Shelly Bay: Group discontinues High Court bid, ‘not ruling out’ other options Iwi subgroup Mau Whenua has discontinued a High Court bid challenging the sale of land at Wellington’s Shelly Bay, but says it is not ruling out other options. Mau Whenua spokeswoman Kenny-Jean Sidwell confirmed to Stuff
From the early days of colonial settlement, New Zealand’s towns and boroughs formed councils as a way of communities working together for the greater good. They settled local disputes and coordinated shared resources long before there was any legal framework. The first government laws about councils were the creation
Remember when the left howled with outrage when John Key minced his way down a catwalk? ‘Embarrassing’ they screamed. Remember when John Key went for a three-way handshake at the Rugby World Cup? ‘Cringe-worthy’, they howled. And remember when he was tricked on a radio station into revealing
Turns out the Prime Minister is just as sick of this year as the rest of us – and she’s suggested Kiwis celebrate New Year’s Eve by “giving it the middle finger”. Appearing on ZM’s breakfast show with Fletch, Vaughn and Megan this morning, Ardern shared her Christmas
ACT party “The Government has chosen voodoo economics over proven economic realities by arbitrarily increasing the minimum wage to $20 an hour, a decision it admits could result in as many as 9000 fewer jobs being created next year,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Workplace Relations Minister Michael Wood says
ACT Party “The Prime Minister has empowered radicals who threatened to disturb the peace and rewarded them with the gift of someone else’s property,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Buying Fletcher Building out of Ihumatao has formalised Jacinda Ardern’s worst decision as Prime Minister. “It is the equivalent
Hobson’s Pledge Trust hobsonspledge.nz Surrendering to the demands of noisy protesters should make us all very afraid, Hobson’s Pledge spokesman Don Brash said yesterday. He was reacting to news today that the Government will buy the land at Ihumatao from Fletcher Building for $29.9 million. The
Ihumatao deal RNZ: Ihumatao: SOUL marks the beginning of the end 1News: Ihumatao protest leader celebrates land deal with Government, but not sold on housing proposals NZ Herald: Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson denies Ihumatao will spark more deals for private land RNZ: At Ihumatao after the breakthrough: Relief, exhaustion
Yesterday the Prime Minister opened Pandora’s box by caving in to stroppy Maori trespassers and handed over $30 million of your hard earned cash to pay off Fletchers for the inconvenience of 18 months of squatters on their land. The Government will purchase the land at Ihumatao for $29.
Ihumatao deal reached: Government to purchase south Auckland land from Fletcher Building for $30 million Read the full article here. Comment on it on The BFD.
The Government is using taxpayers to pay off protestors, only to get fewer houses built. Bad news for Kiwis hoping for more housing, bad news for our full and final Treaty settlements and sets a very dangerous precedent for property rights. https://t.co/aVXp9qxHAs — Judith Collins (@JudithCollinsMP) December 16,
Alwyn Poole Dear Minister Hipkins Firstly – this is official notification that the Villa Education Trust will apply for a 240 student Designated Character School (non-zoned) in central Auckland to begin in 2022. This will be similar to the application that you rejected by stating that: 1. It was not
Bruce Logan The Prime Minister, in the wake of the Royal Commission report on the Christchurch terror attack, would have us believe that hate speech legislation will protect Islam and other minorities from racial and religious disharmony. There is a worm at the root. Hate speech law must always have
National Party The Government will open a Pandora’s Box if it spends even a single cent of taxpayer money on cleaning up the mess it made at Ihumatao, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “The Ihumatao situation is a problem of Jacinda Ardern’s own making, and taxpayers
