Another day, another implementation blunder from a government fast developing a habit of being a government that is only good at announcing things: Less than half of the Government’s ‘’shovel-ready’’ infrastructure projects have begun by its first self-imposed deadline, with just 44 per cent of the 150
Pete North CEO New Conservative I came here as an immigrant 44 years ago, and long ago became a New Zealand citizen. I was part of a generation of Kiwis that spoke out against the ethnic separatism taking place in South Africa in the ’70s and ’80s. Never in my
There’s claptrap, and there’s piffle, waffle, nonsense too, the absurd and the bizarre, all seen in the wild frequently, especially accompanying anything this hopeless mob in power can offer. It’s a rare thing indeed to see them all clumped together, the parry and thrust of earnest inanity
David Seymour ACT Leader Compulsory unionism is undemocratic, will be a wrecking ball on the economy, and doesn’t solve any identified problem. Today’s proposal is far more radical than anything the Government has proposed before. It said it would initially be ‘one or two industries.’ Today’s proposal
The Government should change the rules around emergency accommodation to require motels to provide data about who they are housing to the Ministry of Social Development, National’s Social Development spokesperson Louise Upston says. “It’s unacceptable the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) doesn’t collect enough data around who’
Labour’s so-called Fair Pay Agreements are an ideologically-driven project without any sound analytical basis, National’s Workplace Relations spokesperson Scott Simpson says. “It is acknowledged in the Cabinet Paper that the FPA could lead directly to businesses having to cut costs by reducing staff numbers and hours
Dear Editor I am pleased that Judith and David are making a stand against this He Puapua bulldust. It has been 40 years this year since the Springbok tour and of the widespread anti-apartheid protests which played an important role in ridding South Africa of that dreadful regime, yet
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Lindsay Perigo solopassion.com Latest from the former Free Speech Coalition. I’d urge all SOLOists to join but to maintain vigilance, scepticism … and a willingness to walk away. These guys, unlike the co-founders of the UK Free Speech Union, have rabid Trump Derangement Syndrome. They not only denied,
The 2023 election will be the most pivotal this country has held in living memory. A further term of Labour and the Greens will see the country become unrecognisable in terms of how a democratic country should operate. Jacinda Ardern, as she has proven on Mike Hosking’s programme, might
David Seymour ACT Leader More than half of Labour’s so-called “shovel ready” projects haven’t had a shovel anywhere near them. Information obtained by the ACT Party shows the Government has only started 67 of the 150 so-called “shovel ready” projects it promised last July. The Government
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com “Democratic government can accommodate Maori political aspiration in many ways. It can allocate resources in ways which reflect the particular interests of Maori people. It can delegate authority, and allow the exercise of degrees of Maori autonomy. What it cannot do is acknowledge the existence
