Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com Since the Labour Government rushed through a law change at the beginning of February denying ratepayers the right to call for a referendum before a local government created one or more Maori wards, there has been a sharp increase in the number of local governments intending
Live animal export ban Stuff: Editorial – The tide goes out on animal exports Luke Malpass (Stuff): Government announces an end to livestock sea export industry RNZ: Government announces ban for live cattle exports by sea Esther Taunton (Stuff): Opponents label live export ban ‘immoral, ill-informed’ Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): NZ
A MYOB poll of 401 small to medium businesses has shown that Labour is now the preferred party of SMEs, with 38% favouring Labour and 35% supporting National. A further 5% voted ACT, while 3% supported the Greens. So overall, most businesses favour the left bloc over the right bloc,
Last Friday, at O’Connell Street Bistro, Chris Luxon met Simon Power for lunch. Lengthy discussions were held, but it is widely thought by commentators apprised of the lunch meeting that the real purpose of the lunch was for the official handing over of the FIGJAM title from the old
Former MP Catherine Delahunty says the original plan was based on gender balance – but we now need a non-binary approach. She told Heather du Plessis-Allan it’s also about who will bring a radical edge to issues. […] Delahunty says there is no reason to have a male co-
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour. ACT is calling on the Prime Minister to publicly reject the recommendations of a Cabinet-commissioned report which aims to give effect to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. “He Puapua represents a significant and serious departure from the idea that
Parliament’s Epidemic Response Committee must return to allow proper scrutiny of the Government’s Covid-19 Response, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins and National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop say. “The Government-controlled Health Select Committee has proven itself ill-equipped and ill-suited to the
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour “The world is currently facing greater challenges than it has in decades, with a pandemic, a decline in democracy and geopolitical tensions on the rise. More than ever we need to unite New Zealand behind good ideas, and that takes honest conversations about the
There is no wonder corrections officers have lost confidence in Minister Kelvin Davis when his focus lies in creating inter-prison competitions and not on keeping his staff safe, National’s Corrections spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “Establishing inter-prison competitions should not be the priority right now. “Prisoner assaults on
ACT Party ACT’s Primary Industries spokesperson Mark Cameron. “The Government’s emotive decision to ban live exports ignores the evidence and is a kick in the guts for the rural sector”, says ACT’s Primary Industries spokesperson and dairy farmer Mark Cameron. “Live exports represent a critical revenue stream
ACT Party ACT Health Spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “The Prime Minister should pull Stuart Nash into line after he called a parliamentary colleague a ‘nutter’”, says ACT Health Spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Speaking on Mike Hosking’s show this morning, Stuart Nash referred to Nicole McKee as a ‘nutter’ and,
Norman Gemmell Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Norman joined the School of Accounting and Commercial Law in November 2011, as the first incumbent of the new Chair in Public Finance. Established by Victoria University of Wellington, with sponsorship originally from three New Zealand government departments, (The Treasury, Inland
