NZ Politics
Easter Trading Bill Long Overdue, Deserves Government Support
ACT Party ACT Small Business spokesperson Chris Baillie. “Once again retailers and hospitality owners throughout New Zealand will spend Easter trying to understand why we still have the archaic laws that have no place in today’s society,” says ACT Small Business spokesperson Chris Baillie. “Business people across the country
One Set of the Five Eyes Remains Blind to WHO’s Bullshit
Once again, New Zealand is undermining its Five Eyes partners against China. It’s one step forward, two steps back in the trans-Tasman relationship, and a PM too busy reading her fan mail to bother with piddling stuff like pandemic investigations. The only international relations matters Jacinda Ardern appears
Don’t Sell the Rental Just Yet
The reason why so many politicians and commentators get their policies and predictions wrong is because the housing market is made up of three distinct yet overlapping sub-markets: the homeowner market, the rental market, and the new-build market. It is relatively easy to understand how a landlord could
Letters to Jacinda
A letter from Ben: We’ve set up an email address so you too can submit letters to the Prime Minister. We will format your letter in a suitable child-like font, perhaps make it look like crayon, so she will read it, then we will publish it and send
Jacinda’s Kindness Puts Wiggles before Kiwis
We all suspected that Jacinda Ardern was behind the rapid approval of space in MIQ for The Wiggles. Now we know that it was because of her intervention. Never mind that thousands of Kiwis can’t get spaces, never mind that her draconian policies for MIQ mean that people can’
Sue Grey: Open Letter to Prime Minister
Tracy Livingston outdoorsparty.co.nz 31 March 2021 URGENT- OPEN LETTER Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Ministers of COVID-19 cc Attorney-General David Parker Director-General of Health Solicitor-General Una Jagose Chris James – Group Manager Medsafe Health and Disability Commissioner Dear Prime Minister, Attorney-General, Director-General of Health
Queensland Cluster a Useful Trial Run for Trans-Tasman Travel
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour. “Queensland has just given New Zealand a lesson in how to contain an outbreak of COVID-19 and lift a lockdown,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Part of the reason for success was metropolitan Brisbane’s ability to ramp up community testing. “A record
New Zealanders Getting the Mushroom Treatment on Vaccinations
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour “How astonishing that the Australian Health Minister finds himself having to defend his Government having only vaccinated 670,000 Australians when New Zealand has managed less than 10 per cent of that number,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “This difference between Australia and New
Want Jacinda to Read Your Letter?
The Taxpayers’ Union have noticed that the only way to get the Prime Minister to do anything is to get a child to write to her. We agree and have taken on a new volunteer to help our readers to get their concerns read by the Prime Minister. Send your
Government Must Focus on Getting Kiwis into Jobs
Changes to benefit abatement thresholds aren’t enough to help struggling Kiwis get ahead, there needs to be a greater focus on supporting our beneficiaries into jobs, National’s Social Development spokesperson Louise Upston says. “There are still more than 200,000 people on Jobseeker Support who don’t have
New Tax Rate Rounds Out Month of Divisive, Punitive Ardern Government
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour “The Government’s introduction of a 39 per cent top tax rate is futile, punitive political theatre that rounds out a month of increasingly divisive governance,” says ACT Leader David Seymour “We want to trust our Government. It should be making New Zealand a
Labour’s Housing Bombshell
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Last week’s housing announcement was a shocking indictment of Jacinda Ardern’s Labour Government. Without taking official advice and without assessing the economic and social costs of their actions, they have made fundamental changes to the residential property investment market and turned back the
Kainga Ora to Build 11.5 Tower Blocks at Ihumatao
Kainga Ora has announced that it is commissioning 11.5 tower blocks to be built on recently liberated land at Ihumatao. The development will use modular homes, meaning each one-bedroom apartment will consist of a single factory-built module or ‘pod’ manufactured off-site. Kainga Ora General Manager Construction