Andrew Little to run for Wellington mayoralty Andrea Vance (Post): Our city is in trouble’: Andrew Little on why Wellington needs him (paywalled) Herald: Former Labour leader Andrew Little runs for Wellington mayor Stuff: Andrew Little to run for Wellington
Despite the apology, the teenager’s mother told chrislynchmedia.com it rang hollow.
Death threats are admissions of weakness, not demonstrations of strength.
This graph makes National look like one of the most fiscally responsible governments in the world.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Green MP fundraising for group wanting to ‘defund the police’ Adam Pearse (Herald): Advertising Standards Authority assessing complaints about billboards attacking Green Party David Fisher (Herald): Expert security report says Green MP Benjamin Doyle faces physical violence, stalking threats (paywalled)
If Luxon keeps flapping his gums, he’s not just risking a tariff slap: he’s gambling with our economic future. A misstep with Trump, China or the EU could cost jobs, jack up prices and leave Kiwis cursing.
Her fundraiser for People Against Prisons Aotearoa started over the weekend.
Let’s call this what it is: a rule-of-law rollback for the sake of two banks’ bottom lines. If a well-connected litigant can get the legislature to retroactively rewrite the law in their favour, how can the public have confidence in the independence of justice?
Kicking the can down the road is a time-honoured political strategy in New Zealand. What’s more, it usually works. Right up to the point where the politicians finally run out of road.
A two-tiered apartheid system being sneaked into our way of life is not something we (including many Māori and other races who call New Zealand home) want to have happen.
Extending the term of parliament represents a major constitutional change and would need to be approved by a binding referendum of voters. Should this be the case, there are two other crucial constitutional matters that New Zealanders should also be given the opportunity to vote on.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT, WEEK IN POLITICS Andrea Vance (Post): Firm owned by Taxpayers’ Union boss behind Green Party attack billboards (paywalled) Bryce Edwards (The Integrity Institute): Dirty Politics 2.0? Lobbying in the Shadows ODT Editorial: Lobbying for lobbying controls (paywalled) ODT: Civis: Orange is a
