Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards TRANSPORT, INFRASTRUCTURE Russell Palmer (RNZ): Korea ferry cancellation talks were two texts sent within an hour of announcement Tova O’Brien (Stuff): PM to avoid any talk of cancelled Korean ferry deal while in South Korea despite official warnings Thomas Coughlan (Herald): National Land
Shane Jones turns 65, gets a telling off for telling the truth, then acts like he doesn’t care...and he doesn’t.
Following shocking NCEA pass rates for Pacific and Māori students, Alwyn Poole is pushing for a much needed shake-up on education.
If this discussion achieves its evidently intended outcomes, we will eventually have laws against ‘misgendering’ and ‘deadnaming’. That would amount to a loss of freedom of speech or even to forced speech.
Don’t we all, Māori and non-Māori, want to be free and our property rights protected?
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards TRANSPORT, INFRASTRUCTURE RNZ: 'It'll kill rail off' - Rail advocate on Government's transport plan Russell Palmer (RNZ): National's new roads a trade-off for safety, public transport, local roading - opposition parties Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): The politics
The Government takes the long handle to cycleways and walking projects, prioritising a project to actually get New Zealand moving.
How many New Zealanders would have taken a jab if they had been told the Truth? That it was 0.84 per cent effective, not 95 per cent effective?
While the intentions and goal of enhancing protections for the specified groups are commendable, we believe that the proposed review of the Human Rights Act 1993, specifically focusing on amending Section 21, poses significant risks and challenges.
I’ll make it real easy for you: It’s. Not. Your. Parking. Space.
The 1984 reforms were supposedly about getting rid of vested interests from politics and economy. But it’s clear in retrospect that they ended up empowering a brand new set of vested interests.
The government imposes an obligation only to encourage Māori to participate in the decision-making process, which means they get a chance to vote like the rest of us.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT, POLITICAL INTEGRITY Janet Wilson (Post): Shining a light on smokefree policy reveals troubling behaviour (paywalled) Vernon Small (Post): PM Luxon’s multi-headed problem (paywalled) Joel Maxwell (Stuff): 'A solution is imminent' - Big Fish, Big Gun, Big Fuel and all
