Nelson and Waitaki have settled on preferred options, Canterbury and Otago councils are still testing theirs, while some West Coast leaders say communities have not had enough time to properly consider the changes.
I am concerned about the possibility of Labour winning this election. However, I’m equally concerned that the next three years will be wasted by New Zealand First being part of the government after November 7.
If we don't reach climate targets, it doesn't matter.
Paul Henry played a dumb game and gave a dumb answer. Labour turned it into a full-scale moral panic. One of those is funny. The other is just sad.
If the Opportunity leadership is willing to go against the clearest preference of its own supporters, it should at least explain before the election how that might occur.
We think the government needs to take these separate agreements entirely off the table and replace them with nothing. The broader battle for equal citizenship goes on and we cannot afford to become complacent.
If Nash’s comments spark a proper look at how parental leave actually works for our elected representatives versus everyone else, then he has done the country a favour, clumsy wording or not.
We vote for it. And we pay for it. Over and over.
Newsroom says polling data hint at a record election performance from NZ First. They reflected back to 1996 when the party registered as high as 29 per cent before settling back at 15 per cent. I would not be surprised if NZ First hit that target this time or surpassed it.
Without public pressure many councils will – like Greater Wellington – treat the minister’s guidance as optional and do nothing.
Next time a politician suggests we stop grovelling to foreign leaders and start putting New Zealand first, perhaps the grown ups in the room could try responding to the actual point. Or they can keep walking into the trap. Either way, NZ First wins.
