Several media people are expressing outrage that media, all of a sudden, are experiencing open dislike for them in public. Mihingarangi Forbes is one such liberal media hand-wringer: And Henry Cooke: And Jason Walls tweeted up a storm about the tennis ball attacks: Then followed that up with a
It is deeply troubling that the Auditor-General has identified “serious concerns” about aspects of the Government’s saliva testing procurement process this year and the need for an urgent independent inquiry has never been greater, says National’s COVID-19 Spokesperson Chris Bishop. “As I have said for months,
Darroch Ball Leader/Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust “The move by the government to repeal the Three Strikes law is based purely on a left-wing, soft-on-crime, political ideology that puts criminals ahead of victims,” says Darroch Ball, leader of Sensible Sentencing Trust. “Minister of Justice Kris Faafoi stated
The Minister of Finance has once again shown he is not willing to be transparent about how he spends taxpayers’ money, says National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly. New Zealanders should be very worried about how Grant Robertson is spending their money and how that spending is being disclosed. Last
Nicole McKee ACT Justice spokesperson Justice Minister Kris Faafoi has given the middle finger to victims of serious and violent offending by not even bothering to consult them about repealing Three Strikes. In Parliament, I questioned Faafoi about what consultation he did before deciding to get rid of Three Strikes.
The Government’s failure to set targets or implement proper reporting measures for rabbit control as part of its $1.3 billion Jobs for Nature programme shows poor oversight and wasteful spending, National’s Conservation spokesperson Jacqui Dean says. Rabbits are an ecological disaster. They’re running rampant across large
Suit and Tie Sports can sometimes be such a great analogy for life, which is why sports movies often make compelling watching. This week Jacinda Ardern decided to treat us to her very own spin on a much-loved classic. There is that famous scene in the 1996 movie Jerry
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Marie Loretta In March 2019 when New Zealand was reeling from the horror of the mosque terror attack, Jacinda Ardern won the world over, proclaiming emotionally that “They were New Zealanders. They are us.” New Zealand agreed. We are a nation fiercely proud of our diversity, our independent spirit, but
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