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Hugs and Hot Mugs of Milo Won’t Stop Prisoners Bashing Guards
Darroch Ball Co-leader/Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust. Apparently, Newshub had the jump on everybody this week when they ‘revealed’ statistics that showed a massive increase in the number of inmates bashing corrections officers. The problem is that the numbers and data they reported on showing the dramatic increase are
NZ Bottom of OECD for Vaccines
David Seymour ACT Leader After saying we would be at the front of the queue, New Zealand is now officially last in the OECD for the vaccine rollout. According to ‘Our World in Data’, New Zealand has fewer vaccinations per person than any other country. DHBs have now been told
A Govt That Refuses to Be Measured
As we are aware, this is a government devoid of talent. Business experience is as scarce as hen’s teeth, and as a result of their ignorance, they are not business-friendly. Community work or similar is not a qualification for the rigours of government, certainly not at ministerial level.
At Last, It Isn’t Gun Owners, It’s Social Media
Neville Dodd President Sporting Shooters Association of New Zealand Inc. After what has been described as a knee jerk reaction to the March 2019 massacre, it is now clear New Zealand’s legal gun owners were not and are not the problem. It is social media that the authorities should
Congestion Charges Are Coming
The first time I heard the suggestion that Wellington City Council might start imposing congestion taxes in the CBD was just after the 2013 local body elections, when Chris Laidlaw famously put the idea to council. I thought at the time that it was an outrageous idea; after all, they
Healthy NZ Baby Took Two Hours to Die after Late Term Abortion While Hospital Withheld Medical Assistance
Deanna Kloosterboer voiceforlife.org.nz The incident reported here recently took place in New Zealand – the exact date and some names have been withheld to protect privacy. Voice for Life has been made aware of a recent case involving a healthy New Zealand infant who was born alive after an
Debt-To-Income Limits Won’t Build One New House
Introducing debt-to-income limits won’t do anything to address the supply problem that is fuelling the country’s housing shortage, National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly says. “This is more tinkering around the edges from Labour, which should be prioritising initiatives that will actually get more houses built.
Labour’s Housing Crisis Solutions See Average Prices Rise 32%
When in Opposition, Labour banged on about a housing crisis and promised that their policies were the only possible solution to fix it. Housing certainly hurt National. Since then however Labour’s policies have had the opposite effect on housing, and the crisis just deepens: New figures released by the
Ardern Assumes Role of Car Tsar
David Seymour ACT Leader Jacinda Ardern should reverse her position on an exemption for utes in the feebate scheme now she has been corrected that Toyota isn’t bringing an electric ute onto the market in the next 12 to 24 months. Two days ago, the Prime Minister wrongly stated
Prime Minister’s Car Tax Excuses Ring Hollow
Jacinda Ardern is dancing on the head of a gear stick with her absurd claim that she couldn’t “operationalise” an exemption for farmers and tradies from Labour’s car tax, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “If the Prime Minister doesn’t have the power to step in
National’s Plan for Corrections Assaults Doesn’t Go Far Enough
Darroch Ball Co-Leader/Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust The National Party’s ‘five-point plan’ to curb the rise in inmates assaulting prison officers doesn’t go far enough and continues to ignore the Corrections Association’s plea for the introduction of harsher penalties, says Darroch Ball co-leader of
‘Legitimate Use’ of a Ute?
Look at this gob smacking and astonishing statement from Jacinda Ardern about who she thinks should or shouldn’t be using utes: But Ardern confirmed she’s ruling out exemptions for utes. “We did discuss that because we recognised that there is a lag in the technology right now. But
Trade Talks in London as Friction with Farmers Simmers
There is a disconnect between our government’s lobbying for a trade agreement with the UK and the EU and failing to foster an environment in New Zealand for increased commerce and trade post-Covid, so that we have the products and services available to sell in these markets. A
