David Seymour ACT Leader Jacinda Ardern should reverse her position on an exemption for utes in the feebate scheme now she has been corrected that Toyota isn’t bringing an electric ute onto the market in the next 12 to 24 months. Two days ago, the Prime Minister wrongly stated
Jacinda Ardern is dancing on the head of a gear stick with her absurd claim that she couldn’t “operationalise” an exemption for farmers and tradies from Labour’s car tax, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “If the Prime Minister doesn’t have the power to step in
Darroch Ball Co-Leader/Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust The National Party’s ‘five-point plan’ to curb the rise in inmates assaulting prison officers doesn’t go far enough and continues to ignore the Corrections Association’s plea for the introduction of harsher penalties, says Darroch Ball co-leader of
Look at this gob smacking and astonishing statement from Jacinda Ardern about who she thinks should or shouldn’t be using utes: But Ardern confirmed she’s ruling out exemptions for utes. “We did discuss that because we recognised that there is a lag in the technology right now. But
There is a disconnect between our government’s lobbying for a trade agreement with the UK and the EU and failing to foster an environment in New Zealand for increased commerce and trade post-Covid, so that we have the products and services available to sell in these markets. A
Email just now from Westpac bank saying they’ve cancelled me. I’m banned from banking with them in future too. For what exactly am I being cancelled by Westpac? This is pressure from Jacinda’s govt and the extremist Maori party because I’m telling the truth of their
Jacinda Ardern is not the only trying to pull a swifty over electric cars versus utes. Notoriously, Ardern is trying to subsidise luxury EV cars for wealthy people at the expense of tradies and ordinary car-owners. Which is exactly what her dewy-eyed fans across the ditch at Australia’
It is no wonder the Government’s media release about the latest New Zealand Crime and Victimisation Survey led with a small decrease in burglaries as this is where the good news stops, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “Behind the celebratory headline the data that fits with what
Charlotte Bedford devpolicy.org Charlotte Bedford is a Research Fellow with the Development Policy Centre and is based in New Zealand. In early May, the New Zealand government announced a second border exception (which I refer to as BE2.0) for Pacific seasonal workers under the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE)
By allowing 70 per cent of benefit fraud investigations to be delayed and a critical fraud detection tool to cease to operate for more than a year, Labour has left our welfare system vulnerable to exploitation, National’s Social Development and Employment spokesperson Louise Upston says. “Billions of dollars was
Brooke van Velden ACT Housing spokesperson Grant Robertson’s meddling in the demand side of housing won’t build a single extra home. Finance Minister Grant Robertson has agreed “in-principle” to give the Reserve Bank (RBNZ) debt-to-income (DTI) tools. A 2017 paper written by Ian Harrison, an
Brooke van Velden ACT Trade spokesperson The Government needs to let New Zealanders know where we stand with the UK on Free Trade after Australia got in first. Australia struck a deal with the UK which allows more Australians to live and work there and more of their products to
Information Satire The Hollywood Regurgitator has an article today discussing a new movie to be made about Jacinda Ardern. With a working title “Whadda ’bout me?” it closely follows Ardern as the tragic events of June 11th through 14th, 2021 unfold, during which depressing times the New Zealand prime minister
Chief Science Adviser to the office of the PM, Professor Dame Juliette Gerard was reappointed last week for another three year term. Her first foray into the media was last weekend. Gerard was pleased about the reappointment, stating that the prime minister must be happy with her performance, before being
This may be an unpopular opinion, but I don’t want the Saint Jacinda Saves the Muslims movie cancelled. Yes, I agree with almost all of the criticisms made of it (hypocritical as many of them are) – but still, I don’t want it cancelled. I have trenchantly criticised Cancel
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