Peter Dunne

Peter Dunne says the controversy over NZ First's funding is already raising questions about how the reputation of the current Government may be affected

Peter Dunne says the controversy over NZ First's funding is already raising questions about how the reputation of the current Government may be affected

Peter Dunne assesses the prospects for new political party Sustainable New Zealand

Peter Dunne assesses the prospects for new political party Sustainable New Zealand

Peter Dunne says the National Party will know that wide-eyed enthusiasm without anything to back it up is not what voters are seeking

Peter Dunne says the National Party will know that wide-eyed enthusiasm without anything to back it up is not what voters are seeking

Peter Dunne says next year the Government may learn the hard way that more of the same is no longer a winning electoral formula, no matter how positively it is promoted

Peter Dunne says next year the Government may learn the hard way that more of the same is no longer a winning electoral formula, no matter how positively it is promoted

Peter Dunne says the only way change such as taxing superannuation could be progressed would be through some form of multi-party agreement, but the chances of that occurring are zero

Peter Dunne says the only way change such as taxing superannuation could be progressed would be through some form of multi-party agreement, but the chances of that occurring are zero

Peter Dunne looks at the challenges Labour faces from being in coalition with NZ First suggesting the party needs to take a stand against a NZ First position on a drugs issue

Peter Dunne looks at the challenges Labour faces from being in coalition with NZ First suggesting the party needs to take a stand against a NZ First position on a drugs issue

Peter Dunne says the Leader of the National Party could have grabbed the initiative during Labour's recent struggles, but he has missed the moment

Peter Dunne says the Leader of the National Party could have grabbed the initiative during Labour's recent struggles, but he has missed the moment

Peter Dunne asks some hard questions about the allegations of sexual misconduct within the Labour Party - and what the Prime Minister knew or should have known

Peter Dunne asks some hard questions about the allegations of sexual misconduct within the Labour Party - and what the Prime Minister knew or should have known

Peter Dunne says time will tell on the wisdom of the National Party shunning consensus on issues that cut across traditional political boundaries

Peter Dunne says time will tell on the wisdom of the National Party shunning consensus on issues that cut across traditional political boundaries

Peter Dunne says compulsory Kiwisaver and Flexi-Super are the real superannuation issues we ought to be discussing and debating now

Peter Dunne says compulsory Kiwisaver and Flexi-Super are the real superannuation issues we ought to be discussing and debating now

Peter Dunne says the 'half-baked' plan for Treasury to do the independent financial scrutiny of political party promises in next year's election should be ruled out altogether

Peter Dunne says the 'half-baked' plan for Treasury to do the independent financial scrutiny of political party promises in next year's election should be ruled out altogether

Peter Dunne says questions are being asked whether NZ First is reverting to type and is it about to bring about a fracture within the government to allow it to differentiate itself, and perhaps recover its support, in time for the election

Peter Dunne says questions are being asked whether NZ First is reverting to type and is it about to bring about a fracture within the government to allow it to differentiate itself, and perhaps recover its support, in time for the election

Peter Dunne says Australia has now roughly and cleverly boxed the Prime Minister into a corner on the deportation issue

Peter Dunne says Australia has now roughly and cleverly boxed the Prime Minister into a corner on the deportation issue

Peter Dunne argues the Government should make it clear the principles of the RMA are to remain unchanged, with the real focus of the review to make the RMA work the way it was originally intended

Peter Dunne argues the Government should make it clear the principles of the RMA are to remain unchanged, with the real focus of the review to make the RMA work the way it was originally intended

Peter Dunne wonders how much more humiliation the Greens’ rank and file membership will be prepared to accept before walking away altogether

Peter Dunne wonders how much more humiliation the Greens’ rank and file membership will be prepared to accept before walking away altogether

Peter Dunne says courting New Zealand First the way Simon Bridges seems to want to do plays right into their hands, making them centre stage once again

Peter Dunne says courting New Zealand First the way Simon Bridges seems to want to do plays right into their hands, making them centre stage once again

Peter Dunne says Labour is now in a peculiar position of being broadly in step with public opinion, but having to placate two very grumpy groups in the unions and the Greens

Peter Dunne says Labour is now in a peculiar position of being broadly in step with public opinion, but having to placate two very grumpy groups in the unions and the Greens

Peter Dunne calls for a wide ranging investigation into health issues and a plan for the medicines New Zealanders might reasonably expect to have access to and how these should be funded

Peter Dunne calls for a wide ranging investigation into health issues and a plan for the medicines New Zealanders might reasonably expect to have access to and how these should be funded

Peter Dunne bemoans the current sorry state of politics, which has seen the demise of give-and-take and balanced argument that had previously been the hallmarks of liberal democracy

Peter Dunne bemoans the current sorry state of politics, which has seen the demise of give-and-take and balanced argument that had previously been the hallmarks of liberal democracy

Peter Dunne comments on the decision to have a Royal Commission on the events leading up to the Christchurch terror attacks

Peter Dunne comments on the decision to have a Royal Commission on the events leading up to the Christchurch terror attacks

Peter Dunne reflects on the tragic events in Christchurch on March 15

Peter Dunne reflects on the tragic events in Christchurch on March 15

Peter Dunne argues the Wellington bureaucracy will be a good gauge of whether the Government is likely to be re-elected next year

Peter Dunne argues the Wellington bureaucracy will be a good gauge of whether the Government is likely to be re-elected next year

Peter Dunne says the political party reactions to the Tax Working Group report were universally trite and banal. Yet it will all just come down to Winston Peters making up his mind

Peter Dunne says the political party reactions to the Tax Working Group report were universally trite and banal. Yet it will all just come down to Winston Peters making up his mind

Peter Dunne says the majority of Tax Working Group members have been used as stooges for a predetermined Labour Party policy outcome

Peter Dunne says the majority of Tax Working Group members have been used as stooges for a predetermined Labour Party policy outcome

Peter Dunne says Greens co-leader James Shaw's CGT comments are far less a statement on his party's position and more an attempt to flush out where NZ First stands

Peter Dunne says Greens co-leader James Shaw's CGT comments are far less a statement on his party's position and more an attempt to flush out where NZ First stands