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Bryce Edwards Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Warning Long read: 1891 words The government promised a major reform of New Zealand’s immigration system, but
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Fred Too I have had some experience dealing with the Human Rights Commission (HRC) in my time in the public service. I’ve had to spend many hours crafting careful replies and traversing various provisions in the legislation to respond to totally bogus complaints they have forwarded to my department.
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Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura On Monday the government released their first three emissions budgets, which take us out to 2035. These budgets are based on the Climate Change Commission’s advice to get New Zealand to net zero by 2050. Next week the government will release their Emissions Reduction
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Last week, it was announced that the Employment Court has ruled that three former members of the Gloriavale community were actually employees rather than volunteers, and that they should be considered as employees from the age of six until they left the religious group. As someone involved in the business
Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura Below is Stuart Smith’s response. Members of Parliament are elected to make critical decisions on behalf of the constituents they represent, along with the wider New Zealand electorate. But from time to time, substantial issues need to be put to the public, like changing
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