Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards CITIZEN’S ARREST POWERS, CRIME, JUSTICE Andrew Geddis and Henry Benson-Pope (Spinoff): The many, many problems with the plan to expand citizen’s arrest powers RNZ: Police Association slams beefed-up citizen arrest powers AJ Hendry: New arrest laws: Negligent & dangerous Adam Pearse (Herald)
After the train crash interview with Mike Hosking, it seems certain that Luxon’s time as prime minister may have come to an end.
Palma’s visa expires on Friday, and Associate Immigration Minister Chris Penk has, so far, refused to intervene in the case.
The conference is expected to attract more than 1,200 delegates both in-person and online.
A letter to our leaders calling for leadership and moral clarity on Israel.
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Why not do as was the norm when I was at school and we all made our own lunches. We buttered bread and spread Marmite, or in some cases jam.
Can the Trump train derail NZ’s three big scams – the Treaty, climate change and Covid?
Central banks are meant to smooth business cycles, not exacerbate them.
Show me the money! Do something I can be proud of you for showing some courage! Take a risk that some people won’t like you for taking a tough decision. Stand up and take control. Stop being a nothing.
Given the stranglehold that tribal interests have secured, will the government honour its election pledge to remove all references to Treaty principles and race-based rights from the new legislation, or will it cave in and appease tribal leaders?
Politicians need allies and they need factions. Those are the people others have to go through to get to the king. Does Christopher Luxon have any loyalists?
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards REGIONAL ECONOMIC ZONES, ENERGY Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Government mulls bespoke regional tax and concessions to spur growth (paywalled) RNZ: Special economic zones could boost NZ's fuel security - energy minister Tom Pullar-Strecker (The Post): Marsden Point set to become NZ's
Politics can get way too serious at times, so it’s always a bit of fun to do something different once in a while.
Roughly translated: they have no idea what’s going on and still don’t.
My heart, and the quiet despair I see in New Zealand’s children and families, tells me we’re peddling a solution that might wound more than it mends in this land I hold so dear.
