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RMA Reform Alone Won’t Bring Meaningful Change

National Party Nicola Willis The Government needs to show more urgency and commitment if it ever wants to make meaningful strides towards solving the housing shortage and getting wins for the environment. National’s spokesperson for Housing and RMA reform Nicola Willis says first-home buyers will be disappointed the

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The Rainbow Cult Wants Your Children

As we continue to slide, hell-for-leather, down the rainbow slippery-slope, the far-left lurches from one straw-man to the next. First, it was “homophobia”, actually almost non-existent in a nation where more than 80% of adults say homosexuality should be accepted – one of the highest

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Picker Debacle Will Leave a Rotten Stench

Picker Debacle Will Leave a Rotten Stench

ACT Party “The Government’s dismal failure to be flexible and pragmatic about immigration to support the primary sector means hundreds of millions of dollars of losses for apple, wine and other growers is a near certainty,” says ACT Primary Industries spokesperson Mark Cameron. “That a scheme of financial inducements

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Call it what it is Kelvin, a riot
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Call it what it is Kelvin, a riot

National Party Simeon Brown Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis continues to display weakness as he denies the total destruction of Waikeria Prison by prisoners was a riot, National’s Corrections spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “For six days 17 prisoners were allowed to maintain total control over the upper jail at Waikeria

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No Dignity or Honesty in Parliament

No Dignity or Honesty in Parliament

I’m starting to wonder what the hell is going on! We have a Government which has total control of Parliament with the power to immediately close down any debate that may expose its dishonesty, deceit or just plain incompetence. It has a Speaker whose lack of impartiality demonstrates just

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A Free Taste of an Insight Politics Article

Today Non- Subscribers get a FREE taste of what they are missing out on. Have a read of this Insight Politics article then decide whether or not you would like to subscribe to a Silver subscription or upgrade your existing Basic or Bronze level Subscription to Silver. The Year of

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Daily News Roundup – 12 February 2021

Daily News Roundup – 12 February 2021

Parliament’s tie-wearing rules Peter Dunne: Waititi wins Caroline Daley (The Conversation): The tie that binds: unravelling the knotty issue of political sideshows and Maori cultural identity Jason Walls (Herald): I spy with my little tie: Which MPs embraced the new tie-optional rules in Parliament? Jessica Mutch-McKay

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Getting to Know Your New MPs – Anna Lorck

Getting to Know Your New MPs – Anna Lorck

Regular readers will know all about the “Tukituki homewrecker”, Labour MP Anna Lorck. Now you can experience her in all her glory: I’m not surprised that she is well acquainted with Berocca. She certainly seemed “effervescent” in the above video. We are certainly getting to know Anna Lorck very

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Tied Up In Knots

Tied Up In Knots

Does anyone remember how John Key rejected suggestions that he should go into coalition with Winston Peters because he was sick of all the ‘side shows’? Key avoided working with Peters and his party because Peters was often distracted from what is the real role of an MP, which is

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