NZ Politics
Quick Hit: What an Overhang Actually Does
National won 43 electorates last time and the latest Verian poll gives it 34 MPs on party vote. Here is what happens to the gap.
Quick Hit: Labour built the blob, and even 9,000 cuts won’t shrink it back
Department bosses have been told to model a 15 per cent staff cut. Even the 55,000 target leaves the public service bigger than the one Labour inherited in 2017.
Luxon’s Six Giants and the Seat He Is Really Defending
National says the split-vote push is a threat to the country. Look closer and it is a threat to one list seat, and Luxon has a funny idea of who counts as a giant.
Spare Us the Lectures from Has-Beens
The lefty lobster-pot is a bottomless gilded cage.
National Would Rather Police Its Donor Than Win the Argument
Someone complained. Mowbray told RNZ he has made “an assumption” that it was National. He has a reason.
This Cannot Be Correct
It is inconceivable that Labour does not have policies on crime, sentencing, prisons, drugs and gangs. What is conceivable is that Labour has policies it does not want you to know about until it is in government
Law and the Māorification Process
John Locke said: ‘When law ends, tyranny begins.’ New Zealand should keep this in mind. Its legal system is now deeply divided.
We Want True Critical Thinking
We must be willing to question accepted thinking, defend our convictions and engage openly with those who disagree. That is the sort of education we want to provide and the sort of freedom we ought to defend.
Luxon Is Chasing Bill English’s Record and Caucus Let Him
National is on 24.8 in the latest RNZ-Reid Research poll, below Judith Collins in 2020. Christopher Luxon still says he won’t share the top job.
I Left New Zealand Over an Email
At a time when Health NZ are reporting severe staffing shortages, and are looking to bring in staff from overseas, I have to be blunt: based on my experience, I would not advise any health professional to work in New Zealand until the regulators get back to their core purposes.