Karen Chhour ACT Welfare spokesperson Grant Robertson is in full self-congratulation mode over today’s employment numbers, but the real unemployment rate is at least 6 per cent. The headline unemployment rate of 3.2 per cent equates to 93,000 people. Nobody – not even Grant Robertson – believes that
Dr James McDowall ACT Tourism spokesperson Overseas New Zealanders are rightly confused and dismayed that Tourism New Zealand is advertising New Zealand as a holiday destination overseas when the border is closed. Facebook Ad Library details active advertisements for 100% Pure New Zealand. Tourism New Zealand is whistling in the
New Zealanders are getting poorer under the Labour Government with wage growth figures of 2.6 per cent trailing well behind inflation of 5.9 per cent, National’s Finance spokesperson Simon Bridges says. “The figures released today show that real incomes are going backwards. More and more people simply
The Government’s plan to impose a new tax on every worker and business in the country could not come at a worse time, Opposition Leader Christopher Luxon says. “With prices growing twice as fast as wages, Kiwi families are worse off than they were 12 months ago under Labour.
Ian Hodgkinson has a written letter to PM Ardern, expressing sentiments with which I wholeheartedly agree: Dear Jacinda, When you became Labour Party leader, seven weeks before the 2017 election, you had been a little-known list MP. We now know that nine months before being elected to Parliament in
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Dear Editor It looks like the Ashburton District Council is doing its best to exacerbate the country’s housing crisis by applying the brakes to their consent process. Subject: ADC Update under Red Traffic Light Setting Good morning, The following is an update to council’s position under the Red
If you were to believe the mainstream media, Jacinda Ardern is little less than a secular saint. The universally-beloved queen of “Aotearoa New Zealand”. She who walks on the waters calms the seas and banishes disease with a wave of her magic wand. Well, that’s if you believe
New Zealanders used to be a fantastic bunch of people. We looked after one another, we were mostly fair-minded and we were quite laid back about a lot of issues. We were famous, not just for No 8 wire, but also for our “She’ll Be Right” attitude to
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Below is an unbelievable statement from the Public Service Commission issued to all government employees on behalf of the sexually confused. You are all paying for this nonsense. BUY Your Own Copy of Sir Bob’s Latest Book Today. If you enjoyed this article please
There have been two polls recently, one from 1News/Kantar and the other from Roy Morgan, both of which show clearly that it isn’t true that you can roll a turd in sprinkles and fool everyone that it’s something delicious. Both polls show Labour sliding and National gaining,
With the recent changes in advice about masking, our “Covid Response Team” should be called out again – particularly those with medical or microbiological training. They advise a government with much ado about misinformation and disinformation and yet are culpable of the same thing. In September 2020 the following letter was
Guy Hatchard PhD HatchardReport.com Guy Hatchard PhD was formerly a senior manager at Genetic ID, a global food testing and certification company. Information Opinion Time to bring government and media to account In what might be an alarming augury for the NZ government, I have noticed during the last
We need a new strategy to safely steer New Zealand through the Omicron wave and out of endless restrictions, Opposition Leader Christopher Luxon says. “The Omicron variant has arrived and case numbers are set to increase rapidly in the coming weeks and months. The situation has changed so it is
Geoffrey Miller Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz International analyst Geoffrey Miller examines New Zealand’s positioning amidst tensions between Russia, Ukraine and the West Geoffrey Miller is the Democracy Project’s international analyst and writes on current New Zealand foreign policy and related geopolitical issues. He
