Peter Allan Williams peterallanwilliams.substack.com Writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines although verbalising thoughts on www.reality check.radio three days a week. If the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is making moves to reduce or eliminate te reo in correspondence because
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Nothing says stupid like the media asking a Mexican import for his reckonings on the coalition negotiations – but here we are. What on earth would El Woko Loco, Ricardo Menéndez March, know about what is going on inside the negotiations? Green MP Ricardo Menéndez March: ego is keeping the government
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Allan Beever Professor of Law Auckland University of Technology Ever since the 17th century, the rule of law has been regarded as one of the fundamental values of a free society. It means you cannot be forced to do something unless there is a law requiring you to do it.
Alex Penk aplacetostand.substack.com One mullet has always stuck in my mind. It belonged to a classmate who we’ll call Dwayne (not his real name, which was as typically Westie as this pseudonym). Dwayne had shaven temples, a bristling crown, and lank locks straggling down to his shoulders.
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Alex Hickey whakatakitimes.nz WE KNOW. Media outlets around New Zealand are sticking to their guns after a poll showed New Zealanders don’t need regular reminders that government negotiations are ongoing. A Roy Morgan poll found 99% of Kiwis know that a government hasn’t been formed yet. The
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Chris Trotter democracyproject.nz Chris Trotter is New Zealand’s leading leftwing political commentator, with thirty years of experience writing professionally about New Zealand politics. BY THE END of this week, or the next, New Zealand will have a government. It is unlikely to be a pleasant one. The three
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Tani Newton normaleducation.wordpress.com No wonder it’s taking them so long to form a government. The list of problems they can’t fix, and that the public will get angry with them for not fixing, grows at about the same rate as the national debt. You could almost
