Richard Shaw Massey University theconversation.com Here go again. The final results of this year’s election have delivered two more seats to te Pati Maori, thereby increasing the size of New Zealand’s 54th Parliament to 123 seats (once the Port Waikato by-election has taken place). The double effect
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One of the frustrating things in recent weeks is that Chris Hipkins remains the Prime Minister of New Zealand, albeit in a ‘caretaker’ capacity. Even more frustrating is there is still – three and a half weeks after the general election – no firm date on when a government will actually be
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Concerned Christian Are you buying Halal food? Have you ever stopped to think about where the money for Halal certification ends up? I have heard that some money might go to ‘orphanages’ or other ‘charities’. But are these just a front for something sinister? Do these ‘charities’ just pass on
Chris Trotter Chris Trotter is New Zealand’s leading leftwing political commentator, with thirty years of experience writing professionally about New Zealand politics. Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.nz “CONSEQUENCES” – it’s a word that acquires an ominous quality in the mouths of political radicals. As in: “Freedom of speech
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I never thought I’d have to write an article about this, but we are now in a position where we have to. The economy is in the pits, and now it is finally hurting us. On Monday you guys did us proud, and the new sign ups and the
You really have to listen to this: Josie Pagani on Mike Hosking’s show yesterday. She said a number of interesting things, especially that she believes that the next Labour Prime Minister isn’t even in caucus yet. But the most important thing she said is that Labour believes they
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