Rumour are rife that the Government is looking to emulate their great successes in KiwiRail and KiwiBuild, by bringing in their own “KiwiCar”: MotoringNZ made contact with the MIA after being alerted by another industry involver, who said he had also heard the talk and believed it held water. His
Hon Judith Collins judithcollins.national.org.nz A Budget for benefits not jobs The government has surprised everyone with their policies over recent weeks as they softened us up for their fourth Budget announced last week. It was interesting that we saw announcements that public sector employees would face a
David Seymour ACT Leader Public libraries should be a place for all members of the community and public events shouldn’t be shut down because of political agendas. This week both Dunedin and Christchurch Libraries have cancelled events by the group ‘Speak up for Women.’ This group wants to have
Dr David Cumin Spokesperson Free Speech Union After all we’ve been through – and our recent decision from the Court of Appeal confirming that freedom of speech obligations apply to council-owned speaking venues – Christchurch City Council has done a Phil Goff. They’ve barred a feminist group, “Speak Up
Dane Giraud Free Speech Union The Free Speech Union is writing a ‘please explain’ to Christchurch City Council and its libraries after the feminist group ‘Speak-up for Women’ was banned from holding an event to discuss a controversial piece of legislation relating to sex identification. “This decision totally ignores
Labour’s Broken Compass Budget has failed to address the growing critical threats to New Zealand’s digital infrastructure, National’s spokesperson for Digital Economy and Communications Melissa Lee says. “We only have to look at what’s happening to the Waikato DHB to know how important it is to
Recently I received an email from the Antique Arms National President, Andrew Edgecombe. In the email, he has a crack at me (Note to Andrew: I don’t use minions) and my messages about the failures of COLFO. I will address his email in this article on the points that
Paul Rubenstein aijac.org.au Paul Rubenstein is NSW chairman of the Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council. Sydney Morning Herald and The Age – 27 May 2021 “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” So goes the catch-cry chanted by anti-Israel demonstrators around the globe
israelinstitute.nz Cyrus Basham spoke at the Israel Solidarity Rally in Auckland, 23 May, 2021 I’m speaking on behalf of the Iranian Freedom Fighters. I’m here to send a message of friendship and peace to the people of Israel and to tell you that people like Golriz Ghahraman
David Seymour ACT Leader The Government must explain why a new education programme is teaching the idea that white supremacy exists in our education system. We need to debate and discuss issues around race and inequality in this country. But covertly adding concepts like ‘white supremacy’ to the curriculum is
David Seymour ACT Leader Jacinda Ardern’s credibility in denying that ‘white privilege’ is being taught in the education system has taken another hit. Newstalk ZB has been leaked audio of educator Dr Michelle Johansson preaching about ‘white privilege’ at a teacher only day. We know that children are having
Nicole McKee ACT’s Justice spokesperson The Police Minister has misled Parliament and must correct the Parliamentary record. The Police Minister was asked a question in Parliament on May 4th about whether it was appropriate for Marama Davidson to visit the Mongrel Mob in her capacity as Minister for Family
On Wednesday afternoon I, along with a couple of others, had the pleasure of meeting with the Leader of the National Party, Judith Collins. We were getting together to discuss a proposal we had to assist National to win the next election, particularly in relation to recapturing the rural vote.
David Seymour ACT Leader The lockdown affecting Melbourne right now could just have easily happened to New Zealand. The Government has made us a sitting duck running on luck. We’ve seen multiple failures at MIQ facilities any one of which could have resulted in a community outbreak. Ashley Bloomfield
The Government’s newly named Provincial Growth Fund isn’t anything new, it merely demonstrates its inability to deliver for New Zealanders, National’s Economic Development spokesperson Todd McClay says. “In 2017 Grant Robertson said the Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) ‘says everything about what I want this Government to be
