Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foolish Foon must by a country mile be the worst such office-holder since the position was established. His latest idiotic outburst against the Police as racist for allegedly picking on maoris saw him put firmly in his place by Former
For reasons I have never been able to figure out, this government is determined to destroy private landlords, even though the outcome will be to make life even harder for renters. The latest measures for property investors are the most far-reaching ever. First of all, Grant Robertson has increased
Information Satire Nanaia Mahuta Explainer Editor: Recently a discussion document about the underlying reasons for using Aotearoa instead of New Zealand was slipped under the door of The Woke Examiner. As it is Minister Mahuta’s policy to work only in Maori it needed to be translated. Mahuta conducts all
I am writing this a few hours after Labour’s big announcement on measures to make houses more affordable. Jacinda naturally led the press conference before handing over to Megan Woods to talk about measures to dampen demand from evil investors. Grant finished off with the handouts to boost supply.
Housing announcement Bryce Edwards (The Guardian): Targeting New Zealand’s property speculators is popular, but won’t fix the housing crisis Henry Cooke (Stuff): The bets the Government is making with its sprawling housing package Luke Malpass (Stuff): Labour takes its first big majority gambles on housing changes Bernard Hickey:
Tova O’Brien has been the Prime Minister’s cheerleader for quite some time. That was until yesterday. Now she is accusing Jacinda Ardern of breaking promises, and has turned into a scold: Jacinda Ardern effectively introduced a capital gains tax (CGT) today, breaking one of the biggest promises of
National leader Judith Collins is accusing the Government of flat out lying to New Zealanders about the extension of the bright-line test. “They have lied to New Zealanders – New Zealanders just can’t trust what they are told by the Government,” she told media this morning. […] When asked by
Jordan Williams Taxpayers’ Union Hamilton City Council staff members have been visiting classrooms and harvesting submissions from children on the Council’s Maori partnership strategy, the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union can reveal. We have been contacted by a Hamilton ratepayer who was perplexed to discover the name of his 13-
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour “It takes a whole new level of arrogance for the Labour Government to undermine Parliament with the sudden imposition of new tax rules previously explicitly ruled out by Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Instead of introducing a new Bill
The Government clearly had no back-up plan when engaging in the interminable discussions with Australia over opening a trans-Tasman bubble because if it did we would have a date for travel by now, National’s Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “If the Government was as serious about
ACT Party ACT Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Today’s housing package is all about blaming Mum and Dad investors without properly acknowledging why they’ve invested in housing – lack of supply has driven up houses prices,” says ACT Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “This is a Government failure, plain
What a difference some bad economic news makes. Earlier last week Scott Morrison was blaming our government for holding up the trans-Tasman bubble, saying if they don’t want Aussie tourists in Queenstown then Cairns will happily have them. This, as it was designed to do, raised the hackles
I’m disappointed to announce that Professor Shaun ‘80,000-dead’ Hendy’s self-penned, self-congratulatory screed published Wednesday last at Newsroom, left me feeling bitter. That’s not a nice emotion to have. Nevertheless the good professor’s column, in spite of the hubris on display, is enlightening
Cultural Norm When I was younger, into my forties and a South Islander, I took my first trip up to the Bay of Islands – and each morning we would walk from our lodgings in Paihia to stroll through the beautiful Treaty Grounds at Waitangi. It was magic. On our right,
