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Councils should be worried by Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta refusing to guarantee they won’t be forced into the new water entities, National’s Local Government spokesperson Christopher Luxon says. “Despite saying from the start that the Three Waters reforms would be voluntary for councils, the Minister has repeatedly
Dear Editor It’s easy to see that this Labour Government is in charge of the Covid vaccinations as the easy way to organise them was ignored and, as per usual, a complete mess has emerged. Like Jacinda ‘I will fix child poverty’ Ardern and Megan ‘I will fix the
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio,tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under
The below video seems to have been missed when it came out back in April this year. Probably because it was of John Campbell slavishly fawning over our three ‘award winning scientists’ and nobody with half a brain or any shred of dignity watches Campbell anymore, or indeed, could even
Geoffrey Miller Victoria University Of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Geoffrey Miller is an international analyst at the Democracy Project. This weekend’s Otago Foreign Policy School will be another chance for foreign minister Nanaia Mahuta to explain the Labour Government’s foreign policy agenda. The Dunedin conference has
Don't you know They're talkin' 'bout a revolution It sounds like a whisper Don't you know They're talkin' about a revolution It sounds like a whisper It’s now official, and it turns out that Judith Collins and David
Elizabeth Rata Victoria University Of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz This article is a version of a speech first given at the NZ Skeptics Annual Conference in 2006. It has been significantly updated to respond to the He Puapua Report. With the sudden emergence into our political life of
Melissa Lee National Spokesperson for – Broadcasting & Media| Digital Economy and Communications | Ethnic Communities We are now over a month on from the Waikato DHB ransomware attack and the public are still completely in the dark as to how much of their personal health data has made its way to
The Government has tried to down play Minister for Maori Development Willie Jackson’s announcement yesterday as a simple consultation process, but in truth it is an indication of what is to come, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “Minister Jackson has called the He Puapua report a ‘starting
Labour promised to deliver 10,000 new homes in three years, instead, they have delivered 1058. That means this Government, with 2660 new gang members since 2017, has managed to produce more new gang members than homes, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “Gang violence continues to increase under
Brooke van Velden ACT Housing spokesperson Yesterday the ACT Party congratulated the Government on reaching 1,000 KiwiBuild houses. This momentous day for the Labour Government is just three years late and 15,000 homes behind schedule. At the 2017 election Labour promised it would build 1000 houses in its
Greens Party co-leader James Shaw described the farmer protest group Groundswell NZ based in Southland as “a group of pakeha farmers down south’’ He is also claiming that the statements that they have made about the the National Policy Statement for National Biodiversity are ” misinformation.” But he has failed
National is welcoming the news that two new oil and gas exploration permits have been granted, National’s Energy and Resources spokesperson Barbara Kuriger says. “Labour’s banning of offshore exploration in 2018 came without warning and severely undermined industry confidence. “Such was the shock to confidence that in just
