The idea is to take existing Māori land (already defined in legislation) and create a local council for each iwi or hapū that wants to take this model. The largest bits of contiguous land any iwi or hapū own would be sufficient.
The prime minister’s attention was caught by David Seymour: “Prime minister, I think I have a solution to the crime problem.”
In both countries they overwhelmingly declared that they viewed signing up as an opportunity to ‘travel and see the world’. Patriotism never came into it.
Don’t apply to Finance Minister Nicola Willis’ Social Investment Agency. It’s a PR scam.
Eliana Rubashkyn is facing a charge of assault using a vehicle. The alleged victim is a male police officer.
This week's hīkoi was for keeping the status quo, the opposite of what the NZ Herald claims.
The politicians, particularly those on the right, with the exception of ACT, need to realise that those who put them in power did so in the belief the necessary courage was there to fix this festering sore. We are now left in doubt and that is not good enough.
National could, under urgency, progress Seymour’s bill to second reading and vote it down, but this would put immense strain on the coalition, which is supposed to operate based on good faith and Cabinet consensus. An early election could be provoked, leading to National bleeding votes to ACT.
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A brutal, yet elegant solution to the contempt of Parliament orchestrated by Te Pāti Māori.
A cessation in the use of these vaccines is long past overdue on safety grounds. Without this, the crisis in public health will only grow.
The Māori Party used and manipulated thousands of Māori for their own pointless political stunt. They are a bunch of extremists and middle New Zealand has had enough. They don’t want democracy, they want anarchy.
