Politics

It's important to keep asking the right questions

22 Nov 18, 2:12pm

Peter Dunne says carefully crafted Parliamentary Questions are the primary weapons of an Opposition to get the answers it needs to do its day to day job of holding the Government to account
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Meeting with Adrian Orr among those not disclosed by Shane Jones

12 Nov 18, 11:14am

Jenée Tibshraeny

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Opposition pulls up Shane Jones for not disclosing 61 meetings he had with a variety of business, government and community leaders over seven months
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Jones finds new punch bags in the FMA, the RBNZ & the Super Fund

11 Nov 18, 6:30am

Jenée Tibshraeny

19 comments

Shane Jones accuses the FMA of being 'chummy' with banks, the RBNZ of being too independent and the Super Fund of using the wrong investment strategy
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This week's Top 10

9 Nov 18, 10:00am

Gareth Vaughan

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Gareth Vaughan on Francis Fukuyama & identity politics, Silicon Valley & the radicalisation of the world, Corbyn the Trotskyite, Goldman Sachs cops a kicking, Bolsonaro & the Amazon & more
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NZ First to hold Jami-Lee Ross' proxy vote

7 Nov 18, 4:00pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

22 comments

Jami-Lee Ross to have his vote cast in Parliament as an independent MP for Botany thanks to New Zealand First
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Kiwibuild straight out of the Blackadder playbook

1 Nov 18, 8:37am

Peter Dunne

63 comments

Peter Dunne says the Government's flagship housing programme is beginning to look like no more than one of Edmund Blackadder's cunning plans
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Collins: Foreign buyer ban reducing housing supply

30 Oct 18, 5:10pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

90 comments

Collins slates Twyford's KiwiBuild for not serving those most in need, but is comfortable with nearly 10% of residential property purchases in central Auckland being made by foreigners
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Jami-Lee Ross puts National on the spot

30 Oct 18, 3:00pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

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Jami-Lee Ross asks National to vote for him while he's on leave. If National says yes, this could prevent it from booting Ross out of Parliament under the waka-jumping law
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'The next 12 months will determine the Government's fate'

25 Oct 18, 9:59am

Peter Dunne

64 comments

Peter Dunne suggests recent moves by NZ First and the Greens to promote their brands more vigorously are more significant than this week's opinion poll
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National loses 2% support in poll as Ross saga unravels

23 Oct 18, 7:07pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

98 comments

One News/Colmar Brunton poll puts support for Labour ahead of National and Ardern way ahead of Bridges, despite respondents' pessimism on the economy
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Questions swirl over MP Ross being admitted to mental health facility

23 Oct 18, 1:45pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

52 comments

National Party leader Simon Bridges and president Peter Goodfellow say they heard second and third hand of dissident MP Jami-Lee Ross being taken by police to a mental health facility
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The cockroach that won't die

20 Oct 18, 7:11am

Jenée Tibshraeny

68 comments

Jami-Lee Ross staying in Parliament is a nightmare for National but a lifeline for Simon Bridges - at this stage, says Jenée Tibshraeny
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Ross no longer resigning, National 'considering its options'

19 Oct 18, 6:02pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

73 comments

Jami-Lee Ross to remain in Parliament as an independent MP for Botany; Vows to keep dishing out dirt on National but fails in radio interview to make any real blows
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Peters accuses National of having a 'cash for candidates policy'

18 Oct 18, 4:35pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

45 comments

Winston Peters rejects the Greens' call for political parties to receive more public funding; Says there's Chinese influence in the National Party, not Government
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No more money in envelopes, please

18 Oct 18, 10:59am

David Hargreaves

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David Hargreaves suggests that if we want to get something positive out of this week's National Party meltdown, we should urgently consider changes to the way our political parties are funded
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Bridges: 'Today he did his worst'

17 Oct 18, 4:01pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

161 comments

War of words between Bridges and Ross escalates as Ross releases secret phone recording; Bridges forced to detail dealings with Chinese donor; Ross' 'corruption' claims remain unsubstantiated
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OMV: NZ's energy sector at a 'watershed moment'

17 Oct 18, 6:42am

Jenée Tibshraeny

48 comments

Warning bells rung loud and clear over oil/gas exploration ban adding pressure to an already stressed energy sector. Govt gives OMV more time to drill in Great South Basin
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Ross vs Bridges

16 Oct 18, 11:44am

Jenée Tibshraeny

143 comments

National MP Jami-Lee Ross quits party before Simon Bridges announces he's been expelled; Bridges welcomes police investigation into Ross' claims he's broken donation disclosure rules
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Ross accuses Bridges of framing him as the expenses leaker

15 Oct 18, 1:27pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

85 comments

PwC report names Jami-Lee Ross the leaker of Simon Bridges' travel expenses; Bridges says the leak and Ross' conduct form a 'pattern'; Ross claims he's been framed
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When kindness meets tough reality

11 Oct 18, 8:48am

Peter Dunne

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Peter Dunne says when the Govt Budget is in surplus, the focus comes much more onto the quality and overall value of the new spending being proposed, and that requires Ministers to make some very strong judgements
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