NZ Politics
Another Corporate Bludger Increases Profit While Taking Wage Subsidies
The profitable Wilson Parking is the latest corporate welfare bludger to steal from the taxpayers, claiming $3.1 million in the wage subsidy despite increasing their profit by 43%: Car-park business Wilson Parking, which is chaired by billionaire Hong Kong property developer Raymond Kwok, received $3.1 million in
Face of the Day
Chris Penk Residents of Auckland’s northwest will be very, very interested to learn that a large landholding has been approved for sale to Fletchers. It appears that approval was given by the government in late September, on the basis of Fletcher’s intention to “pursue a rezoning for urban
Oral Questions – 3 December 2020
Questions to Ministers 1. BROOKE VAN VELDEN to the Minister of Health: What expectations does the Minister have of the Ministry of Health for meeting its obligations under the End of Life Choice Act, which comes into force in 11 months? 2. HELEN WHITE to the Minister of Finance: What
Meme of the Day
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Climate Declaration a Triumph for Post-rational Politics
ACT Party “Today’s climate emergency was a triumph for post-rational politics with feelings rather than facts driving the Government’s response to climate change,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “If the Government has a sound climate change policy, it doesn’t need to declare an emergency. If it
Ardern’s Climate Emergency
It occurred to me recently when watching the poor Plimmerton residents once again sweeping out sodden homes after another bout of torrential rain, the relatively small things councils can do when faced with more frequent heavy rain events (that wouldn’t be costly like the billions of dollars wasted on
Welcome to the Middle Ages
Pandemics, as we all know, are nothing new. What is new is the way we deal with them, but even that is true only to a point. Shakespeare wrote some of his best work while in isolation from the plague. People who were able fled the cities and moved to
My Time at Kings Seeds
Taylor Sander kingsseeds.co.nz Howdy! My name is Taylor and I originally hail from Golden, Colorado, in the USA, but have spent the last 11 years in the Northeast of the country, seven of those being in NYC. I arrived in New Zealand last November when Covid wasn’t
Daily News Roundup – 3 December 2020
Climate change Stuff: Editorial – Declaration’s value will be measured by action Yvette McCullough (RNZ): Climate Change declaration: ‘It’s not just symbolic declaration’ Richard Harman: Climate Change Emergency; is it more than a PR stunt? Melanie Carroll (Stuff): Aspirational goal but nothing concrete: Business reaction to climate emergency Dan
As Ardern Declares an Emergency, Musk Delivers Some Bad News for Her Plans…
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has declared a climate emergency and mandated that government departments buy only EVs for their fleet: The Government will require all its agencies and ministries to exclusively buy electric vehicles and will mandate all public sector buildings to be up to a “green standard”. This is
Oral Questions – 2 December 2020
Questions to Ministers 1. Hon JUDITH COLLINS to the Prime Minister: Does she consider a $195,000 increase in the price of the median house since October 2017 a sign of a Government that is “absolutely committed to resolving the housing crisis and taking a multitude of steps and levers
NZ Joins US to Defend Australia
As China escalates its war of trade and words against Australia, the Morrison government has won the unequivocal support of its key ally, the United States. For now, anyway. Another key ally, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is taking a rare risk of angering the communist giant by raising