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Swati Nagar Auckland University of Technology The COVID border restrictions might be saving lives but they’re also threatening the livelihoods of New Zealand farmers, unless a way can be found to allow Pacific Island seasonal workers to return and pick the crops. Since its inception in 2007, the Recognised
Kelvin Davis, the Associate Minister of Education, is in something of a lather. He says Maoris deserve nothing less than achieving at the highest levels in the world whatever they do. Quite right Kelvin, but what is the best way to achieve this? Davis said among some teachers there was
Housing Daniel Dunkley (Stuff): Could Boomer Tax be a glimpse of the future and help solve generational inequality? Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Adrian Orr puts tax back on the table in affordable housing debate Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Housing Blame rests with Labour Miriam Bell (Stuff): House sellers cashing
“Labour’s plan to introduce a capital gains tax by stealth vindicates ACT’s opposition to the brightline test”, says David Seymour. “Grant Robertson has asked Treasury to investigate a range of tax options, including extending the brightline test beyond five years. “ACT predicted this. When National introduced the brightline
Information Satire The Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, speaking from her podium of truth, announced today that she has decided that herd community is the path Aotearoa will follow rather than the bothersome and problematic herd immunity. The One-Team-Game, 10,000 pixels to be compulsory throughout Aotearoa. The BFD.
Grant Robertson has written a letter telling the Reserve Bank that the government is unhappy about the cost of housing, and to find a way that the Reserve Bank can assist the government to relieve the situation for potential homebuyers. Adrian Orr is not someone who likes criticism. The Minister
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Although most people are blind to it, Ardern has demonstrated an unreserved willingness to run New Zealand along the same lines as the People’s Republic of China. To understand the realpolitik behind this, one needs to be able to, in the words of one of our esteemed leader, ‘read
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Information Satire The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today dismissed concerns raised by experts at Auckland University about the coming obesity epidemic. “They are jus fear-mongering,” she said. “I have the siduashin compledely under condrol”. Auckland University computer modelling showing the first man and Jacinda Ardern in six months time
We now have evidence that will enable National Party spokespeople in Parliament to expose the anti-social and cost-crippling changes that the Green Party wants to inflict on New Zealanders, and I look forward to Oral Questions in Parliament by either or both Barbara Kuriger (energy) and Stuart Smith
Housing Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Why Grant Robertson’s letter to Adrian Orr is a big deal and what happens next Richard Harman: Robertson considering crackdown on property investors Luke Malpass (Stuff): The reason for Grant Robertson’s RBNZ letter: House price inflation creates intergenerational unfairness Hamish Rutherford (Herald): Grant Robertson
Two key speeches were presented to the National Party Conference last weekend from people outside the political wing of the party. One was from Sir John Key, the other from Party President Peter Goodfellow. To me, they were of contrasting styles. One reflected on taking ownership of the many disasters
