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Questions to Ministers Hon SIMON BRIDGES to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government’s statements and actions? Hon SIMON BRIDGES to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government’s statements and actions? TAMATI COFFEY to the Minister of Finance: What reports has he
Questions to Ministers JENNY MARCROFT to the Minister of Foreign Affairs: How is the Government working with other countries in its response to COVID-19? Hon SIMON BRIDGES to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government’s statements and actions? KIRITAPU ALLAN to the Minister of Finance:
On Saturday the Prime Minister sold us all a pipe dream. She said they were going hard and getting ahead of the virus, and that the goal was to “flatten the curve”. Unfortunately, politics and the desire of the Prime Minister to be everyone’s friend, rather than a leader,
Jacinda Ardern has announced: * All incoming travellers to NZ (except from Pacific Islands) after midnight Sunday must self-quarantine for 14 days. Nothing stated as to how this will be enforced or if there will be any legal obligation to do so or even any penalties for non-compliance. This
When the left grumble about “populism”, what they really mean is that the right are tapping into the popular mood – and it’s driving the left crazy. No matter how much they shout, finger-wag, hector and bully us, we hoi polloi just refuse to be told what to do
As we all know Tracey Martin is in self-isolation and being tested after being at a meeting last week with Peter Dutton, who is confirmed as having Covid-19. On Monday night, she was at a debate at Auckland University with several hundred people, including Jack Tame and David
Shane Jones has doubled down again on his Indian student comments. This time with Ngati Woke Kaumatua John Campbell. He will be ecstatic that the Media Party keep on promoting him: Shane Jones has both doubled down on his controversial comments about Indian students and changed tack entirely, claiming he
Questions to Ministers Hon PAULA BENNETT to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government’s policies and actions? Dr DUNCAN WEBB to the Minister of Finance: How is the Government supporting the economy to respond to the impacts of the global COVID-19 outbreak? Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH
I guess this is what you can expect when you cosy up to terror-sponsoring nations who are also seriously affected with Coronavirus. Some reports suggest that Iran is in big trouble, but it has also affected their terrorist proxies: Multiple reports on Arab social media have alleged that Hezbollah
It is hard not to come to the conclusion that the Apex Union are not only scumbags but led by scumbags too. A Newspaper reports: Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield says it’s “disappointing” that a laboratory workers’ union is using the coronavirus outbreak as leverage in planned strike
If you don’t have a Silver level subscription yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles. Today is a FREE taste of an Insight Politics article by Chris Trotter that was first published 24 February 2020. Distinguishing the Political Left From the Political Right? WHAT IS IT
Our first-ever recipient of the Wooden Spoon Award goes to abortion-up-till-birth supporter Green MP Jan Logie. Jan Logie wins this week’s Wooden Spoon Award for failing to pay attention when it came time to vote. […] MPs seemed unprepared for a second vote on the substance
The Quit Group was a registered charity that used to run the Quitline. They were taxpayer-funded but the Taxpayers’ Union has busted them stlll sitting on millions despite being defunct for 5 years. The Taxpayers’ Union can reveal that The Quit Group – the charity originally commissioned to run Quitline
There has been another data breach of firearms owners’ information, and it looks like there has been a cover-up as well. Newshub reports: Newshub can reveal firearms licences were among the personal data breached in the massive Tuia250 digital security failure and the Government kept it secret. The Opposition
Questions to Ministers Dr DEBORAH RUSSELL to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen on the New Zealand economy? Hon SIMON BRIDGES to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government’s statements and actions? Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH to the Minister of Finance: Does he
A liberal elite academic thinks Shane Jones’s Indian comments should be tested in a court of law. Although calling a professor at Waikato University an academic is stretching credulity a little: Whether Jones wants to take New Zealand back to ethnicity-based restrictions within immigration in the future is
