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Brooke van Velden ACT’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta and Finance Minister Grant Robertson seem to be on completely different pages when it comes to the remit of Five Eyes. Nanaia Mahuta has explicitly said she was “uncomfortable expanding the remit of the Five Eyes.” And yet
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The Government’s announcement to open up MIQ spots for thousands of additional migrant workers is another kick in the guts for migrants already in New Zealand and waiting to reunite with their families, National’s Immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “While the announcement of additional construction workers is good
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com With the media in age-old pack-hunting mode all putting the boot into Mallard, an excellent point lost on them was made by the ever astute Damien Grant in the Sunday Times. He made the correct observation that no-one’s infallible and it’
Nicole McKee Justice Spokesperson ACT welcomes news this morning from the Government that it’s finally targeting the gangs and dangerous criminals, rather than law-abiding firearms users. Gang membership has increased by 2264 since 2017. Only two per cent of that is 501 returnees from Australia. This is mostly
After years of calling for Firearm Prohibition Orders against violent gang members to be implemented, the Government is finally listening, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “We still have questions regarding the Government’s proposal, such as whether its policy will include additional search powers against those who have
The Government has suddenly placed consultations with iwi on how the Department of Conservation can give better effect to the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi, on-hold following National releasing the draft recommendations last week. “Neither the Prime Minister nor the Minister of Conservation have addressed the recommendations that
Jacinda Ardern’s slide has not only started (if the angry articles across the NZ Mainstream media are anything to go by); her own supporters are furious. Don’t take my word for it. Read the venom for yourselves: Morally obscene and just plain bad politics. The Government’s public
The Government knew how long the security guard who tested positive for Covid-19 had been without a Covid test for six days before finally coming clean to New Zealanders, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. Reply 14693 (2021) has been answered Portfolio: COVID-19 Response (Hon
You can tell a lot about someone by the friends they cultivate. Friends, after all, are the people you pick, unlike your family. Australia and New Zealand are family: a pair of occasionally squabbling siblings who’ve nevertheless spent the last century more or less getting along under the same
Recently I received an email from the Antique Arms National President, Andrew Edgecombe. In the email, he has a crack at me (Note to Andrew: I don’t use minions) and my messages about the failures of COLFO. I will address his email in this article on the points that
Public sector pay freeze Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Grant Robertson schedules union crisis meetings after failing to communicate public pay freeze properly Chris Trotter (Interest): Playing by a new set of rules RNZ: Government urged to rethink public sector pay freeze decision Henry Cooke (Stuff): Government in damage control over public
Mike King is someone who has done more than most in the area of mental health. The government has yet again been exposed for its empty slogans and poor delivery; this time in mental health: Is anybody else confused by the shortage of mental health counselling services around the country
We’re focused on the issues that matter to Kiwis. Catch up on the latest in politics with our Week in Review below. * PM needs to give straight answers on He Puapua. * Labour’s union paymasters get their rewards. * Government vetoes mental health and prison violence inquiries. * Labour not interested
They hunted him down like he’s a terrorist. Police cars swarmed him as he drove home from his church. They ordered him out of his car and made him kneel down on a busy highway. Heavily-armed SWAT police arrested him. But he’s not a terrorist. He’s
