Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Budget 2021 was the most political budget we have seen in recent years. From the new railway assembly workshops in Dunedin – to keep the trade unions happy – to the major income boosts for beneficiaries of up to $55 a week, it represented a major payback
You know you are over the target when you start copping flak. Simeon Brown is certainly copping a fair amount after calling out the lawlessness of criminal gang members who have reacted like a bunch of cry-babies. Now they have taken to the ultimate cry-baby action of all,
Dear Prime Minister Today is the 3rd anniversary of Gumboot Friday and to celebrate I’ll be walking 100,000 meters in Gumboots around the Auckland Domain to raise $100k that will go towards our $5 million goal. If we reach our goal it will provide over 37,000 free
It is right to have important conversations around inequities, but it is wrong to peddle crude, simplistic, stereotypes imported from America which are more divisive than constructive, National’s Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “Teachers are being shown videos that instruct them to list their ‘privileges’ and view their students
The Climate Commission should be presenting New Zealand with a range of viable options for emissions reduction with cost analysis included, National’s Climate Change Spokesperson Stuart Smith says. “Climate Commission Chair Dr Rod Carr’s column on why he is not recommending a least cost pathway fails to answer
Karen Chhour ACT’s Social Development spokesperson As long as the Government has its hands over its ears screaming “la la la” about benefit numbers, they will keep rising. There are 365,937 working-age people receiving a main benefit as at the end of March 2021. That’s an
Dear Editor Travel plans and bookings for so-called Diversity training has been cancelled thanks to Judith Collins kicking up a stink in parliament about kids apologizing for their white privilege. Thank you, Judith. Keep at it! This ideology needs to stop. We need more complaints about it. Complaining DOES
David Seymour ACT Leader They say if you ask a stupid question, you get a stupid answer. In the case of Kris Faafoi, his stupid questions came with a hefty price tag. The Broadcasting Minister commissioned a report from consultants PWC at a cost of $400,000. The gist of
Information Satire A few mornings ago, while ruminating, contemplating my navel and finding very little inspiration therein, I was jolted back to reality by the alarm call of my Spyfly device. This indicated that someone of interest had entered the inner sanctum of Justinda Ardeau’s office and had activated
It’s disappointing a women’s group has been blocked from holding an event at Christchurch City Libraries to discuss the proposed amendments to the Births Deaths Marriages Relationships Registration Bill, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. Christchurch City Libraries cancelled the group’s event after receiving complaints from
David Seymour ACT Leader Public servants are being required to calculate their ‘white privilege score’. ACT revealed earlier this month that schoolchildren were being taught about white privilege and we can now reveal that education staff are undergoing similar training. Staff at the Ministry of Education and the Education Review
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio,tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under
Susan Short Secretary democracyaction.org.nz This brief article is to remind you that the opportunity to have a say on the Aotearoa New Zealand’s Histories in the New Zealand Curriculum runs out in six days’ time. Consultation closes on Monday 31 May. For those who have already made
Darroch Ball Co-leader/National Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust. Every now and again there comes an opportunity for an opposition party to completely own a major policy area. This opportunity is presenting itself to the National Party in the law-and-order space – but seems to have been so unexpected
