Dr David Cumin Spokesperson Free Speech Coalition With the so-called “hate speech” debate heating up, we’re going to write more regular updates on our campaign activity. PM Takes Swipe at David Seymour, Denies Cabinet ‘Have Made Decisions’ At Monday’s Post Cabinet media briefing (skip to 31 minutes
Ihumatao unlawful government spend Henry Cooke (Stuff): Auditor-General rules the $29.9m the Government used to buy Ihumatao was unlawfully spent Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Housing Minister Megan Woods promises to ‘tidy up’ unlawful purchase of Ihumatao 1News: Unlawful Ihumatao payment another ‘messy chapter’ in the saga, 1News political
I have recently completed my firearms licence renewal process. Despite forethought and planning on my part, it turned into a nightmare. I have had a fireams licence since I was 15 years old, some 37 years. It has been renewed twice, once when our “lifetime” licences were unilaterally disbanded and
Olivia Pierson oliviapierson.org Great. Our Mother Country, the United Kingdom once was lucky enough to have Margaret Thatcher as their celebrated Iron Lady to alleviate the sick excesses of socialism in Britain during the 80s decade. Thirty odd years later, New Zealand gets lumped with Jacinda Ardern as our
Jacinda Ardern’s dodgy backroom deal paying off the squatters on private land at Ihumatao has been deemed “unlawful” by the Auditor-General: The Auditor-General has deemed the Government’s Ihumatao deal “unlawful” because Parliament did not approve a new spending category to purchase the land. The disputed south
Claire Szabó Labour President It’s a huge week for New Zealand, as we resume two-way quarantine free travel with Australia. The trans-Tasman bubble helps friends and family reconnect, provides vital customers for tourism operators here, and brings opportunities for New Zealanders doing business in Australia. Yesterday alone,
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour. “Information uncovered by the ACT Party has led the Auditor-General to deem the Government’s Ihumatao purchase ‘unlawful,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Grant Robertson illegally spent taxpayer money to solve a political problem created by Jacinda Ardern. “ACT has always said this
The Auditor-General has confirmed the Labour Government unlawfully used millions of taxpayer dollars to settle the Ihumatao land dispute. In response to a letter from National’s Housing spokesperson Nicola Willis, written in March, the Auditor-General has confirmed today that the $30 million deal to buy the disputed
Any moves to muzzle elected District Health Board members from commenting honestly on the Government’s health system restructure should not be allowed to happen, National’s Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “I’m very concerned to hear some elected DHB members feel the new code
ACT Party Free Press Grant Robertson’s letter to the board of Air New Zealand is a shocker, according to Fran O’Sullivan. The Government’s interference in Air New Zealand has been debated over the last week, in part thanks to the Speaker granting David Seymour an Urgent Debate
Free Speech Coalition The Free Speech Coalition is calling on the Public Service Commissioner Peter Hughes to revoke new rules which came into effect on Monday which apply rules of political neutrality onto DHB members – including those elected by the public. “Requiring politicians to act in a ‘politically impartial manner’
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Dear Editor Your recent correspondence, “Driving on Muriwai Beach“, fails to outline the issues involved, but instead makes pointed personal comments and suggests a conspiracy based around the 2011 Marine and Coastal Act, and Agenda 2030. There are several issues at Muriwai Beach, which to a point, are intertwined. The
Alexander Gillespie theconversation.com Alexander Gillespie works primarily in international law, with specialties in international environmental; and the laws of war/international humanitarian law. Very recently in the Bay of Bengal a naval exercise took place involving India, France, Japan and Australia. While it received little or no coverage in
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour “The Prime Minister yesterday told her weekly press conference she was “disheartened” the ACT Party doesn’t want to engage with the Government over its proposed Hate Speech Laws, despite ACT writing to the Justice Minister and agreeing for the caucus to meet with
