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Since coming to power, the Labour Government has managed to make the average Kiwi family about $9000 worse off, or more than $170 a week, National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly says. “A combination of poor policy, direct tax increases, and economic mismanagement has seen the cost of living soar,
It’s a common trope of antipodean Porch Atheists to deny Australia’s Christian heritage. This is nonsense, of course. It’s true-ish to say that Australia is a secular democracy. It’s even more true that Australian culture has long nurtured a deep suspicion of overt public displays
Damien Smith ACT Associate Finance spokesperson It’s no wonder the very areas the Government has piled taxes on are driving the largest increase to inflation in 10 years. Housing costs are up, so are housing taxes. Petrol costs are up, so are petrol taxes. Rents are up, so are
15th July 2021 Nothing that follows in the article below is to be taken as an endorsement of what happened to the Rohingya during their expulsion from Myanmar which was of course unforgivable and horrific. I have always thought that the West didn’t understand the situation and their reactions
The Immigration Minister’s announcement today has only been made to give him more time to fix the complete mess he has made of the new business accreditation process, National’s Immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “While this is a good, practical step to address the issue businesses are having
Chris Sellars One of the many aims I have in writing is to document and preserve New Zealand colloquial idioms like ‘she’ll be right’, ‘Bob’s your uncle’ and the slightly pejorative. “What are ya?’ I do this because language, like all culture changes and some things can be
Judith Collins Leader Farmers helped New Zealand get through COVID-19 and today their protests around the country demonstrate how out of touch the Government is with rural New Zealand. We’ve had unprecedented support for our ‘Demand the Debate’ campaign, and today we’ve released a new video highlighting
Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says National’s ‘Demand the Debate’ campaign has received unprecedented support since its launch on Sunday and has today released a video highlighting the effect the Government’s Ute Tax will have on the rural sector. “The Government’s Ute Tax unfairly penalises farmers,
Dark Jester A political scholar with an interest in foreign interference. Traditional conservative. Came out of a family that fled communism and improved themselves thanks to capitalism but would consider myself a distributionist. The issues of the Treaty and Maori rights have been a sensitive topic in New Zealand. Some
Elsie Gee On Wednesday, on the radio, I heard a female voice expressing her dismay at the “trampling over of democracy” in Myanmar. As I was driving at the time, I quickly had to refocus my attention on the road, such was my stunned reaction that these words were coming
I travelled into Wellington from the Hutt Valley on the train today. The view along the water was delightful. The passengers provided an eclectic mix of people and races – roughly 50% Europeans and 50% Asians – mostly heading into the capital for work. At the station, I took a taxi to
Geoffrey Miller Victoria University Of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Geoffrey Miller is an international analyst at the Democracy Project It was about APEC. And the Indo-Pacific. But most of all, it was about China. Jacinda Ardern’s keynote foreign policy address on Wednesday – at the annual conference
Dear Editor I am a subscriber and farmer and thank you for what you are doing. Coincidentally on Wednesday, the government announced changes to the stock exclusion rules. This has a consultation period that was supposed to open on the 26th of July so it seems that they (MFE and
Today will mark a shock to the system for this government and for Jacinda Ardern in particular. Today will see literally thousands of people venting their anger at the government for their proposed Ute Tax, along with many other reforms that have angered the working people of New Zealand. The
Free Speech Union “Polling commissioned by the Free Speech Union shows that kiwis aren’t interested in the Government’s proposed changes to hate speech laws, saying ‘no’ to policed speech”, says Dr. David Cumin, a Spokesperson for the Free Speech Union. “43% of New Zealander’s oppose the proposed
