A range of controversial speakers have included New Zealand in their international speaking tours. None of them should have to wade through a murky process to determine whether Immigration NZ believes allowing them to speak in NZ serves the subjective and arbitrary ‘public interest’.
The Greens might be with us physically but mentally they’re somewhere else.
The takeover has been swift and total. The key has been the ruthless squashing of dissent.
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Roy Morgan’s New Zealand Poll for August 2024 shows support for the National-led Government (National, ACT & NZ First) has increased in August, up three per cent points to 53 per cent, increasing its lead over the Labour-Greens-Māori Party Opposition on 43 per cent (down one percentage point).
Speaking about the Treaty Principles Bill at the hui-a-iwi in January, Tūheitia said, “There’s no principles, the Treaty is written. That’s it.” The coming weeks and months will test that.
People before policies in a world that is policies before people.
Here’s a possible scenario that could see the first ever two-term National government.
The government needs to have a rethink on TVNZ: either send it to the media graveyard or make it more fit for purpose.
Almost 900 people in total have changed their birth certificates to their ‘self-identified gender’.
Withholding evidence is just one of a long list of legal breaches that amount to deliberate corruption.
Asked what her legacy would be, Caralee McLiesh replied, “Any leader wants to leave things better than when they came.” On that Key Performance Indicator, her tenure at the Treasury was a failure.
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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.
