Rosemary Abbott whakatakitimes.nz A journalist is slightly worse for wear this afternoon after getting a backhand of sorts from Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown. Brown, who enjoys his tennis, was his grumpy old self as journalists gathered at his local tennis club, seeking more comment from him about his response
Richard Shaw Professor of Politics Massey University With a cabinet reshuffle just a day after two polls showing Labour ahead again – in which he promoted more Maori MPs to the front bench, created a new Minister for Auckland portfolio and drew a line under the previous administration by demoting several
If the media can drag themselves away from their favourite pastime of criticising Mayor Brown, they may see a similarity between the government’s big boo-boo on school closures to Mayor Brown’s tardiness in declaring an emergency for an unprecedented weather event… Or not. Both appeared ‘out of
Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins continues to be the new broom in Government, re-setting his Government away from its problem areas in his Cabinet reshuffle
Alwyn Poole Innovative Education Consultants innovativeeducation.co.nz The cabinet reshuffle was predictable. Hipkins is, so far, our very worst Minister of Education. He has appointed someone who may well be worse: Jan Tinetti. Hipkins says: “As a former school principal and education expert new education minister is uniquely placed
Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com A couple of months back I wrote a column on New Zealand’s high and, at that time, accelerating rate of inflation. I concluded that column with the following comment: There has to be some risk that, faced with growing public concern about inflation and the
As I predicted earlier, removing the fuel tax and RUC cuts has proved too difficult for the Government to even contemplate. With Hipkins’s promise to focus on the cost of living, removing the fuel tax and excise was going to see prices at the pump rocket up by a
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David Seymour ACT Party Leader With close to 100,000 people on jobseeker benefits and businesses begging for more workers, low unemployment numbers cannot mask the labour crisis facing New Zealand businesses. Today’s unemployment figure of 3.4 per cent becomes a moot point when there are so many
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Lisa Marriott Professor of Taxation Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand’s new Prime Minister, Chris Hipkins, has said we should look at ways to make the tax system fairer. Finance associate minister David Parker made a similar point almost a year ago, though there was little real action after
Helen Houghton Co-leader New Conservative I wonder what criteria a person uses when they decide a leader is trustworthy. Is it from a recent statement where Prime Minister Chris Hipkins had no direction to be able to share with the New Zealand public because they are still yet to
Ani O’Brien democracyproject.nz Ani O’Brien has given votes to Greens, Labour, National & ACT over the years. She worked in the Leader of the Opposition’s office in 2021. The most consistent thing about her politics has been that she has been an outspoken critic of every
