NZ Politics
A Wonderful, Magical Budget
Grant Robertson must surely believe in fairies, pixies and unicorns. His ‘BludgeIt’ makes some astonishing assumptions in order to magic up results. Steven Joyce outlines just how magical the thinking in the ‘BludgeIt’ is: First, our economy is apparently going to grow faster than Australia’s in three of the
Judith Collins – Leader’s Speech to Central North Island Conference
Good morning, delegates. It’s an absolute privilege to be speaking to you all here today as your leader. I’d like to acknowledge National Party President Peter Goodfellow, regional chairperson Andrew von Dadelszen, my fellow board members, my Central North Island colleagues, and all of you, the members of
Letter to the Editor: Our Government’s Exercise of Its Hidden Agenda!
Dear Editor Buoyed by some pretty dodgy opinion polls, the muppets currently running the country are helter-skelter galloping us down the path to their brave new (old) world where the fairies play and we are benevolently governed under a feudal system by a handful of hereditary iwi elite. As
The Grim Reality of Black Privilege
A recent BFD “Daily Roundup” post contrasted the laundry list of Maori-only benefits in New Zealand with the supposed “white privilege” of non-Maori. Like most jokes, it contained a not-so-subtle barb of truth. As Orwell wrote, “A thing is funny when…it upsets the established order.
Higher Standards for Teacher Registration
David Seymour ACT Leader The ACT Party is calling for higher standards for our teachers when renewing their practicing certificates. Across all of the standardised international measures, PISA, PIRLS, and TIMSS, New Zealand students are in a sustained decline. Students today are learning less than they were 10 years ago.
Paul Goldsmith – Thin Rations to Turn around Truancy Crisis
Parents and teachers will be disappointed that in a Budget with about $15 billion worth of new spending, so little was devoted to pressing challenges in education, National’s Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “While a little bit of help was promised for Alternative Education and intensive support for children
Geoffrey Miller: Foreign Affairs Funding Largely on Ice as New Priorities Emerge
Geoffrey Miller Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Geoffrey Miller is an international analyst at the Democracy Project. He has lived and travelled extensively in the Middle East and is a fluent Arabic speaker. There are some new clues to be found in the Budget that illustrate
Next Minute He Will Be Appalled to Find Out Oceans Are Wet
A clear example of the astonishing and dangerous economic stupidity of Grant Robertson is his concern that accommodation supplements end up in the pockets of landlords and not the pockets of the bludgers who receive them. I’m not kidding! Grant Robertson says the Government is reviewing how it helps
Yeah, Sure Grant, like You Had No Plans for a CGT?
Grant Robertson has said that the Government has no plans for rent controls, despite the Housing Minister, Megan Woods, asking Treasury for advice on rent controls: Finance Minister Grant Robertson has this afternoon moved to end speculation his Government is gearing up to introduce a rent control policy. Although he
Face of the Day *UPDATE
UPDATE: The petition was started by Tina Ngata and Anna McAllister. We in error thought that it was started by Debbie Ngarewa-Paker because our link to the petition had the following on it. Maori Party co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer started a petition to pressure a business to fire
Survivors of Colonisation
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ACT Announces Democracy Policy
David Seymour ACT Leader ACT Leader David Seymour has today announced a new Democracy Policy. This includes a new Member’s Bill which would introduce a four year term to Parliament from 2026, if the Government turns control of select committees over to the opposition. “We need to strengthen the
Louise Upston – Benefits Aren’t a Pathway to Prosperity
Budget 2021 showed little aspiration for the almost 200,000 New Zealanders without a job, National’s Social Development and Employment spokesperson Hon Louise Upston says. “Many people are doing it really tough right now. More than 70,000 people have moved onto the Jobseeker benefit since 2017. More New
Dr Shane Reti – Labour’s Direction in Health Hugely Disappointing
Thursday’s Broken Compass Budget has revealed the impact the Government’s decision to radically restructure our health sector will have on the health of all New Zealanders, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “Labour has allocated almost half billion dollars to ‘begin the transition’ to its proposed