NZ Politics
The Jacinda Government’s Further Steps Towards Race-Based Apartheid
John Robinson waikanaewatch.org We should live together as one people, equal under the law, guided by the recognition and belief that we are one humanity on our shared planet. We do not. Many New Zealanders hold to very different ideas; they think separately, meeting in racially separated hui and
Whither Goest Thou, Anzac? Pt 2: A Historical Perspective
In yesterday’s post, I reflected on the possible future for the long-standing Australia-New Zealand alliance. From colonial times, both countries were regional siblings, notwithstanding the inevitable sibling rivalry. As both countries assumed nationhood, our partnership was almost immediately solidified with a proud history of shared military endeavour.
Daily News Roundup – 18 March 2021
Housing Jenee Tibshraeny (Interest): Next week’s housing policy package to include ‘incentives’ to invest beyond property Jason Walls (Herald): The Green Party urges ‘bold action’ on housing ahead of Government’s first housing package RNZ: Greens urge capital gains tax in plan to address housing crisis Zane Small (Newshub)
Labour Make Housing Less Affordable
Labour banged on for years about how they were going to fix the housing crisis. Then they got elected and basically twiddled their thumbs. Their much-vaunted Kiwibuild programme became an embarrassment and was quietly put down. In the meantime, house prices have inexorably climbed. What has the Prime Minister
Open the Trans-Tasman Bubble Now!
Judith Collins Leader National Party Yesterday, National launched a petition calling on the Government to get a move on with the trans-Tasman travel bubble. It’s now been signed by over 30,000 people who back our call. Australia has welcomed people quarantine-free from New Zealand since October
Judith Collins on the Trans-Tasman Bubble
Judith Collins speaks with Radio New Zealand’s Susie Ferguson about the trans-Tasman bubble.
There May Never Be a House Built at Ihumatao
ACT Party ACT Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden “The Government can’t escape the fact that the agreement it signed on the future of land at Ihumatao only says houses ‘may’ be built there and since the agreement was announced there hasn’t been any commitment that a single house
Government Facing the Reality of Importing Gas
A flurry of revelations in the past month show the oil and gas ban is unfolding exactly as officials predicted, National’s Energy and Resources spokesperson Barbara Kuriger says. Energy and Resources Minister Megan Woods told Parliament today that since the oil and gas ban in 2018, 88,000 square
Pausing Climate Commission’s Work More Urgent
ACT Party ACT Climate Change spokesperson Simon Court. “One of New Zealand’s most eminent economists has busted open the sketchy basis for many of the Climate Commission’s draft recommendations to the Government, concluding they regularly misrepresented evidence to support their positions,” says ACT Climate Change spokesperson Simon Court.
Whither Goest Thou, ANZAC?
New Zealand Labour governments have a noteable track record in poisoning trans-Tasman relations more thoroughly than Trevor Chappell bowling a grubber. David Lange trashed the ANZUS alliance in order to pander to the watermelon left. Jacinda Ardern, though, is making Lange look like a rank amateur. Ardern has steadily
Is NZ Labour More Tolerant of Anti-Semitism Than Jeremy Corbyn’s UK Labour Party?
IINZ israelinstitute.nz In January The Israel Institute of New Zealand exposed NZ MPs as members of an online group that frequently posts vile antisemitism. Labour MP for Christchurch Central, Dr Duncan Webb, was found to have posted to, commented on, and ‘liked’ posts in the group. Chair of the
Parker Playing for Time on Winter Grazing
Environment Minister David Parker has had no choice but to defer the implementation of the intensive winter grazing in Southland for one year, National’s Agriculture spokesperson David Bennett says. “This is the third time there’s been changes to this set of regulations. Minister Parker clearly rushed the process,
Concerns over Anti-Israel MPs
Miriam Bell aijac.org.au Times of uncertainty and fear, such as we are living through in this COVID-ravaged world, have long been known to prompt growth in intolerance, racism and hatred. And, as Jewish people around the world are well aware, a common manifestation of this is a
Daily News Roundup – 17 March 2021
Housing Keith Lynch (Stuff): What happened after Jacinda Ardern said house prices can’t keep skyrocketing Henry Cooke (Stuff): Housing crisis: Greens push to end equity-only mortgage deposits in bid to lower prices Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Megan Woods reminds foreign investors their money is still welcome in parts of