First, let me say I think overall the Prime Minister is doing a good job. He didn’t disappoint in executing his 100-day plan. He and his ministers have been getting on with the job, and publishing a plan for the next few months was a good move. I do
I listened to a Mediawatch bulletin from RNZ and heard the authors of the Trust in Media report exhorting news outlets to carry less opinion, emphasising that the issue of opinion, and the slant of such, was a major, very major, concern to news-consumers and a huge factor in the
While the Government moves to honour an election promise by introducing legislation to bring back the Three Strikes laws, Labour is hell-bent on proving that they are the party for the criminal classes in New Zealand. The opposition has laid into the government’s plan to reintroduce a “three strikes”
Dear Editor It is another Hipkins disaster. https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350246034/how-did-cost-moving-two-schools-blow-out-more-400m I have been in the building industry for over twenty years and I have done a lot of schools. I find them a low margin business for several reasons. I obviously am moving in the
Bryce Edwards Political Analyst in Residence, Director of the Democracy Project, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.nz The ability of the private sector to quickly establish major new projects making use of the urban and natural environment is to be supercharged by the
Francis L Collins Professor of Sociology, University of Auckland The New Zealand government claims its recently announced changes to visa rules will address exploitation and unsustainable migration. In reality, the new rules are likely to have the opposite effect. The exploitation of migrant workers has become a growing problem in
Don Brash Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 bassettbrashandhide.com A few days ago, I posted a short article entitled “Why not AUKUS”. Unsurprisingly, it prompted a range of reactions. There were some who agreed with my analysis
Mark Freeman A new independent report into the closure of the Marsden Point Oil Refinery refutes the claims used by the refinery company’s board of directors that led to the closure of the refinery. The refinery used to supply 65%–70% of New Zealand’s refined fuel, but its
Graeme Edgeler Graeme Edgeler is a Wellington barrister, with a professional interest in constitutional and electoral law democracyproject.substack.com Sunday morning, the Wellington High Court heard a judicial review brought by Hon. Karen Chhour, the Minister for Children, against a decision of the Waitangi Tribunal. This is unusual, judicial
* In March 2020, then Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told the country she had all the legislative means and enforcement powers to tell us what we could and couldn’t do. The doctors in New Zealand were told they must be positive about the Covid-19 vaccine. New Zealanders were told they
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 bassettbrashandhide.com If you think there is a move afoot by the radical Maori fringe of New Zealand society to create
Peter Dunne writes at Newsroom about the problems facing Labour. They are plentiful but can be summed up into two main categories: nastiness and incompetence. Dunne starts with Chris Hipkins; after all, the buck is supposed to stop at the top. Labour leader Chris Hipkins looks mostly at sea in
Hon Nicole McKee Associate Minister of Justice The Government is delivering on its commitment to bring back the Three Strikes legislation, Associate Justice Minister Nicole McKee announced on Monday. “Our Government is committed to restoring law and order and enforcing appropriate consequences on criminals. We are making it clear that
Well, it’s official, Chloe Swarbrick: you’re bellowing an antisemitic, genocidal hate slogan. No less an authority than the US House of Representatives has overwhelmingly agreed. Before Chloe and her anti-Israel chums start blithering that it’s all just the wicked Republicans, the measure was co-sponsored by two Democrats.
If anyone thinks Stuff producing the 6pm news bulletin on Three is the answer to viewers’ prayers they are dreaming. This is a marriage made in heaven if you want a continuation of the very reasons Newshub finds itself in the position it is in. If you were one hoping
