Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GREENS Anneke Smith (RNZ): Tana 'likely' knew about allegations of worker exploitation - investigation Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): The Greens are responsible for tidying up their Darleen Tana mess Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Why the Greens hate party waka-jumping law and will be
Bryce Edwards has written a very good piece at The Democracy Project outlining the issues The Greens face in the Darleen Tana saga and it is his view that they are all of the Greens’ own making. Yesterday, the Green Party did its best to paint a picture in which
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards Yesterday, the Green Party did its best to paint a picture in which it is the victims of Darleen Tana. Naturally, there will be sympathy for the plight of a party embarrassed by an aberrant MP who appears to have misbehaved and looks to
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GREENS RNZ: Greens will have 'sensitive' talks on invoking waka-jumping rule Andrew Geddis (Spinoff): So what’s the point of the party-hopping law, again? Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Darleen Tana and Greens destined for waka-jumping showdown after party ejection, leaving future as MP
The Greens are looking quite pathetic as they are now literally begging Darleen Tana to resign from parliament, mainly because she’s embarrassed them but also because they want her to resign so the next Green womble can come in on the list. The Green Party has asked MP Darleen
The Green Party has been left pleading with its now-ex member, Darleen Tana, to resign from Parliament after an elongated investigation into the MP’s links with migrant exploitation claims. A Stuff investigation, published in March, revealed links between Tana and migrant exploitation allegations at her husband’s bike shop.
Republished with Permission Author: Chris Trotter IT’S A POLITICAL MYSTERY, this alliance between the Left and well-connected property developers. The Right’s covert dealings with commercial greed-heads has for long been a disreputable feature of its brand. The Left, to its credit, still has to work at corruption. Doing
Bryce Edwards Democracy Project Political Analyst in Residence, Director of the Democracy Project, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington Dissatisfaction with the Wellington City Council has hit new highs. The Council has just released the results of its annual survey of residents, which shows just how much discontent there
Michael Bassett Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former minister in the 1984–1990 governments. Ever wondered who or what is constantly trying to block the new government’s policies? Why is it that announcements
It’s been nearly eight years since I started publishing political and cultural commentary. One thing that has changed is the danger of labels. It was notably risky even two or three years ago to be labelled as “far-right” or “racist” with a number of other more dangerous labels: the
NZCPR What makes a country great? It’s a timely question to ask, because over the last few weeks, with ferries running aground, air force planes breaking down, and electricity pylons falling over, we’ve all had cause to question whether New Zealand can still be regarded as a highly
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards HOUSING Luke Malpass (Post): Like it or loathe it, the coalition is cracking on (paywalled) Miriam Bell and Thomas Manch (The Post): The billion-dollar question hanging over housing reforms (paywalled) Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Labour and National housing policy leaves anti-density backers nowhere to run
When my kids were little they used to watch Ed, Edd and Eddy, in which there is a line “What’s that? I think it’s the sound of no one caring.” Which perfectly sums up the latest episode of Golriz Ghahraman crying a river of tears over her mental
A criminal with 35 convictions – all against female victims – is expected to be deported to New Zealand after having his visa cancelled by Australian immigration authorities under a new policy. […] [Glenn Taylor] was born in New Zealand but has lived in Australia since he was four years old. He has
Mark Freeman A Waikato mother is travelling around the country, informing people about the sexualisation of children in the school curriculum and encouraging parents to find out more from their children’s schools. Penny Marie is the founder of Let Kids Be Kids, a New Zealand-wide grassroots network of parents
