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Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT, GOVT LEGISLATION Anna Whyte (Post): Jam-packed political start lies ahead (paywalled) Spinoff: NZ politics in 2025: The big issues on which the year will hinge Dave Armstrong (Post): The country has bigger fish to fry (paywalled) Herald: David Seymour’s Treaty bill draws
The woke left are sitting watching their heroes being torn down and wondering why.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT, PUBLIC SECTOR Vernon Small (Sunday Star Times): Time for Labour to shrug off the shackles of election defeat Max Rashbrooke (Post): The honeymoon’s over, but a hangover’s just kicking in (paywalled) Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Labour’s message for 2026: Are you
NZ’s worst landlord has issued 553 ‘Section 55A notices’ since July 2024, up from 41 issued during the same period the previous year.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL, MĀORI-CROWN RELATIONS Matthew Hooton (Herald): Treaty Principles Bill submissions received, but there are issues leaving race debate in dust (paywalled) Rob Campbell (Post): Betting you’ll come out on the better side, when most won’t (paywalled) Pokere Paewai (RNZ): Three
Radio NZ writes an entire article based on nothing more than a guess and a political agenda
“Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made president should on no account be allowed to do the job.” – Douglas Adams
Freedom activist Tom Morazzo’s tweet challenged systemic issues in Canada in the wake of the resignation of Justin Trudeau.
Ardern, Biden and Trudeau are now gone. But where to from here?
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT, POLITICAL FINANCE, 2025 Greg Presland (The Standard): Who funds the Taxpayer’s Union? Verity Johnson (Stuff): Labour, don’t waste this crisis Geoff Fischer (Daily Blog): Political quackery: Dr Palmer’s prescription for what ails New Zealand “democracy” Simon Shepherd (NBR): Podcast Summer
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT, 2025 Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On Justin Trudeau’s Demise, In A Global Context Richard Prebble (Herald): The New Year resolutions the Government should be making (paywalled) Brent Edwards (NBR): Winston Peters on New Zelaand First’s year of achievement (paywalled) NBR: Out of
Shane Jones has taken issue with ‘tikanga’ at Tariana Turia’s tangi.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards TARIANA TURIA Pokere Paewai (RNZ): Labour should apologise to Dame Tariana Turia's whānau - Willie Jackson at tangi Don Brash: Dame Tariana Turia - may she rest in peace Daniel Perese (Te Ao Māori News): ‘Labour didn’t treat her well’: Hipkins,
Drawing the owner of your dirty little rag in a poor light has consequences.
