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Rob Salmond General Secretary Labour Party Kia ora The days are getting shorter and colder, which means it’s once again time for Labour’s Winter Energy Payment. I’m enormously proud that Labour introduced the Winter Energy Payment back in 2018. Since then, the payment has helped around a
Judith Collins delivered the Sledge of the Day after the news that Grant Robertson was going to now be the minister responsible for the delivery or implementation of their slogans. The headline too can be read a different way and is verging on Stuff Up of the Week material. It
Information Satire Jacinda Ardern’s Conversations Editor The Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern sat down with the Woke Examiner to have a good natter about her latest achievements. J.A.C.E: “Good evening Prime Minister, it is a wonderful privilege to be in your presence.” J.A: “Why thank you,
David Seymour ACT Leader The Government has let the public service get completely out of control before attempting to reign it in. Since Labour took office the public service has increased by 10,000 people. The average growth per year under Labour is six per cent. It was one per
4th May 2021 The EAOs are ramping up action against the Junta. They have started to inflict casualties at officer level to the Tatmadaw and now the police. The Mansi Township police chief was killed in an attack by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) on the central police station in
The Haps Armed with only Parliament’s Standing Orders, Brooke van Velden has succeeded where nuclear powers have failed. She’s made Labour take a clear position on China. Either they will support her motion condemning genocide in Xinjian, or prevent it being debated, as would sadly now happen in
David Seymour ACT Leader Stuart Nash owes New Zealanders an explanation about why he said he wasn’t working on a bed tax when he has been. Information obtained by the ACT Party through Parliamentary Written Questions and briefings to Stuart Nash show that Government is working with the Queenstown
Trevor Mallard has confirmed he is unfit to be Parliament’s Speaker by failing to answer several important questions relating to the false rape accusation saga that cost taxpayers more than $330,000, Shadow Leader of the House Chris Bishop says. “Trevor Mallard failed to justify his actions before Parliament
First, if you haven’t already done so on The BFD, read the superb speech by the Leader of the Opposition, Hon Judith Collins, to the conference of the Northern Region of the National Party on Saturday. Second, if you share my dedication to protecting our right to freedom of
“Come clean” on He Puapua Prime Minister “the Government needs to explain its position” – University of Auckland’s Dr Claire Charters, who chaired the Declaration Working Group that produced the report. May 3, 2020 “A covert 20-year plan to establish Maori sovereignty is political dynamite. Graham Adams argues it
He Puapua document and the National Party Henry Cooke (Stuff): Whose race card is this anyway? Judith Collins and David Seymour both appear to have found the same wedge issue Graham Adams (Stuff): Ardern on a hot tin roof over He Puapua plan to share power with Maori Claire Trevett
The latest Roy Morgan poll has Labour dropping 4% and National gaining 6.5%. It seems the middle is moving. This poll was obviously taken ahead of the He Puapua revelations of the weekend and so, for this shift to be meaningful, National needs to bank this poll and forge
The Government’s proposed Maori Health Authority is simply not about generating better health outcomes for Maori, Deputy Leader of the Opposition Dr Shane Reti says. “In Question Time, the Prime Minister and the Minister of Health both rejected the need for a Pasifika Health Authority despite the government’s
Don Brash Hobson’s Pledge Trust Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern should front up to the people of New Zealand about what has and has not been decided on a plan for two governments in New Zealand, one for Maori and one for everyone else, Hobson’s Pledge spokesman Don Brash
