Te Pāti Māori Just Made Our Argument for Us
Hobson’s Pledge has been calling for a binding referendum on the future of the Māori seats. It is high time politicians stopped deciding this question for us and put it directly to the people.
NZ Politics
Is There Foreign Interference in NZ Academia?
PILLAR has written to Minister for Tertiary Education Hon Penny Simmonds asking whether the government has sought security advice on Confucius Institutes and whether it will review foreign-state-linked university partnerships.
Don Brash and Te Pāti Māori Agree on a Strategy
How both sides of politics are thinking strategically about voting.
Advocate Welcomes the New Citizen Arrest Powers
Sunny Kaushal says attention now needs to turn to how the changes work in practice.
She Must Be Taking Lessons From Chlöe
If you’ve watched the interview, you’ll know what I mean.
Should Nats Follow the TPM Method?
Their best chance is to get a swag of electorate MPs.
She’s a Must to Avoid
Qiulae Wong is a must to avoid – a complete impossibility. You can take it from me.
Hipkins Rules Out Streaming Tax, Then Discovers His Own MP Had One Sitting in the Ballot
Hipkins keeps reminding the country why trust remains in short supply.
More Than 300,000 Teens Received 2nd Shot After Officials Advised of Risk
On 9 December, CV TAG again raised concerns that its earlier advice supporting a single-dose approach for 12- to 15-year-olds had not been reflected in the government’s definition of ‘fully vaccinated’. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of teenagers had been receiving second doses.
Helen Clark Calls Interview a ‘Train Wreck’
The criticism followed a bruising interview in which Wong conceded the party board, which includes a member linked to more than $221,000 in donations this year, could overrule decisions made by any future elected MPs.
Show Me a Starving Parent
By outsourcing parenting to the taxpayer, we aren’t curing hardship – we are subsidising a lifestyle of zero accountability.
The Fable of Innocence We Are All Told to Believe
Final verdict on the exculpation of Judge Aitken.