How long will it be before a kaumatua (respected male elder) or kuia (respected female elder) of exalted rangatira (chiefly) status in Maoridom will call on Maori Party MP Rawiri Waititi to stop making a mockery of what ought to be the kawa (accepted procedure) of our Parliament? (Note to
The government, yet again, have been caught out playing fast and loose with the law during their haphazard pandemic response. First, it was the lockdowns that were illegal, and now it is the vaccine rollout: The Health Minister is making an urgent law change after a High Court judgment ruled
Budget 2021 Kate C. Prickett (The Conversation): NZ’s second ‘Well-being Budget’ must deliver for the families that sacrificed most during the pandemic Praveen Menon (Reuters): New Zealand’s recovery budget seen focusing on targeted spending Jason Walls (Herald): Maori housing and child poverty initiatives likely to be biggest
The funniest, most ridiculous take you will hear today. Apparently old ‘scribble-face’ Nanaia Mahuta could sort out the Israeli-Palestinian conflict! Yeah, like she sorted out the Aussie-China spat eh? New Zealand could be following Norway’s example and helping to broker a ceasefire and mediate wider peace
Health Minister Andrew Little needs to rule out cutting health services to pay for his radical restructuring plans for the health sector, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. National has a letter from Andrew Little to Finance Minister Grant Robertson, setting out his priorities for Budget 2021. “The
What an unbelievable Newshub poll. After all the bad news the Government has had, particularly over the past few weeks and before, Tova O’Brien managed to report on a poll that was right up her alley. The only thing she failed to report in her orgasmic presentation was that
The Auditor-General’s audit of the government’s vaccine roll-out presents a very worrying picture of a lack of progress and significant concerns about whether it will achieve its goals at all, says National’s Covid-19 Response Spokesperson Chris Bishop. The Auditor-General states that he is
David Seymour ACT Leader The Government has made it clear it’s willing to get back to the table with the Laura Fergusson Trust, so we need answers about why the Trust is refusing. The Laura Fergusson Trust has been a safe haven for young people with physical and neurological
The latest figures on gangs have been released to National, with the number of gang members in our communities passing 8000 for the first time, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “Since Labour came into office in 2017 gangs have recruited 2660 new members, an increase of just under
Don Brash Hobson’s Pledge Trust hobsonspledge.nz A proposal to give one tribe equal say to that of 23 councils over South Island water without consulting the non-Maori community is outrageous, Hobson’s Pledge spokesman Don Brash said today. The Government’s preferred option for the so called
David Seymour ACT Leader Jacinda Ardern needs to let New Zealanders know what’s happening with the South Island’s water assets rather than leaving us in limbo. I asked the Prime Minister in Parliament today whether she would rule out co-governance of water infrastructure in the South Island
The right-on defenders of the imaginary state of Palestine like to indignantly protest that they’re not anti-Semites. Perhaps they even think that that’s true. It is an impressive feat of cognitive dissonance, considering that they literally call for the obliteration of the Jewish homeland. Imagine calling
Hobson’s Pledge Trust An appeal is needed to restore certainty to the common law and confine the notion of tikanga to the historical relationships and understandings of those seeking ownership of the coastal area of New Zealand, legal expert Anthony Willy wrote this week. The High Court last week
James McDowall ACT’s immigration spokesperson Economic Development Minister Stuart Nash must have been away with the fairies when he insulted employers who take migrant workers. This morning, speaking on Newstalk ZB, Mr Nash said: “We just can’t keep relying on overseas workers without trying to attract Kiwis in
Hobson’s Pledge Trust At least 5 per cent of the total number of procurement contracts awarded each year by the government must be awarded to Maori businesses, according to guidelines released last December. See Government procurement. For government procurement purposes, a Maori business is defined as one that has
