It is traditionally thought that New Zealand has a three-year term for governments. While strictly true, in reality, it isn’t. Matt McCarten was the guy who explained to me that our real term of parliament is actually six years, split into two three-year halves. If your government
Andrew Little – who first entered Parliament in 2011 – has confirmed he will not take a list seat and will retire from politics. Read more here. Discuss it on The BFD. If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make your reading experience more
Civilised nations across the world, including UK, Australia, and USA, have seen fit to show solidarity with Israel at her time of grief, by lighting prominent buildings with Israel’s colours. Sydney Opera House, 10 Downing St, The Brandenburg Gate and buildings in Kyiv and the European Commission have responded
Dr. Guy David Hatchard hatchardreport.com Guy 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 Ph.D. in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior
Gordon Lightfoot whakatakitimes.nz JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED Multi-award-winning Newstalk ZB host Mike Hosking woke up with an absolute bone-chilling hangover, as his 7.55 alarm went off Sunday morning. After a dominant National Party performance last night, Hosking pushed the boat out even further than
Adrian Beaumont The University of Melbourne theconversation.com While the tide well and truly went out on Labour on election night, there are still several factors complicating the formation of a National and ACT coalition government. Special votes are yet to be counted, with the official final result still three
This election I’ve heard the term ‘lanyard class’ being thrown around. The term has been used by the ACT Party and by Sean Plunket as a derogatory statement for civil servants that they believe are a waste of taxpayers dollars. However, in the case of Sean it was more
Richard Shaw Massey University Close, but so far no “baubles of office” for Winston Peters and NZ First. “We have done the impossible,” he told supporters on election night. But as the old saying goes, politics is the art of the possible. For the past two weeks, as the polls
Principal X Sunday morning, when I woke, I experienced a complex array of emotions. While I found solace in the absence of the previous government’s authority, I simultaneously grappled with sentiments of scepticism, disenchantment, and a sense of further betrayal in relation to Christopher Luxon’s professed commitment to
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 Some kind of deliverance is at hand. The worst government of my long life is off to the
In New Zealand politics, some alliances may seem unlikely at first glance. A case in point is the dilemma National faces right now. There has been plenty of animus between National and Winston Peters, with thirty years of sabotage, ankle-tapping and skullduggery to try to ensure Winston is dead
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righttolife.org.uk New Zealand’s Labour Government, which in 2020 introduced an extreme abortion law allowing de-facto abortion on demand for any reason up to birth, has been voted out of power. New Zealand’s General Election was held on Saturday 14 October 2023; the Labour Party Leader
As Chris Hipkins sits in the rubble of a Labour Government ejected in the biggest swing in our history, I wonder what he is thinking. Presumably he is desperately trying to think of something or someone to blame (it’s not like HE could be in any way responsible); no
