Eddie Clark Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Promised changes to New Zealand’s hate speech regulations have been slower to emerge than first anticipated. But a recently released cabinet paper finally gives some idea of what is being considered. The proposals were originally intended to be made public
As last Sunday was ANZAC Day, at the 7.30am Mass at St Joseph’s Catholic Church in Takapuna that I customarily attend, the congregation was invited to stand at the end for a recorded trumpet rendition of the Last Post and Reveille, followed by the singing of our national
National is calling on the Government to let New Zealanders have more of a say on whether they want a Maori Health Authority, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “The Government has stated that it has a te Tiriti obligation to segregate healthcare in New Zealand, dividing us into
ACT Party ACT’s Primary Industries spokesperson Mark Cameron. “Yesterday’s release of the winter grazing standards again show a Government out of touch with the primary sector,” says ACT’s Primary Industries spokesperson Mark Cameron. “It’s in a farmer’s best interest to look after their land and
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com Forty years ago, when I first became Labour’s spokesman on health, I recall George Gair, the then Minister of Health, saying that if health spending continued to rise at the current rate there would come a time around 2030 where the entire national budget would
Housing crisis Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Emergency housing costs weigh on Government books, costing hundreds of millions a year Jane Patterson (RNZ): Government ‘ducking for cover’ over emergency housing – National Rotorua Daily Post: Millions spent weekly in Rotorua on supplements to help pay rent (paywalled) Sophie Cornish (Stuff): Immigration NZ looking
The Police have charged on towards setting up a comprehensive gun register. They’ve been enabled by politicians who should know better but don’t. We’ve been told that a gun register will keep us safe. We’ve also been told that a register will reduce crime. The Police
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Government needs to explain why the number of prisoners attending rehabilitation is decreasing while disorder increases,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “The number of prisoners attending rehabilitation programmes has fallen from 49 percent to 41 percent. We should have an expectation that Corrections
It is worrying that the Government’s slow vaccine rollout has caused New Zealand to slip behind Singapore in Bloomberg’s index of the best places to be during the Covid-19 pandemic, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “New Zealand should be on equal footing with
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour “The Government’s Seasonal Work Scheme attracting just 195 new fruit pickers to move to where the work is shows its strategy is failing and it’s time to let more workers in,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Fruit and vegetable growers have done
National holds grave concerns about the Minister of Finance’s announcement that he is to give himself greater powers to intervene in operations at the Reserve Bank, National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly says. “It is clear that the Minister is trying to show that he is doing something but
ACT Party ACT’s Social Development spokesperson Karen Chhour. “If Greens co-leader Marama Davidson wants to know why people are in emergency housing she should hold up a mirror,” says ACT’s Social Development spokesperson Karen Chhour. “Marama Davidson’s comments about emergency housing being ‘inhumane’ show just how
National started looking at it a few years ago, Phil Twyford worked on it in 2019 and Michael Wood has been continuing the work to date. It seems that everyone is trying to figure out how to keep the cash flowing from the long-suffering cash-cow, the motorist. Stuff
This clown government hasn’t even budgeted its huge healthcare reform. Where are they going to find the money to transport patients and family support out of town and home again and supply accommodation while they are away? Travel and accommodation costs will be substantial and will use money better
NZ-China-Australia relations Luke Malpass (Stuff): New Zealand isn’t ‘sucking up’ to China by learning from countries’ mistakes Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Outrage over Nanaia Mahuta’s speech is really about Jacinda Ardern Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Where’s the real criticism of NZ and
Michael Wood has got some moxie, for a short man. He’s rejected the mockery that has come the way of the slow train from Hamilton to Papakura, a train aptly named after an extinct bird: Transport Minister Michael Wood has rejected commentary that the Hamilton-Auckland commuter train is
