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Susan Short Secretary democracyaction.org.nz This brief article is to remind you that the opportunity to have a say on the Aotearoa New Zealand’s Histories in the New Zealand Curriculum runs out in six days’ time. Consultation closes on Monday 31 May. For those who have already made
Darroch Ball Co-leader/National Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust. Every now and again there comes an opportunity for an opposition party to completely own a major policy area. This opportunity is presenting itself to the National Party in the law-and-order space – but seems to have been so unexpected
McBlog bobmccoskrie.com Bob McCoskrie is the National Director of Family First NZ. He is a trained secondary teacher, has a post graduate degree in accounting, was a family community worker in South Auckland for 12 years, and has worked in the media part-time and full-time for 25
Peeni Henare, the Defence Minister, has opened his Twitter gob and inserted both feet with a comment that in all likelihood will cause a diplomatic incident, all so he could score a cheap political point against David Seymour: Just a few days ago a Hollywood actor, John Cena, had to
Once is an accident, twice a coincidence: but if Victoria gets hit with yet another wave of the Wuhan virus, then that’s just sheer, staggering incompetence. Victoria is far and away Australia’s worst-performing state in the COVID pandemic: more than twice the number of infections and a
It’s taken far too long for the Government move on saliva testing at the border but National welcomes the announcement nonetheless, National’s Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “National has been pushing for the Government to include saliva testing as part of the testing methods for our border
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com A New Zealand Herald correspondent Jon Stafford of Hastings, wrote that “he has nothing but praise for how Jacinda Ardern… handled the White Island explosion”. So here’s a challenge for Jon Stafford. Tell us precisely what Jacinda did re White Island. As soon as
In illuminating the lie at the core of our proposed new school ‘history’ curriculum: “It is clear that Maori did not cede their mana to the Crown, and that they signed in the belief that it would give them power to govern in partnership with the Governor” We saw that
Mark Cameron ACT’s Primary Industries spokesperson The latest Fonterra announcement of a heightened 2021/2022 farm gate milk price is a big thumbs up for rural New Zealand performance. Cheers to our dairy farmers for all their hard work. What this means to New Zealand economic recovery in these
25th May 2021 Well, it had to happen. Another hero bit the dust today with the arrest of Danny Fenster at Yangon airport as he was about to board a plane to Kuala Lumpur. Danny is the managing editor of Frontier, which along with the Irrawaddy are the only two
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Once again the Ministry of Health has quietly updated it’s timeline for vaccinating New Zealanders, this time pushing out the start date for when the majority of Kiwis can begin to be vaccinated, National’s Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “In late April the Ministry of Health website
Hobson’s Pledge Trust It looks like Jacinda Ardern’s He Puapua plan to set up two governments under a tribal monitoring committee within the next 19 years is quietly rolling on. The steps so far are: 1. The abolition of the right of local communities to hold binding referenda
Hobson’s Pledge Trust The proposal to spend $1.3 billion in the next financial year on “Maori” cannot go without comment. Proposed spending includes: 1. $427.8 million supposedly for “Crown-Maori” relations, but actually for Treaty settlements. 2. $380 million to deliver 1000 new homes for Maori including
