Melissa Lee National Spokesperson for – Broadcasting & Media| Digital Economy and Communications | Ethnic Communities We are now over a month on from the Waikato DHB ransomware attack and the public are still completely in the dark as to how much of their personal health data has made its way to
The Government has tried to down play Minister for Maori Development Willie Jackson’s announcement yesterday as a simple consultation process, but in truth it is an indication of what is to come, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “Minister Jackson has called the He Puapua report a ‘starting
Labour promised to deliver 10,000 new homes in three years, instead, they have delivered 1058. That means this Government, with 2660 new gang members since 2017, has managed to produce more new gang members than homes, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “Gang violence continues to increase under
Brooke van Velden ACT Housing spokesperson Yesterday the ACT Party congratulated the Government on reaching 1,000 KiwiBuild houses. This momentous day for the Labour Government is just three years late and 15,000 homes behind schedule. At the 2017 election Labour promised it would build 1000 houses in its
Greens Party co-leader James Shaw described the farmer protest group Groundswell NZ based in Southland as “a group of pakeha farmers down south’’ He is also claiming that the statements that they have made about the the National Policy Statement for National Biodiversity are ” misinformation.” But he has failed
National is welcoming the news that two new oil and gas exploration permits have been granted, National’s Energy and Resources spokesperson Barbara Kuriger says. “Labour’s banning of offshore exploration in 2018 came without warning and severely undermined industry confidence. “Such was the shock to confidence that in just
Labour’s underhand last-minute move to shut down debate on my members Bill (Rights for Victims of Insane Offenders Bill) is a disaster for victims’ rights, Louise Upston MP for Taupo says. “Victims of insane offenders have had their suffering diminished for too long in our criminal justice system
Brooke van Velden ACT Housing Spokesperson The Government needs to scrap its Healthy Homes rules and go back to the drawing board, including properly consulting experts and landlords. Public Housing Minister Poto Williams has admitted that the Government’s Healthy Homes rules aren’t right but that landlords still have
National is committed to ensuring New Zealand shares the same diplomatic tools and capabilities as its Western counterparts, National’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson Gerry Brownlee says. Mr Brownlee’s Autonomous Sanctions Bill would allow a New Zealand government to impose sanctions on foreign individuals, entities or regimes responsible for situations
Prior to Covid-19, New Zealand enjoyed an unprecedented tourism boom, generating foreign exchange earnings, investment and jobs but it has left popular destinations struggling with the impact of freedom campers, National List MP based in West Coast Tasman Maureen Pugh says. Ms Pugh’s Member’s Bill, the Freedom
Mark Cameron ACT Rural Affairs spokesperson A new Bill from the ACT Party drawn today will ensure the baton of environmental regulations is given to regional councils and taken out of the hands of Wellington bureaucrats. In recent years farmers have been hammered by regulations put in place by Government
David Seymour ACT Leader The Government is creating further ethnic division with its procurement policy of requiring firms to favour ‘Maori businesses’ hitting the inboxes of firms that contract to Government up and down the country. The policy is one for elite Maori, those who are in business. For working-
Bob McCoskrie National Director Family First We’ve been made aware of a new resource designed primarily for faith-based schools by InsideOut. InsideOut is a Rainbow Youth programme funded by the Ministry of Social Development which is being pushed under the banner of ‘anti-bullying’, and aimed at children
David Seymour ACT Leader The Government is taking the whole country on the path to being an ethno-state, not just the select Maori leaders it’s chosen to consult on its implementation of He Puapua. If there’s to be a constitutional conversation, everybody deserves to be part of
