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New Government Colin James (Democracy Project): ‘Beyond Jacinda’ Max Rashbrooke (Guardian): Jacinda Ardern must use her mandate to tackle child poverty in New Zealand Matthew Hooton (Herald): Jacinda Ardern reaches out to business (paywalled) Richard Harman: Ardern turns to business Jo Moir (RNZ): Jacinda Ardern reveals top economic priorities government
Carolyn Moynihan mercatornet.com Carolyn Moynihan is the former deputy editor of MercatorNet In referenda run alongside parliamentary elections last month, two-thirds of New Zealanders voted to legalise euthanasia, while a small majority voted against legalising marijuana. Results from a further 480,000 special votes, to be published on
Sent in by a reader… During the American election coverage, NZ journalist Patrick Gower veered off onto a Trump-positive riff and then surprisingly got cut off by a “glitch.” The immediate previous broadcast that Gower did (which contained no Trump-friendly sentiment) was flawless. Samantha: “Yes Paddy, we can
Stuff has an article about a National party Regional Chair telling a few home truths about one of the reasons why National did so poorly in the election. A senior National Party figure has taken down a heated Facebook post in which he described Todd Muller’s leadership bid as
America’s biggest, mostly Democrat-run, cities fell over themselves to pander to the barking mad conspiracy theories of Black Lives Matter and defund their police forces. They’ve since reaped the whirlwind in the form of spiralling violent crime. Chicago is even more a bullet-ridden no-man’s-
It reads like the plot of a Dan Brown potboiler: a high-ranking Vatican official embezzling, money-laundering and bribing, casting a net of corruption all the way to Australia. A Cardinal on the brink of exposing the whole, dark web is brought down by false charges of child molesting.
Claire Chandler mercatornet.com Claire Chandler is a senator for Tasmania. For several months now, Rugby Australia has been in possession of a transgender participation guideline developed by World Rugby in consultation with developmental biologists, medical experts and sport scientists. The World Rugby Guideline runs to 38 pages. It has
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I’ll start by continuing Simon’s Pollyanna approach to what is happening at home and abroad, tinged with a little optimism. The optimist Simon believes a crisis brings out the best in us. He believes with little steps we can walk a long way. In this country, Simon believes
It’s long been said that certain things and people just keep floating to the top. Controversial former Rugby Australia boss Raelene Castle has been appointed to the most senior sports administration role New Zealand. Australia’s gain is certain to be New Zealand’s loss. Castle utterly bollixed her
Recently there have been articles pushed by Phil Goff at Auckland Council defending the “impressive” record of work since Auckland City became the Super City 10 years ago. He mentions Hobsonville and Wynyard Quarter amongst a number of star projects that have been implemented under the Super City but both
The Supreme Court has finally made its decision on the prolonged legal wrangling over the extradition of Kim Dotcom. They said that he can be extradited. Kim Dotcom can be extradited to the United States to face 12 criminal copyright-related charges, the Supreme Court has ruled after a marathon
US election and NZ Newshub: US Election: What a Donald Trump victory would mean for Jacinda Ardern Audrey Young (Herald): Time for Jacinda Ardern to take charge of the US relationship (paywalled) Jason Walls (Herald): US Ambassador says decision won’t change relation between the countries Fran O’Sullivan (Herald)
