Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards HOUSING Joel MacManus (Spinoff): The problem with Chris Bishop’s plan to flood the housing market Lauren Crimp (RNZ): Housing Minister's plan to 'flood' the country with new homes cautiously welcomed Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Government wants to 'flood the
Via Stuff we find out that Chris Hipkins wants to mend Labour’s relationship with Auckland, after treating Auckland so harshly during the lockdowns and derisively trying to tell us what to do from Wellington. The Labour Party is on a mission to reconnect with Auckland, after losing substantial support
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards 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 is in the city. Overall, Wellingtonians seem to feel that the city is broken
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The Prime Minister has announced a long overdue no nonsense hard line on fighting crime. He will certainly have public support. But here’s one good move that I doubt has occurred to him and that’s to get more women judges. The constant ludicrous
Guy Hatchard Dr Guy Hatchard is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his PhD in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior manager at Genetic
Rodney Hide Rodney Hide is a former ACT Party leader and minister in the National-ACT Government from 2008 to 2011 My 13-year-old daughter is a year-9 student at Wakatipu High School. The School’s Head of Health and Physical Education emailed me explaining an upcoming course
A message I sent to Waipa Council as a private citizen and resident of the district has caused headlines across the country. You may or may not agree with the message (and I am not defending it here) but the follow-up will give you a deep insight into how
Simon O’Connor Husband, step-father, and longtime student of philosophy and history. Also happen to be a former politician, including chairing New Zealand’s Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Committee. We once again have Green Party leader, Chlöe Swarbrick, proudly screaming the ‘from the river to the sea…’ slogan
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards HOUSING Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Government to ‘flood’ cities with more housing by liberalising planning rules Luke Malpass (Post): Chris Bishop to set out radical land use and planning reforms (paywalled) RNZ: Minister announces new Kāinga Ora board, lays out 'expectations' 1News: Construction
The latest Roy Morgan Poll is out and it is a ‘steady as she goes’ poll, with a slight gain for National and a slight drop for Labour. Roy Morgan’s New Zealand Poll for June 2024 shows support for the National-led Government (National, ACT & NZ First) has
Moscow is off the travel menu for New Plymouth mayor Neil Holdom after his name was added to a burgeoning list of New Zealanders now banned from entering Russia. Holdom found out at the weekend that he had been included in a list released by the Russian foreign ministry detailing
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards Fixing New Zealand’s rail and ferry infrastructure is becoming the most significant political issue of this year. Having cancelled KiwiRail’s Cook Strait ferry and portside upgrade programme in December without first establishing a Plan B, Finance Minister Nicola Willis has since been
Sarah Williams, Auckland University of Technology and Leon Benade, Edith Cowan University New Zealand’s school achievement is currently front and centre with the government’s plans to invest NZ$67 million into structured literacy. But what has been largely missing from the discussion on education is the impact health
Gary Moller Gary Moller is a Health Practitioner who is focused on addressing the root causes of ill health or poor performance by making use of a key forensic tool – Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis – and administering healthy, natural and sustainable therapies. Introduction The last four years haven’t been good
Chris Lynch Chris Lynch is a journalist, videographer and content producer, broadcasting from his independent news and production company in Christchurch, New Zealand. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has announced that the Government’s latest action plan would “focus on making Kiwis safer and restoring law and order.” “Before the end
