Karen Chhour I’m calling on Jacinda Ardern to explain whether she is “stirring up, maintaining or normalising hatred by insulting, threatening or abusive communication” which would be captured under the Government’s hate speech laws. My question is whether the nation’s Karens will be deemed a protected group?
Brooke van Velden ACT Housing spokesperson The Housing Minister has proved today that her so-called Healthy Homes Standards are simply double standards. Kainga Ora tenants are some of the most vulnerable tenants in the country. ACT has heard from many vulnerable state housing tenants with health problems who have
David Seymour ACT Leader It’s time for the Government to start treating New Zealanders like adults and let us in on what’s really happening with the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. Yesterday Jacinda Ardern admitted we’re getting the schedule for delivery of vaccines four weeks in advance. She
The fall of British health secretary Matt Hancock is more than just another sordid saga of political dirty dalliance. Largely overlooked in the righteous furore is the shadowy role of spying by Chinese telcos. Make no mistake: Hancock thoroughly deserved the bollocking he’s got. At the same time that
It was bound to happen eventually. It just took its sweet time. But I knew, if I kept saying it often enough, it might come to pass. What I’m talking about is my oft-repeated prediction that Jacinda Ardern would do a Kevin Rudd. It’s hard to realise,
Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins’ comments that ‘there’s no major downside’ to New Zealand’s slow vaccine roll out are staggeringly naïve, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “There are two ‘major downsides’ to being the slowest in the developed world to roll out the
David Seymour ACT Leader Labour’s push for co-governance of our water assets is another small step towards a Partnership State where a small number of New Zealanders have greater rights under the law. Co-governance should not be the priority; the priority should be fixing the pipes. We
While there’s a clear case for change in our Three Waters sector the Government’s plan isn’t compelling, and the model of four regional entities comes with several problems, National’s Water spokesperson Simon Bridges says. “The problems with Three Waters are complex, National recognises that, and we
Karen Chhour ACT Social Development spokesperson Kelvin Davis has today told the Social Services Select Committee that he’s “not here to defend the indefensible” when it comes to Oranga Tamariki. He needs to accept that he’s the one who’s in charge of the indefensible. I grew up
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IINZ israelinstitute.nz A recently published report, commissioned by the EU, found schools run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) teach a curriculum replete with antisemitism, incitement to violence against civilians, and glorification of terror. Despite this, the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT)
Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 1984 is the scariest book I’ve ever read. When it was published in 1949, I was far too young to read it, let alone understand it. I
It doesn’t matter how ethnically diverse your business is; “at least 5% ” of suppliers to HealthSource must have “at least 50% Maori ownership“ or be “a Maori Authority as defined by the Inland Revenue Department.” 5% of suppliers if they want to supply the government must have Business partners
If that prince of essayists Charles Dickens were alive in New Zealand today, he might well have written “A Tale of Three Estates”, as a 21st century update of his peerless Tale of Two Cities. In that novel he wrote of a French nobleman escaping from Paris on the brink
Hate speech is back on the menu — Tova O’Brien’s interview with Justice Minister Kris Faafoi was eyebrow raising. If I write an opinion piece ‘Jacinda Ardern is a communist or a dictator’, could I be stung for hate speech? Instead of just saying “no”, we’re given a
