A new business case released this week by the NZTA (New Zealand Tossers Association) recommends a new $5 billion rail tunnel be built within the next twenty years and before any additional roading network. THIS IS INSANE! What planet are these people living on? They don’t seem to have
While New Zealand seems certain to join a conga-line of third-world banana republics happy to dance for China’s BRI handouts, the Australian government is moving to slash the strings that are firmly tied to Beijing’s seeming largesse. First in the Morrison government’s sights are clueless,
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The final vote count is in and National’s traitor, Denise Lee has lost her seat and exits parliament. A fitting end for her treachery in the final days of the campaign. The specials massively favoured the left. The margin between left and right was only 12% on E-Day
Election 2020: Todd Muller faces MPs, members, in first major party meeting since disastrous defeat Former National leader Todd Muller will face party members this weekend at a meeting of its Central North Island council. He’ll come face-to-face with MPs who have recently lost their seats, including
Information Satire “GOOD MORNING AMERICA, DON’T YOU KNOW I’M YOUR NATIVE SON?” Don’tcha feel like you have been through this all before? Only last time most of the pundits didn’t think that Trump would win. The Networks won’t call it, and Trump thinks it’s
New Government Colin James (Democracy Project): ‘Beyond Jacinda’ Max Rashbrooke (Guardian): Jacinda Ardern must use her mandate to tackle child poverty in New Zealand Matthew Hooton (Herald): Jacinda Ardern reaches out to business (paywalled) Richard Harman: Ardern turns to business Jo Moir (RNZ): Jacinda Ardern reveals top economic priorities government
Carolyn Moynihan mercatornet.com Carolyn Moynihan is the former deputy editor of MercatorNet In referenda run alongside parliamentary elections last month, two-thirds of New Zealanders voted to legalise euthanasia, while a small majority voted against legalising marijuana. Results from a further 480,000 special votes, to be published on
Stuff has an article about a National party Regional Chair telling a few home truths about one of the reasons why National did so poorly in the election. A senior National Party figure has taken down a heated Facebook post in which he described Todd Muller’s leadership bid as
