The Ministry of Health Seems to Want People to Keep Smoking
The Ministry of Health continues with their agenda while a hapless minister looks like she isn’t in control of her ministry.
NZ Politics
Face of the Day
“Together, these two wonderful Americans will pave the way for my Administration to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies” – Trump
Christchurch Memorial RSA Delivers Powerful Tribute
Perhaps it’s time for council staff to shift their focus from internal accolades on LinkedIn and instead concentrate on connecting with and listening to the community they represent.
10 Hīkoi I’d Like to See
The right to protest is a virtue of our political system and hīkoi are a peculiarly New Zealand variation. I’d just like to recommend that Māori, rather than wasting such efforts on a dead-on-arrival parliamentary bill, save it for things that really matter…
Survivor Support Groups Call for Accountability
Survivors are calling for those responsible for suppressing the abuse to be brought to account, Mr Brannigan says.
The Consequences for Us
Both Trump’s and NZ Labour’s approaches have a logic to them within their domestic contexts.
Sucking Up to People Who Will Never Vote for You
Christopher Luxon has lost his political compass and now he is all at sea busily sucking up to people who will never vote for him.
Trump Victory Could Spark NZ Rethink at APEC in Peru
In addition to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and foreign minister Winston Peters, trade minister Todd McClay is also expected in Peru. For all three ministers, APEC will be a chance to meet more of their counterparts.
IINZ Reports MFAT and MFAT Complains
We have publicly called out the senior MFAT officials associated with recommending funding for UNRWA and we believe they may have failed to fully inform the minister about the serious nature of the incitement and ties to Hamas terror, just as they have misled in their OIA responses.
Ayesha Verrall Cops Another One in the Chook
Perhaps the Auditor-General should look at the wonky advice manufactured to push an agenda from the Ministry of Health instead, after declining to investigate the Government’s decision to cut excise tax on heated tobacco products.
A Door Is Starting to Open
The blocks to public discussion in America and on the world stage will be lessened if not removed. New Zealand is not so isolated that this will not trickle through our borders into the public narrative.