Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com In Newsroom Thursday (8 June 2023), Dr Iresh Jayawardena, a lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland, has a column criticizing the National Party’s recently-announced housing policy. He notes that the National Party’s proposed policy “would require
What do you do if you are a news organisation that has signed up to the PIJF (Public Interest Journalism Fund) and some bad news comes along about those in the Labour Government that you signed up to, that might seriously affect their chances at the upcoming election? Well, why
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This Labour Government promoted itself as the most open and transparent government ever. It was, of course, a slogan, nothing more. The reality is that this Government is dishonest, dissembling, disingenuous, and duplicitous. This is particularly egregious regarding OIA responses, even landing minister Jan Tinetti before the powerful Privileges Committee
The industry has calculated the minus and plus factors of electric vehicles relating to no carbon emissions and other greenhouse gases from manufacture through to their end of life. Any user of an electric vehicle as a means to save the earth, has entered a very expensive exercise in futility.
“Auckland Action Against Poverty” suggests getting deeper into debt. Two protesters have been removed from Auckland Council’s budget meeting on Friday, as the partial sale of airport shares looks increasingly likely. The pair identified themselves as Brooke Pao Stanley and Agnes Magele of Auckland Action Against Poverty. Newshub Read
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com In Istanbul for the election, everyone I spoke to including low income folk such as waiters and the like, all assured me they intended voting for the Opposition leader Kilicdaroglu. Their motivation was simply to be rid of Erdogan who has wrought devastating economic harm
Jeremy Moses Associate Professor in International Relations Sian Troath, Postdoctoral fellow University of Canterbury Defence Minister Andrew Little’s recent announcement that New Zealand would be “willing to explore” participation in military technology sharing – or “pillar two” – under the AUKUS security arrangement has already divided opinion. Proponents have argued participation
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com Peter Canaday’s Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal (HPDT) Hearing. Dr Peter Canaday, a medical doctor, former respiratory physician and more recently a retired radiologist, defended several charges of alleged professional misconduct laid by the New Zealand Medical Council’s PCC (Professional
David Seymour has Willie Jackson in a panic. ACT’s campaign launch was not to Willie’s liking. According to Willie, a vote for ACT is a vote for the far right. Not for one moment would Willie think a vote for him is a vote for the far left.
Colonel Sponsz Just the other day I had one of those moments of enlightenment – if this were a cartoon there would be a light bulb above my head. I was on the North Shore and noticed with disgust a D-max utility fouling the air with its diesel exhaust. The
Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is the Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. New Zealanders are supposed to be able to trust that there are adequate systems in place to ensure our politicians aren’t corrupt. There
Michael Wood has dug himself a really deep hole, and fresh allegations raised yesterday in Parliament pretty much sealed his fate. It turns out that he misled Jacinda Ardern’s office, not once but three times, that he had sold his shares. In fact he only sold them yesterday, when
Luxon’s struck a nerve, hasn’t he? He’s been telling Kiwis to have more babies. He was at an infrastructure conference, talking about our shortage of workers to build the infrastructure we need. And he said: “We need people. Here is the deal – New Zealand stopped replacing itself
Grant Duncan Associate Professor, School of People, Environment and Planning Massey University Among a host of other recommendations, the Independent Electoral Review has proposed a referendum on extending the term of parliament to four years (from the current three). I’ll admit from the outset to being torn over the
