NZ Politics
Stunning State Education Failure: 10,500 Students
Alwyn Poole Villa Education Trust Innovative Education Consultants There has been some digging going on with the level of disengagement with state schools in New Zealand and some recent releases of 2020 system-wide qualifications statistics. Keeping it simple: There are 826,347 school students in New Zealand. 10,500
Growing Concern over the Councils’ SNA Initiative
Barbara McKenzie BA (Hons) Linguistics; PhD (German Lit.) stovouno.org Nationwide policies to incorporate private land into “Significant Natural Areas”, ostensibly deriving authority from the Resource Management Act, have been met with hostility from landowners. Most recently, the Far North District Council announced on 27 July that it has dropped
Parents Banned from Stopping Puberty Blockers
Family First “That is not cool with me” – Kris Faafoi, Minister of Justice If parents aren’t concerned about the conversion therapy bill introduced by the Government on Friday, all they need to do is listen to the Minister of Justice explain the effect of the bill, and parents will
He Puapua in Action – Labour’s Three Waters Reform
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce President, her background is in business and education. In September 2012 the Maori
Two Polls Show the Slide Is on for Labour
Two polls have been released in as many days. One from Roy Morgan and also one from Newshub/Reid Research. Both polls show that Labour is on the slide. Support for New Zealand’s Labour/Greens government dropped 1.5% points to 49.5% in July – the lowest for the
Building Industry in Crisis
New Conservative Bruce Welsh Architect Materials shortages, labour shortages, supply delays and increased costs are now all part of the everyday experience of those in the building industry. From talking to people across the industry, I have heard of issues like: * Merchant shelves are almost empty of timber framing, plywood
Heterophobic Bill a Further Deconstruction of Family
New Conservative New Conservative is deeply troubled and concerned over the tabling of the Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Bill in parliament by the Minister of Justice, Kris Faafoi. Not only is this Bill a further intrusion into the whole area of freedom of speech, but it is also, and more
Prime Minister’s Hypocrisy on Immigration
David Seymour ACT Leader At the same time as the Prime Minister is apologising for the Dawn Raids in the 1970s, Labour is completely ignoring the struggles being faced by migrants today. MPs from every party except Labour and the Maori Party are currently gathered in Auckland for an event
Hardware Trying to Be Software
Eliora By the end of this year Faafoi and Ardern want to prevent “ordinary conversations around sexuality.” NZ Herald July 30th Douglas Murray, the author of The Madness of Crowds, Gender, Race and Identity, sees hardware trying to be software, in a gender dysphoria frenzy. The claim (that sex is
What Is the Government Doing about Rampant Wealth?
Dr Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Government policies have fuelled the wealth and inequality explosion, so is Labour planning to do anything about it? At this stage, the signs are
Free Speech Essential for Social Reform
familyfirst.org.nz “Free-speech is my right to say what you don’t want to hear” – George Orwell You can view and download the full Hate Speech fact sheet here. MAKE A SUBMISSION TO THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE by 6 August 2021 Necessary for Social Reforms Freedom of Speech
How the Government Has Fuelled Rampant Increases in Wealth
Dr Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Jacinda Ardern’s household wealth increased by an estimated $290,000 over the last year. Although she earned nearly half a million dollars from
Michael Cullen Is Going to Be Sitting on the Naughty Step
Michael Cullen is going to be getting a finger-wagging, talking to from Jacinda Ardern. He’s not staying in his lane. Check out these pearls of wisdom on public transport: A possible scenario for the future is that electric vehicles will be adopted more rapidly, which could increase congestion.
She’s Had Her Run (Ardern)
Is some of the Fairy Dust coming off our ‘Princess’? Facebook is usually where Our Dear Leader cements her popularity but not after the “Howl of Protest” up and down the country on Friday 16 July when Ardern presented Live. For the first time, there were plenty of “angry faces”