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5 days ago — The Herald reports:. Te Pāti Māori MP Tākuta Ferris is under fire after he was heard saying “f***ing racist” following a submission at a parliamentary select committee on amendments to foreshore and seabed legislation.. Act says it has raised the remarks with the Speaker as a matter of privilege. The privileges committee is already considering whether Ferris misled the …
A good decision by the Auditor-General | Kiwiblog
16 hours ago — The Auditor-General announced: The Auditor-General has decided to inquire into the systems and processes that help Ministers to identify and manage conflicts of interest, with a particular focus on Ministerial decisions about which projects to include in the Fast-track Approvals Bill. This is good. I support the Fast-track Approvals Bill, but any decision by Ministers
Hosking on Labour’s albatross | Kiwiblog
2 days ago — Mike Hosking writes: So it is on that note I pose this very simple premise - if and when Labour get back to power, they are going to need most likely not just the Greens, but the Māori Party too. This is correct. Without Te Pati Maori, Labour and …
$750,000 happiness campaign makes Mayor unhappy | Kiwiblog
1 day ago — NewstalkZB reports: Auckland Council’s cultural and economic agency, Tātaki Auckland Unlimited, has defended the cost of a campaign aimed at getting people to feel more positive about the city. Figures obtained by RNZ under the Official Information Act showed Tātaki spent a total of $737,208.58 to address what it said was a decline in perceptions
General Debate 08 November 2024 | Kiwiblog
3 days ago — TVNZ isn’t a Government department. It’s a State-owned enterprise, a State-owned limited company that comes under the Companies Act. Other State-owned enterprises, all limited companies: Airways Corporation, Animal Control Products, AsureQuality (previously AgQuality, in food quality testing etc), Electricity Corporation of NZ …
Guest Post: KiwiSaver – is it ‘working’? | Kiwiblog
A guest post by Michael Littlewood: So, John Horner of the Financial Markets Authority thinks that KiwiSaver’s reaching $100 bn “…is something to celebrate; for a relatively small country like New Zealand, it represents a coming of age of KiwiSaver.” (FMA 24 September 2024 here).Others in the financial services industry praise KiwiSaver while some call for higher minimum contributions ...
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Kiwis getting the change they voted for | Kiwiblog
Nov 25, 2023 — Luke Malpass writes: When New Zealanders tossed Labour out, they tossed them out hard. Labour went from over 50% of the vote to just over 26%. From being the sole party of government, it had its vote halved. The centre-left, as defined by the combined votes for Labour and the Greens, was a bit over
How is Kiwibuild going? | Kiwiblog
Apr 5, 2022 — Labour's promise of 100,000 affordable Kiwibuild houses was their most iconic 2017 policy. How are they doing, nearly halfway through their second term. They promised that by now they would have built 24,000 houses. They have in fact delivered 1,304 which is 5.4% of what they promised - so they have underdelivered by 94.6%. Overall
Kiwiblog’s 2022 Predictions
I forgot to do these for 2021, but my annual predictions (emulating Stuff) are back. Here's my 20 predictions for this year, which I'll score at the end of the year. Peeni Henare will not be Minister of Defence by the end of 2022There will be a by-election in 2022NZ First will record at least