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
In 2019 Jacinda Ardern and flaky French President Emmanuel Macron co-founded the Christchurch Call following a one day killing spree by a crazed and ideologically confused lone wolf. France’s decades of obscene organised terrorism, murders and anti-Semitic persecution appear to have escaped Macron’s attention, indicating that
Mark Harvey University of Auckland Dr Mark Harvey (M?t?waka iwi, P?keh?) is an artist and researcher. His research and practice is focussed around social justice, environmentalism, decolonisation, and related political perspectives in the arts and society. It seems unlikely the arts will be a priority in the
There has been a lot of criticism recently of moteliers making money out of the government’s current scheme to house homeless people in motels. It is quite clear that some moteliers have been doing rather well out of it, but I am not exactly sure why the media is
Rodney Hide bassettbrashandhide.com Rodney Hide is former ACT Party leader, and Minister in the National-ACT Government from 2008 to 2011 That photo last week of the government’s free lunch at Kaitaia Primary School was heartbreaking. It was half-a-cup of canned spaghetti in a polystyrene box
The Government should be doing more to make sure people who use our MIQ facilities are paying what they owe in a timely manner, National’s Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop says. National has figures which show the Government was owed almost $7 million in overdue invoices from MIQ guests,
Immigration reset Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): ‘Scene setting’ immigration speech labelled confusing by critics Luke Malpass (Stuff): Immigration reset light on details, but direction of travel is clear Richard Harman: Major immigration speech falls flat (paywalled) Michael Neilson (Herald): Government targets rich investors as part of its ‘reset’ of immigration settings
Audrey Young makes an astute observation about Jacinda Ardern’s knee-jerk reaction to the news of SFO charges relating to dodgy Labour party donations: Jacinda Ardern’s knee-jerk response to the news that a donation to her own Labour Party has led to Serious Fraud Office charges against
Newshub, and Tova O’Brien in particular, are all cock-a-hoop that their poll apparently spells the end of Judith Collins. Even Duncan Garner, a man who is more wrong than right, got in on the act. But no amount of media mishief-making will change the fact that
We’re focused on the issues that matter to Kiwis. Catch up on the latest in politics with our Week in Review below. * We’re still waiting for the PM to give straight answers on He Puapua. * Politicised education priorities are short-changing kids. * State housing register continues to climb.
The Government should be focusing on making sure our kids are at school and learning, rather than have them discuss their white privilege, National’s Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “Discussions around race and inequality are important and we should be having them. “But making young children discuss their ‘white
IINZ israelinstitute.nz Israel Institute of New Zealand co-director, Dr David Cumin, has reacted to remarks by Foreign Affairs Minister, Nanaia Mahuta, in which she appears to blame Israel for the current escalating violence in the Middle Eastern state. Responding to more violence in Israel and Gaza, overnight, Ms
Hobson’s Pledge Trust The headline said, “Maori party co-leader ejected from parliament after performing haka in racism row”. See Maori Party leader ejected. However, what the Leader of the Opposition said was not reported. To set the record straight, the missing content involved questions from National Party leader
New Zealand (or is it Aotearoa now?) is increasingly finding itself out of step with the rest of the Western World with regard to Freedom and Democracy. The latest round of violence between the Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist organisation/armies and the state of Israel has sadly shown how
