New Conservative Press Release: Freshwater has become yet another opportunity to divide New Zealand by ethnicity arising from the Waitangi Tribunal report released on Wednesday. The report recommends to government the creation of a co-governance commission with Maori along with “proprietary recognition” such as royalty payments. “Water is the
Many many years ago, I was partly involved in organising free lunches at a local school. The school was in a very poor area, the kids were coming to school hungry and we all know that hungry kids don’t learn. There were bakeries around that used to send the
In the latest bit of abject stupidity in the pay parity debate, we have the suggestion that knowing what everyone in every organisation earns will solve the problem. In other words, there will be no privacy regarding earnings; everyone’s earnings will be known by everyone else. This will not
ACT party Press release: “Police need to increase the collection rate of the gun ‘buy-back’ scheme six-fold if it is to stand any chance of being a success”, ACT Leader David Seymour says. “Based on import figures from Customs, COLFO conservatively estimates that 250,000 firearms have been
Why did Energy and Resources Minister Megan Woods even bother announcing her 10-year plan for minerals and petroleum when its future is bleak? Why give the industry the idealistic goals of “affordable, sustainable energy” when the government is crippling it with legislation devoid of common sense? “Aotearoa New Zealand’
Simon Bridges says if he was in power he’d forge ahead with a West Coast power scheme. The Government’s turned down Westpower’s application for a “run of river” power scheme on Waitaha River, south of Hokitika.[…] Simon Bridges told the Country the Government is anti-development […] “We
The Taxpayers’ Union It’s almost time for our second annual Jonesie Awards, celebrating the ‘best of the worst’ of wasteful spending across central and local government. The Jonesies are our golden glitz and glamour Oscars-style award ceremony held at parliament where the Taxpayers’ Union (firmly tongue-in-cheek)
Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance: Phil Goff says we must tolerate the local fuel tax and rate hikes for the sake of vital infrastructure. Despite promising to deliver efficiencies and refocus the Super City onto core services at the last election, he’s now trying to tell you it can’t be
Fair & Reasonable Campaign: On Tuesday the National Party went public on what it claims is a leaked copy of the Government’s draft legislation detailing the next round of firearms law reforms. We have also obtained a copy of the draft Bill, the details of which are best summarised
The time has come to say it. The prime minister and her government is a joke. She would appear to have no intention of trying to do her job properly. Lucky for her she has an out. Even if she had the firmness of purpose to do so, the simple
RATINGS GUIDE: $ to $$$$$ with $ being a leftist trougher and $$$$$ being small government dynamo For some, however, a clown is more appropriate. More than one may be awarded. Hibiscus and Bays Local Board East Coast Bays Subdivision There are 11 candidates standing for four positions. You may cast up to four
You really do have to wonder with this government if the left hand knows what the right hand is doing. They axed our lucrative oil and gas industries, citing the fact that they want to concentrate entirely on renewable energy sources. New Zealand is already a great place for this,
Yesterday today’s face of the day announced a free lunch programme that will start in 30 schools, and then expand.
Today, repeatedly, Ardern said “ I’m not going to enter into speculation around negotiations between Kingitanga and mana whenua. They are the parties around the table. We should respect the process that they’re involved in. That’s what this Government is going to do.” Not once did she mention
ACT party Press Release: “It has taken National five months to wake up to the fact that the government is targeting law-abiding firearm owners who have done nothing wrong”, says ACT Leader David Seymour. National has suggested it might vote against the government’s second Arms Amendment Bill. “Voting
