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News Briefing: 2 April 2025

News Briefing: 2 April 2025

Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards TE PĀTI MĀORI Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Tikanga stand off: Te Pāti Māori refuse to front up to committee over haka Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira, Layla Bailey-McDowell and Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Te Pāti Māori MPs refuse to attend Parliament's Privileges Committee hearing over haka protest

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NZ’s Trust Crisis a Revolt

NZ’s Trust Crisis a Revolt

Part of restoring trust is candidly admitting mistakes and failures. As the saying goes, trust arrives on foot but leaves on horseback – it will take time and consistent effort to win back the confidence that has been lost.

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Woke but Not Awake

Woke but Not Awake

It appears that the woke don’t like reporting on the woke: another scandal developing around a Green Party MP shows how a woke mainstream media are consciously choosing to remain asleep when it comes to certain people and issues.

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News Briefing: 1 April 2025

News Briefing: 1 April 2025

Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards OPEN GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT Jem Traylen (The Integrity Institute): Still a “game of hide and seek” – 30+ years of OIA shenanigans Richard Harman (Politik): When moral authority is not enough (paywalled) David Farrar: Chief Ombudsman assesses agencies on OIA compliance John McLean: Official Information Regress

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Credit Where Credit Is Due

Credit Where Credit Is Due

Whenever I get stopped to get drug tested, it’s going to be a complete waste of my time and the police’s time and a complete waste of taxpayer money.

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Stop and Search

Stop and Search

Tamatha Paul should investigate the consequences of what happened to her party’s electoral support in 2017 – the last time a young(ish) wahine Māori gave Green voters cause to doubt her party’s attachment to the rule of law.

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