Reports today the Government is looking to change investor rules risks locking New Zealand out of billions of dollars of investment and Kiwis deserve to be part of the debate, National’s Economic Development spokesperson Todd McClay says. “This morning the Prime Minister said she would tell New Zealanders about
Dear Editor May I say how delighted I am that the Government is going down the He Puapua route and co-governance. It will remind me of the old country- Great Britain. I refer, of course, to the House of Lords, which represented the land and capital-owning aristocracy mostly
Nicole McKee ACT Justice Spokesperson It is no wonder the Government was so quiet on the Human Rights Commissioner donating to the Mongrel Mob, it turns out they had given over 13,000 times more in funding to the Mob as well. The Proceeds of Crime Fund exists to address
Brooke van Velden ACT Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson ACT has today announced it would remove barriers to finance build-to-rent schemes. Developing new apartments is hard. The Overseas Investment Office makes it harder. New Zealand is among the hardest countries in the world to send money to. We
Brooke van Velden ACT Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson A new GST-sharing scheme announced by ACT today would get councils issuing resource consents with the great gusto that they have for giving parking tickets. ACT’s GST-sharing scheme is estimated to deliver $1 billion every year to support
Simon Court ACT Infrastructure spokesperson The ACT Party has today announced it will introduce a Public-Private Partnership Agency known as the ‘Nation-Building Agency’ (NBA). The Nation-Building Agency will supercharge our investment into infrastructure, helping to build more, build faster, and at less cost to the taxpayer. Too
It is no wonder that the Government was reluctant to condemn the Chief Human Rights Commissioner about his $200 koha to the mob, when they have given the Mongrel Mob $2.75 million for a programme to manage a problem that they play a huge role in creating, National’s
Geoffrey Miller Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Geoffrey Miller is an international analyst at the Democracy Project. What is New Zealand’s most important role in a quickly changing geopolitical world? It could be mediating between China and the West, according to international analyst Geoffrey Miller.
Say it ain’t so, Joe. The Ihumatao protest was a fraud, a con-job, bluster, bulldust, nonsense. Why? Because before any ‘steering group’ can be formed: “The first thing that has to happen is; the mythology of the SOUL protest, the cognitive dissonance that was promoted through their campaign
Graham Adams Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Graham Adams is a journalist, columnist and reviewer who has written for many of the country’s media outlets including Metro, North & South, Noted, The Spinoff and Newsroom Surprisingly for a Minister of Finance, Grant Robertson is an
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com On Monday, Roy Morgan, Australia’s longest running independent market research company, published the results of its June survey of New Zealand political opinion under the headline “Is the COVID-19 ‘honeymoon’ over for PM Jacinda Ardern?” The poll of 951 Kiwi voters showed waning
Jacinda Ardern’s Labour party was returned with a majority under MMP in 2020, ostensibly off the back of perceived good management of the pandemic. What is becoming more and more obvious though is that keeping out the CCP Virus was a case of good luck rather than good management.
Judith Collins National Party Leader New Zealanders are being left out of important decisions by the Labour Government as they continue to make policy announcements that were never campaigned on and will have a significant impact on New Zealanders. From the Car Tax, cancelling promised infrastructure projects, the $785m Auckland
Waikanae watchers waikanaewatch.org Distraction and key messaging are the trade tools of any in the Government PR sector. In a nutshell, am I concerned at this time? YES. I have been asked by a number of journalists to comment on the proposed Three Waters changes. I haven’t done
