Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards INFRASTRUCTURE Keiller MacDuff (RNZ): 'Announcement of an announcement': Govt accused of recycling projects in $6b infrastructure push RNZ: Govt says billions being spent on infrastructure will create thousands of jobs Bridie Witton (Stuff): Government promises $6b infrastructure blitz will create thousands more
Chambers can play the disappointed boss all he wants but the buck stops with him. He’s presiding over a force that’s more skilled at dodging accountability than upholding the law.
Let’s call this what it is: a PR stunt. The government is desperate to look like it’s doing something about corruption, so they’ve thrown together a hodgepodge of agencies, given it a fancy name and promised a report by Christmas.
The editors are confirming their adherence to a political ideology rather than scientific excellence. They confirm that they are more interested in prioritising the work of selected groups and not in whether their research is valuable or not.
Rawiri Waititi: If he had to stand on merit alone, instead of racial grievance, he’d be invisible. He knows it.
How New Zealand's PE classes became Sunday School in sneakers.
The Labour leader can no longer pretend to be the Man Who Wasn’t There.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards LOCAL GOVERNMENT Russell Palmer (RNZ): 'Councils have lacked fiscal discipline’ Local Government Minister says Jonathan Milne Newsroom): Govt to explore sharing GST with councils next year Shanti Mathias (Spinoff): The tension between central and local government bubbles to the surface Sinead Gill (Press/
The deep state’s tantrums only prove his point: they’re terrified of a world where they have to show their workings.
Auckland will see a peaceful protest this Saturday as advocacy group GE Honesty rallies opposition to the Government’s controversial Gene Tech Bill.
On the question of whether these trends are reversing, al-Gharbi was cautiously optimistic. “There’s some evidence we’re past ‘peak woke’.”
ACT MP calls out University of Auckland’s Māori-only job programme.
It is a major design flaw to create a system that has all the authority but none of the accountability. Historically, we all know how that ends.
This situation can largely be laid at the door of the current prime minister. Real enthusiasm is lacking. The spark, whereby the good feeling might be lit, is just not there.
New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters has called for answers over the taxpayer funding of FACT Aotearoa, now under scrutiny for potentially breaching the Charities Act by campaigning against the party during the election.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards EMPLOYMENT Neil Sands (Law News): Minister adopts Uber’s wish-list when drafting employment law changes, rejects official advice Phil Smith (RNZ): Parliament considering big changes to employment law Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Legislation that lets workers talk about salaries likely to pass into law Rob
