I am sure there are many people on the BFD and elsewhere who don’t truly believe me when I tell them that the left wing – the Labour party – has basically been a con game. Many probably, having spent their lives ‘swallowing it whole’ (and proving my point), secretly think
Hon Simeon Brown Minister of Transport The Government has passed legislation repealing the ‘Ute Tax’ and Clean Car Discount for all vehicles registered after 31 December 2023. “The National-ACT coalition agreement made scrapping the ‘Ute Tax’ a priority of our 100-day plan and we are making good on
Laura Trask ACT Mental Health spokesperson My response to an RNZ investigation into youth mental health services is that it’s crystal clear now that simply throwing more money at the problem doesn’t work Labour pumped $2 billion into the mental health sector, and based on key performance metrics
ACT Infrastructure spokesman Cameron Luxton is advising the Labour Party’s website administrators to scrub any trace of 2020’s forgotten “Big New Zealand Upgrade” ad campaign: “Labour’s slickly-produced ad spot, presumably funded by hard-up working class donors, was pushed out to a mass audience online and
Here is the replay of The Crunch from this week. Enjoy! DANIEL NEWMAN: Ward Councillor for Manurewa-Papakura: On His Commitment to the Role and the Challenges His Ward Faces Daniel Newman, Ward Councillor for Manurewa-Papakura joins Cam to talk about Auckland Council’s challenges, the challenges he faces
How could any honest person take a badly translated document in Maori from English and then retranslate that back to English, when the original and only official treaty document was produced in English? The Busby document known as the Littlewood Treaty could be the perfect replacement for the treaty text.
David Pomeroy Senior Lecturer in Teacher Education Jessica Shuker Initial Teacher Education Lecturer Kaitlin Riegel Postdoctoral Fellow University of Canterbury Nick Pratt Associate Professor of Education University of Plymouth Rafaan Daliri-Ngametua Lecturer in Education Australian Catholic University New Zealand primary and intermediate schools could soon be required to test
Indigenous Coalition for Israel indigenouscoalition.com The Indigenous Coalition For Israel condemns Te Paati Maori leader, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer’s use of the provocative chant “From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free”. This is known to be a call for the annihilation of the Jewish state, which
Mike Butler Mike Butler wrote ‘The Treaty: Basic Facts,’ which is available at trosspublishing.com While staff at Te Papa museum in Wellington ponder what to do with the treaty display that was defaced by protesters on Monday, I suggest that the Busby February 4 document, which is also known
Richard Prebble The Honourable Richard Prebble CBE is a former member of the New Zealand Parliament. Initially a member of the Labour Party, he joined the newly formed ACT New Zealand party under Roger Douglas in 1996, becoming its leader from 1996 to 2004. bassettbrashandhide.com A neighbour last week
Almost every day I am finding more and more reasons to like this Government. Shane Jones has spoken with complete sense as the Government moves to mine, drill and sell our natural resources. Resources Minister Shane Jones has gone “full Trump” and declared “war on nature” with comments he made
Can you imagine, while the Battle of Britain was raging, the USA urging Britain to dump Winston Churchill and negotiate an immediate ceasefire with Hitler? Negotiations which include conceding territory to the Third Reich? Because, after all, innocent civilians were suffering from the bombing. Neville Chamberlain is rightly condemned by
“The Auditor General’s annual report on school spending is an eye-opening look at wasteful spending in school administration,” says ACT Education spokesperson Laura Trask. “Taxpayers forking out $6 million a year on wellbeing grants for highly-paid school administrators is concerning enough. Then we learn that the Ministry
Hon Brooke van Velden Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety Legislation to repeal Fair Pay Agreements passed its third reading in Parliament today, achieving an early milestone in the Government’s 100-day plan. We have moved quickly, as the public expects us to do, to implement one of our
