Far Goff, Pack Your Bags Phil
Goff’s remarks about Donald Trump have cost him the best job he’s ever had. Time to pack your bags Phil: you’re fired!
NZ Politics
Information to Empower Your Feedback
This is our moment to voice the good and the bad. Let the commission know your experience and how your life was impacted by the government C-19 response.
NZ Governments Enjoy an ‘Executive Paradise’
A longer parliamentary term won’t change that. It will simply extend the length of time ministers get to spend in paradise.
Chris Luxon Is Done
It’s not just the transactivists who want to rainbow our toddlers but our very own prime minister, who for now has the title of leading the National Party. It can’t be for much longer.
The Demise of the Paris Agreement
Isn’t it time our coalition government put the national interest and wellbeing of New Zealanders first and opted out of Paris as well?
News Briefing: 6 March 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards LOBBYING, POLITICAL FINANCE, PARLIAMENT Bryce Edwards (Integrity Institute): The Silent Death of Lobbying Reform in NZ Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Govt criticised for go-slow on lobbying reform (paywalled) Eloise Gibson (NZ): Simeon Brown appointed prominent oil and gas lobbyist to energy savings board against official
Face of the Day
It is time for the prime minister to lead and uphold that there is one Treaty, one country and one citizenship.
Meth Lab Found in Kāinga Ora Chch Home
$10,000 clean up needed less than a year after construction.
Please, Please Look at Me
But here’s a question for Ian to ponder. Why, given his wealth, is he even taking the government super?
Beware the ‘Ides of March’
Open letter to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and all coalition MPs.
How to Improve School Lunches
If the state must usurp parental duties and feed the nation’s children, it should at least try and retain an educational flavour. Below is a list of menu options that would be guaranteed to teach the kids something.
The Problems With Wellington’s Water
A case study in infrastructure failure and incompetence.
News Briefing: 5 March 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards FERRIES, TRANSPORT Jo Moir (RNZ): Government's iRex ferry cancellation costed at $300 million - for now Thomas Manch (Post): Breaking Cook Strait ferry contracts to cost Govt $300m (paywalled) No Right Turn: A complete fiasco Georgina Campbell (Herald): Nicola Willis told to
Why Is Luxon So Bad in the Media?
Luxon’s inept media performance has something to do with his inept management of his staff.
Oh! He Does Have a Set of Balls
Now we know why he was always playing pocket billiards... he was trying to find his nuts.