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PM thanks retiring Ministers and MPs

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Six of the Government’s 64 MPs will retire at the 2023 election, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced today. Ministers Poto Williams, Aupito William Sio and...

National’s Tama Potaka to take Hamilton West in ‘blue swing’

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With 91% of the vote counted, National's Tama Potaka leads nearest rival Georgie Dansey of Labour by nearly 1,900 votes. https://twitter.com/hamishpricenz/status/1601475749831397376?s=20&t=5U9kzO6Ypdhht3NdLCNqlg https://twitter.com/dpfdpf/status/1601455508367429632?s=20&t=5U9kzO6Ypdhht3NdLCNqlg https://twitter.com/MatthewHootonNZ/status/1601475187647852544?s=20&t=5U9kzO6Ypdhht3NdLCNqlg https://twitter.com/hamishpricenz/status/1601478552335323136?s=20&t=5U9kzO6Ypdhht3NdLCNqlg https://twitter.com/horace_nz/status/1601476482672783360?s=20&t=5U9kzO6Ypdhht3NdLCNqlg

Royal Commission of Inquiry a whitewash – DemocracyNZ

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DemocracyNZ calls for a full inquiry into the Government’s decisions on the COVID-19 response, including the impact of mandates. The Labour Government’s call for a...

Bryce Edwards: Labour needs Mahuta to go, but she’s too powerful

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The pressure on Jacinda Ardern to sack Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta is building. But Mahuta is too powerful within the Labour Party to...

Luxon calls on Ardern to give Mahuta the boot after 3 Waters entrenchment ‘debacle’

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The National Party leader released a statement claiming Mahuta's actions show the PM has 'lost control' of Cabinet. The full text of Chris Luxon's press...

Bryce Edwards: New Zealand’s social cohesion is being torn apart

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New Zealand is becoming a less socially cohesive country. And the driver of this division is worsening inequality. That’s the view of most New Zealanders...

COVID Inquiry announced – but ‘Vaccine efficacy’ not included, career epidemiologist appointed Chair

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A Royal Commission to prepare New Zealand for future pandemics through lessons learned from COVID-19 has been announced by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today. The...

Stop IKEA from buying New Zealand farms – DemocracyNZ

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Kiwis urged to save New Zealand’s iconic stations from carbon farming. New Zealand’s valuable farmland is being sold to wealthy multi-national overseas companies for pine...

Watch: Winston speech – mandates were wrong, vaccine doesn’t work, give Baby W unjabbed blood, attacks Stuff journalist Andrea Vance

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Peters was speaking at a public meeting in Hastings today. NOTE: The Care of Children Act 2004 prohibits publication of particulars that may lead to...

Government to remove entrenchment from Three Waters legislation

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The Government will fix the Water Services Entities Bill this week by removing the entrenchment clause that was voted on during committee stages, Leader...

Bryce Edwards: The Misuse of power to entrench Three Waters legislation

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When governments become tired and lose their popularity – usually in their third term – they often become desperate to get their way and...

‘Labour f**ks the constitution’ – David Farrar

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Last week Labour and Greens included 'entrenchment' provisions for some parts of the Water Services Utilities Bill (ie. the proposed 'Three Waters Act'). This means...

‘Truancy crisis’ – ACT wants to spot fine parents

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ACT Leader David Seymour and Education spokesperson Chris Baillie have today proposed a range of solutions to deal with New Zealand’s truancy crisis, including...

Guy Hatchard: A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves

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I owe the title of today’s writing to Edward R. Morrow, a revered American journalist who reported the issues of the common folk and...

Bryce Edwards: Why Labour capitulated on hate speech laws

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The Labour Government is currently fighting on multiple fronts that threaten its popularity in the run-up to next year’s election. Therefore, when a call had...

Watch: Ram-raiding our democracy – Labour forcing controversial laws through parliament under ‘urgency’

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Parliament is sitting today 'under urgency' to force through a number of controversial laws which will have a significant effect on the rights and...

Steve Cranston announced as DemocracyNZ candidate for Waikato

Daily Telegraph NZ -

Farming advocate and climate emissions expert, Steve Cranston, will contest the Waikato electorate for DemocracyNZ in the 2023 election. https://twitter.com/MattKingNorth/status/1591950667773784066?s=20&t=k_R4ggJpo1ia3dzmna8ZkQ In making the announcement today, Party...