The cross-over voters who joined diehard Labour voters in giving Jacinda Ardern’s incoming Labour Government the first-ever single-party majority since we saddled ourselves with MMP in 1996 may live to regret their short-sighted impetuosity. They may well get more than they bargained for. The 9-
With the end of Winston Peters’s political career, we have shone a light on the fact that we have had at least one Maori in parliament for 42 years. He is not the only one of course. The first Maori MPs entered parliament in 1868. The list of Maori
New Cabinet Michael Neilson (Herald): Record-breaking Cabinet, but will they be able to deliver for Maori? Jennifer Curtin (The Conversation): Can New Zealand’s most diverse ever cabinet improve representation of women and minorities in general? 1News: Jacinda Ardern ‘utterly rejects’ idea NZ’s most diverse Cabinet is ‘virtue
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com There’s a quite extraordinary genius in our country, hitherto unknown but who has astonishing powers, currently going to waste. His name is Duncan Copley of Milford, Auckland. Only a few days after the election, in a letter published in the New Zealand Herald, Duncan
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In his article in last weekend’s Herald Simon Wilson willfully and happily confessed to being a Pollyanna. His article certainly backs up his claim. Having devoted the first part of his two page spread to his fear of that megalomaniac Donald Trump, Simon turned his attention to domestic matters.
Okay, I’m an optimist, but that’s not such a bad thing in our recession ridden, post-COVID environment, and it’ll sure help me handle the increased unemployment numbers when the September quarter figures are released this month. One US presidential candidate has displayed fact over fear-mongering
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ACT Party Thank You Tour Starts Today It’s been a fortnight, and ACT misses campaigning. Plus, there are so many people to thank for contributing to ACT’s 2020 success. There are new MPs to meet. Then there’s the question: What Happens Next? So, David Seymour and new
Jacinda Ardern announced her new ministry yesterday. The full list is here. The short version of my analysis is that Jacinda Ardern’s choices today were stunted mainly because she has a limited talent pool, she doesn’t like upsetting people — otherwise she would have sacked Davis from the deputy
New Cabinet Tim Watkin (RNZ): Ardern’s new Cabinet in safe hands but ‘nothing flashy’ Henry Cooke and Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Cabinet reshuffle: The winners and losers from Jacinda Ardern’s new lineup Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Jacinda Ardern finally shows she has a backbone with tough Cabinet calls
Stephen Franks Free Speech Coalition The Human Rights Commission is gunning for hate speech laws with taxpayer funding and the support of the Government. The Human Rights Commission report released yesterday has called for a balance to be struck between “freedom of speech and the right to be safe.” It
