NZ Politics
The Sunset for the Broadcasting Standards Authority
A bill that is better late than never.
It Is a Butter Chicken Tsunami
Flood a nation with different cultures at warp speed and watch what happens
Quick Hit: Fifteen Questions. Roaming.
Hipkins dropped 15 written questions on Pacific roaming and SIM cards weeks from the election. Suit: some SIM cards at USD $35. Fifteen questions. Roaming. Country can wait.
Fifty Point Seven Million. Confidence For Now.
Fifty point seven million wasted on Immigration NZ biometrics. Contempt for misleading parliament. Offered to resign. Still employed. Confidence for now.
A Clash of Rights and What Follows
Different rules for Māori only exacerbate frustrations and add further potential for conflict. There is a lesson here with wider implications that too many seem determined to ignore.
Abolish the Tribunal and Preserve the Treaty
This would preserve the Treaty as our founding document without allowing our constitution to be rewritten by a body that has no democratic mandate.
Thanks for Your Help Nicky.
You more than anyone, no doubt ignorantly, have ensured the electoral tide is now flowing in the ‘right’ direction. Well done brother!
Quick Hit: 880,000 Costumes
TPU puts a red price tag on $880k from the Major Events Fund for a World of WearableArt exhibition. Upston sells visitors and Kiwi creativity. Major Events Fund. Minor accountability. Eight hundred and 80 thousand costumes. One line on the invoice.
Hager Should’ve Called His Book ‘A Swing and a Miss’
Hundreds packed Unity for Hager’s Dirty Work. Election-week damp squib. The poll charts still say noise, and the day-after receipts say fiction – plus their best unpaid fundraiser.
Yet Another Reason the Tribunal Must Go
Our children deserve an education system focused on knowledge, excellence, and opportunity – not cultural politics.