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NZ Politics Daily: 10 September 2024

NZ Politics Daily: 10 September 2024

Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL Simon Wilson (Herald): Luxon’s choice: Kotahitanga or destructive referendums (paywalled) Herald Editorial: Act leader David Seymour has a goliath task to get his Treaty Principles Bill over the line (paywalled) Laura Walters (Newsroom): PM still hasn’t seen draft Treaty

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Time to Break up the Supermarket Duopoly

Time to Break up the Supermarket Duopoly

An embarrassing big con is being sold to New Zealanders. Hopefully the politicians and public soon learn to look beyond the duopoly’s plea to only have tweaks made to their dominance and then genuine reform can come.

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This Is Takeover by Stealth

This Is Takeover by Stealth

The reality is that He Puapua is alive and well in local government and in spite of the coalition pledge to ‘Stop all work on He Puapua’, it is now so rampant that it is threatening to take over the sector entirely, with very significant consequences for ratepayers.

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NZ Politics Daily: 9 September 2024

NZ Politics Daily: 9 September 2024

Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards CROWN-MĀORI RELATIONS Joseph Los’e (Herald): Treaty Principles Bill: 400 church leaders want David Seymour’s bill voted down RNZ: Treaty Principles Bill: 440 Christian leaders sign open letter asking MPs to vote no Richard Harman (Politik): Seymour’s Treaty bill making Nats nervous

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Holidays for Everyone Else

Holidays for Everyone Else

If national holidays are going to exist, and I’m not convinced they should, then the last thing they should do is celebrate everything that New Zealand isn’t.

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