Faces of the Day
The changes will enable Aucklanders to influence the transport decisions that affect their daily lives.
Politics
Everything about politics
The Problems With Property Taxes
If you are paying to live on your own property, you don’t really own it at all. Especially given that the government has the authority to evict you and sell it off if you fail to pay the property taxes.
Will the Politicians Learn Anything, Though?
The opaque and constrained nature of the commission itself suggests that mistrust is still warranted. Why would a government set such limited terms of reference if there was nothing to conceal?
In Government, but Not in Power
Voters they can put a party into government, but not into power.
It Must Be a Huge Amount
KiwiRail are trying to keep a consultancy bill secret: it must be astonishingly huge and embarrassing.
It’s Official, the Ardern Regime Was Cruel
With the release of the first part of the Covid Inquiry we can now acknowledge what many of us already knew...that Ardern’s regime was cruel...and wrong.
Face of the Day
The video was widely mocked by critics noting the vice president’s tired and somewhat rattled appearance, with some going so far as to question whether she was under the influence of alcohol.
Now Vanuatu Has Banned Gay Marriage
The minister says let this serve as a notice that the government has decided: marriage is defined as being between a male and a female.