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Letters to Jacinda

Letters to Jacinda

A letter from Harley: 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

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Daily News Roundup – 1 April 2021

Daily News Roundup – 1 April 2021

Housing crisis John Bishop (Stuff): Are speculators really the problem? Isn’t it the lack of houses? Daniel Dunkley (Stuff): Here’s why rental controls aren’t the answer Hannah Kronast (Newshub): Government could implement rental hike caps if necessary but it’s unlikely to be anytime soon – expert Brian

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Aucklanders Deserve a Fuel Tax Refund

Aucklanders Deserve a Fuel Tax Refund

Labour has once again announced a future announcement, this time for light rail, after wasting almost four years on the project, National’s Transport spokesperson Michael Woodhouse. “Transport Minister Michael Wood today says the Government is having a ‘fresh start’ on light rail. After spending three years and $15 million

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Is Light Rail the Answer to Auckland’s Transport Crisis?
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Is Light Rail the Answer to Auckland’s Transport Crisis?

ACT Party ACT Transport spokesperson Simon Court. “Despite an announcement about plans for Auckland light rail being imminent, the fact of the matter is Aucklanders would still prefer better road connections in the city over a promise of light rail,” says ACT Transport spokesperson Simon Court. “There is a need

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Cindy & Robbo Train

Cindy & Robbo Train

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Family Matters: Birth Certificates – Biology or Ideology?
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Family Matters: Birth Certificates – Biology or Ideology?

Bob McCoskrie National Director Family First The Labour Government has confirmed that it is going to prioritise a law change which will deem birth certificates meaningless and which will continue its pushing of confusing gender ideology. The bill provides for each parent who is notifying the birth of a child

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NZ History, Rushed Laws and Mothers’ Mental Health

NZ History, Rushed Laws and Mothers’ Mental Health

Free Press ACT Party Hard to Find Material If you would like to read Roger Partridge’s latest excellent column, it is here on Chris Trotter’s blog. Normally Roger’s columns appear in the Herald. This one, a thoughtful critique of the Government’s proposed New Zealand History curriculum,

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Letters to Jacinda

Letters to Jacinda

A letter from Amelia: 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

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Daily News Roundup – 31 March 2021

Daily News Roundup – 31 March 2021

Housing crisis Claire Robinson (The Guardian): Backlash to Labour’s housing policy has exposed signs of internal party disarray Graham Adams (Democracy Project): Housing – Ardern’s divide-and-rule tactics Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): National’s failure on housing risks making the party irrelevant Henry Cooke (Stuff): Public housing waitlist hits

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Toot, Toot, Here Comes Another Waste of Billions

Toot, Toot, Here Comes Another Waste of Billions

The Government has again announced that today there will be an announcement over Auckland’s stalled light rail project, that will somehow sandwich trams into the middle of Dominion Road and not affect traffic…cough, cough… The Government’s plan for light rail in Auckland has finally gone to Cabinet

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New Figures Show New Zealand’s Attendance Crisis

Newly released attendance data National has been calling for for months shows an alarming number of students don’t attend school regularly, National’s Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “We can’t improve student achievement if the kids are not at school. “In term one of 2020 only 50.5

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We Need More Houses – Not a Capital Gains Tax

We Need More Houses – Not a Capital Gains Tax

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The above was a heading in last week’s Hutt Valley weekly newspaper, The Hutt News. It appeared over opinion pieces from respectively, new Labour MP Arena Williams and National MP Stuart Smith, these probably written a week before publication. Stuart correctly pointed to the

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Corrections Officers Have Had Enough of Kelvin Davis

Corrections Officers Have Had Enough of Kelvin Davis

Growing calls for a vote of no confidence in Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis by corrections officers should be making Mr Davis rethink his priorities in the portfolio, National’s Corrections spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “It’s no wonder corrections officers are quickly losing patience with Mr Davis, the Minister has

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