The Te Huia train today marks its first birthday with news that it has spent more time off the tracks than on them, National’s Transport spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “There is not a lot to celebrate about this service which has failed from day one. “Not only has the
In another abuse of power, Labour has blocked a request for a briefing from the Ministry of Health into their response to the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission’s monitoring report, National’s Mental Health and Suicide Prevention spokesperson Matt Doocey says. “The report was damning of Labour’s performance
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Jacinda Ardern claimed in 2017 that she never told a lie in politics. Either she lied about that, or she’s just so stupid that she actually believes the demonstrably untrue things she so often says. I’ve written before that there are three kinds of liars in politics: liars,
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Dougal Sutherland Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Dougal is a registered Clinical Psychologist with 20 years’ experience working with children, teens, families, adults, and organisations. He has a PhD in Psychology and a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Psychology, both from the University of Otago. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
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Sometimes, declarations of victory are, like rumours of Mark Twain’s death, not just greatly exaggerated but ludicrously premature. Who can forget George W. Bush triumphantly declaring “Mission accomplished!” in 2003 — when 18 years of grinding insurgency, including the rise of ISIS, lay ahead? Then there’s the Chicago Daily
Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Was political corruption involved in the dishing out of millions of dollars by government ministers to tourism businesses? We can’t know, because the Government didn’t keep sufficient records or have proper processes for the handouts. That’s the obvious question arising from a scathing
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The polls are showing that people don’t love the tyrant any more. People now openly despise her and there are even banners being flown around the skies of Auckland telling the tyrant we don’t love her anymore. What is a tyrant to do when the populace won’t
