henry cooke
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Nicola Willis and Mark Mitchell suggested this morning that firing Winston Peters would bring down the Government. www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
Nicola Willis suggests firing Winston Peters would bring down Government
National’s deputy leader Nicola Willis says “no-one would thank us for breaking up the coalition” when asked why Winston Peters still in a job.
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Maureen Pugh says she hasn’t caught up on the PM’s Rotorua comments bc she left her phone in Wellington all weekend.
National says it’s “triple your taxes” ads refer to three parties wanting to raise taxes. www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
Nats say ‘triple your taxes’ ad about ‘three parties’ wanting to raise taxes
Labour calls ad “disinformation” but ASA rule it is political opinion.
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Winston Peters wants to pay people up to $45k, tax free, to have three kids. It’s a policy with a very nativist bent that will naturally draw comparisons to the “great replacement theory” conspiracy. www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
Exclusive: Winston Peters wants to pay you to have more babies
Winston Peters says it is the ‘11th hour’ to get New Zealand’s birth-rate up.
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The full comments the PM made at the Rotorua event, which the PM's office say Labour are mischaracterising as a "patronising lecture". www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
Column today on the Green Party's decision to be the party of "no" once more: www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
NEW: Winston Peters says he believes in 'full employment' and removing employment from the RBNZ mandate was a 'dead rat' he had to swallow. Suggests he will re-litigate in new coalition talks: www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
‘Dead rat’: Winston Peters wants employment mandate back at Reserve Bank
The NZ First leader says he believes in full employment and removing the central bank’s jobs mandate was a ‘dead rat’ he had to swallow.
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New Zealand was in a very small group abstaining on the reappointment of a human right chief the US and Israel hate. But MFAT say it was a decision made entirely on procedural grounds: www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
Helen Clark slams ‘humiliating’ decision to abstain on UN vote
Decision made by MFAT not Winston Peters.
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The new enrolment restrictions risk real damage to our social fabric. Column today: www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
NEW POLL. Coalition victory, with Nats up above 30% and Greens way down. But it is also the third to have Opportunity flirting with 5%: www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
New poll shows coalition victory - but Opportunity close to upending it all
A third poll has shown the Opportunity party flirting with the 5% threshold - and with it the kingmaker position.
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National MPs united in expressing disgust at this comment by Stuart Nash, sent to Chris Finlayson about Katie Nimon. www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
‘Laziest MP I’ve come across’: Nash comments on MP’s parental leave sexist, PM says
NZ First candidate Stuart Nash called Napier MP Katie Nimon lazy after she took 10 week’s maternity leave, comments Chris Bishop said were “disgusting” and the PM called sexist.
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Chris Bishop says it is "highly unlikely" he would win Hutt South on National's current polling: www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
Chris Bishop says it is ‘highly unlikely’ he would win Hutt South on current polling
Bishop could be booted from Parliament altogether.
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Big changes to RMA reform from both SC and the Govt itself: - Minister can over-rule limits for 'publicly beneficial' projects, not just infra - Existing iwi agreements torn up - Water allocation markets gone - Reg relief remains Labour is now firmly opposed. www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
Government to tear up existing iwi agreements, give itself more power to overrule councils
Chris Bishop announces sweeping changes to his RMA reform including new powers for ministers to overrule councils.
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History says Christopher Luxon can't win. But it isn't big on Chris Hipkins either. Column this morning: www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
The Government has spent $323m on planning for RoNS projects that now have no promised start date and need new funding injections to ever begin.
The end of “agree to disagree”? When NZ first called on China to obey The Hague South China Sea ruling in 2016, the ambassador at the time brushed it off. My piece today looks at what’s changed in the decade since: www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
RNZ’s Waiata 100 on right now is great. Should make it an annual tradition.
Chris Bishop has been left to clean up Simeon Brown's mess. My piece on the backdown today: www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
NEW: Chris Bishop has unveiled the Govt's major backdown on the Roads of National Significance, with just six with guaranteed construction dates. Here's 2023 promises v now:
This is not the rate hike for Nicola Willis to worry about. But the next one could be: www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
NEW: The Government is pursuing a VPN ban or restrictions as part of the U16 social media ban, according to multiple sources. www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
Government pursues VPN restrictions as part of under-16 social media ban
The Post understands from multiple sources that a VPN ban or restriction is part of Erica Stanford’s plan, angering civil liberty groups.
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NEW: NZ govt has been warned by China it will undertake a test firing of a missile in the South Pacific in the next 24 hours. The move comes just after Aus signed a new defence pact with Fiji. www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
China to test missile in South Pacific
It comes after a defence treaty was inked between Australia and Fiji, and it’s understood the New Zealand Government was warned by China of the test.
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“There aren’t many five million people countries that have done a deal with a one and a half billion dollar country like India,” Luxon making a point he says the media aren’t getting on RNZ.
The new US Ambassador is far more Roman Roy than Kendall. That won’t be enough. Column today: www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
From Wigram to Westminster: Hayden Munro, former Labour campaign manager and Megan Woods aide, is coordinating Andy Burnham’s campaign: www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
Wigram to Westminster: Kiwi running would-be UK prime minister’s campaign
Hayden Munro, campaign manager for NZ Labour in 2020 and 2023, is coordinating the campaign for the next UK Prime Minister.
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The Govt has made decisions on tightening Indian immigration. But it is extremely worried about these being publicised ahead of the Modi visit. www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
Risk to NZ-India relations ahead of Modi's visit as coalition moves to restrict immigration settings
The Government has made decisions on tightening immigration settings for Indian nationals, but is worried about this news becoming public ahead of a visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi later ...
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Damning report from the Ombudsman PMO and the missing document in Smith v Fonterra. Finds that the chief policy advisor was personally consulted on the OIA decision but did not provide the briefing note. Ombudsman finds his lack of recollection "surprising": www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
