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Shane Jones explores the shenanigans at Parliament last week and shows how in touch with middle New Zealand NZ First is.
NZ First MPs in cabinet had to fight to get the terms of reference expanded for the second Covid Inquiry, which raises the question, who were they fighting?
How ironic for a group of pompous puffed-up lawyers bearing the title ‘King’ to lecture parliament and the people, telling us how they’ve got it all sorted.
If you want to be respected, then it's important to show respect in kind. The actions of the Māori Party in parliament are both an insight and a warning into who they really are.
“I think it makes you rethink about life when you realise that you don’t feel safe as a New Zealander in New Zealand.”
We can have democracy or we can have indigenous sovereignty. We can’t have both.
Doing nothing solves nothing. It is hard to argue with David Seymour’s comment that National are afraid to address the hard issues. National might find out a lot are leaving the party for that reason. They are flying in the face of the majority of their supporters.
There are many lessons for New Zealand in the US election outcome. Firstly, it’s very clear that politicians who lose touch with the sentiment of ordinary folk do so at their peril. National should take note.
Heather du Plessis-Allan explains why both Labour and National are failing to read the room over the Treaty Principles Bill.
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He better lift his game, and fast, otherwise he will bleed support to a grateful ACT Party or NZ First.
“It turned into a circus with the Māori Party, in particular the young lady from Tainui,” Jones said, referring to Maipi-Clarke.
The charter schools application process has been BIZARRE, to say the least. Plus the secrecy involved has been off the planet.
Until Labour comes to grips with the new demographic realities that they brought about themselves they don’t deserve to be back in office and probably won’t be.
