NZ Politics
Government Creating Homelessness
Press Release: New Conservative The Labour led coalition government is continuing to create homelessness. The impact of immigration, failure of Kiwibuild, and attacks on the rental market, have resulted in the opposite outcomes that New Zealanders were promised. With 56,000 new immigrants last year, less than 300 houses built
A Bash the Landlords Up Laundry List
The NZ Government’s press release about their latest changes to the rental rules has the headline: Fairer rules for tenants and landlords I challenge readers to try to find anything in the press release that makes things better for landlords. It is a bash-the-landlords-up laundry list
Christmas Present for Lawbreakers at Ihumatao
Press Release: ACT Party “Jacinda Ardern and Grant Robertson are set to deliver an early Christmas gift to the protestors illegally occupying land at Ihumatao”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. The Government is considering loaning money to Auckland Council so it can purchase the land from Fletcher, RNZ has reported.
Ardern: Minus a Tooth and Wisdom Too
Our dearly beloved Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, will be taking a few days off after having a wisdom tooth removed. It caused me to reflect on my young neighbour who recently had four out but, with a two year old and no nanny, kept calm and carried on under some
It is Already Difficult for Landlords to PROTECT Neighbours
Press Release: NZ Property Investors’ Federation Andrew King, Executive Officer. The New Zealand Property Investors’ Federation represents 6000 property owners and is responsible for educating and supporting landlords to ensure New Zealanders have access to high quality rental properties. After more than seven months of trying to end a tenancy
The SIMPLE Solution for Ihumatao
The government has no business wading into the Ihumatao deal. The only thing that the government had a duty to do was to ensure that the law was upheld and that the police were used to move the protestors off the land. They failed to do their duty and to
Oral Questions – 20 November 2019
Questions to Ministers WILLOW-JEAN PRIME to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen on the New Zealand economy? Hon SIMON BRIDGES to the Prime Minister: Does she have confidence in all of her Ministers? Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH to the Minister of Finance: Does he stand by
National BACKS Farmers Marching Against Govt Policies
Press Release: National Party National MPs joined hundreds of farmers who arrived at Parliament on Thursday to express how disillusioned they are with this Government’s anti-farming policies, National’s Agriculture spokesperson Todd Muller says. “Farmers used to say there are three things they needed to worry about; interest
NZ Joins BULLIES at UN Again & Supports Online Incitement
David Cumin IINZ The United Nations just passed eight resolutions against Israel and zero against any other country. New Zealand participated in this bullying again, voting for seven and abstaining on one. In contrast, traditional allies Australia voted for only one of the eight, Canada did not vote for any,
Why Would Anyone Want to Be a Landlord?
The government has announced its latest raft of regulations for private landlords. Rents will only be increased once a year (instead of every 6 months, at present), and landlords will be unable to end tenancies for no reason. Yes, that’s right. You will not be able to evict a
Curtailing the CO2 Gravy Train
Press Release: New Conservative Standing with the farmers, New Conservative is committed to pushing back against the lunacy of the ETS and Carbon Zero commitments by this government. New Conservative is concerned the Carbon Zero Bill will have little, if any, measurable benefits to New Zealand, while at the same