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Seymour takes aim at politics, the media, and economic recovery
2 days ago · David Seymour says if it wasn't for Act, the coalition Government wouldn't have embarked on such an ambitious reform agenda. Photo: Getty Images Winston Peters was 47 when he founded NZ First. David Seymour is 41. “It’s probably unlikely I’ll still be in Parliament when I’m 47,” he tells ...
Coalition scraps plan to leave open government pact - Newsroom
Dec 19, 2024 · The review also found “limited evidence that OGP is effective at achieving the goals of open government, internationally or in New Zealand”, with a third of all action plan commitments from members not implemented, and 80 percent of those that were failing to significantly change government practices.
NZ to restart oil and gas exploration one month after COP
Nov 15, 2024 · “This move by the New Zealand Government is, to put it bluntly, gobsmackingly stupid, in the face of increasing global climate chaos, when global renewables are going through the roof, and the [International Energy Agency] is clear the world needs to be off fossil gas by 2040 – and no new fossil fuel production is needed at all,” he said.
The long neoliberal con - Newsroom
Dec 17, 2024 · As detailed by Melanie Nelson, the passage of this bill (an agreement in the coalition Government’s negotiations) will help Act to realise a longstanding goal of their neoliberal policy agenda, which is to enshrine the rights of individuals, particularly property holders and business owners, over the collective good of all New Zealanders. “The focus on the Treaty Principles Bill risks ...
Forecast surplus delayed two years, Willis vows earlier end to deficit
Dec 17, 2024 · Willis adopted the new metric for measuring the Government’s operating balance after a review of headline fiscal indicators. The new measure excludes ACC’s losses and gains, as the scheme is meant to balance these over the long term.
Raw Politics: Politicians need a treaty on the Treaty - Newsroom
Aug 9, 2024 · This week, Raw Politics looks at why the Government is pushing ahead ‘at pace’ with such a broad range of measures looking to change the accepted status of the Treaty in laws and in public services. Newsroom political editor Laura Walters, senior political reporter Marc Daalder and co-editor Tim Murphy examine the moves on Section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act, the amendment of the Marine ...
NZ now 14,000 EVs short after subsidy scrapped - Newsroom
Nov 6, 2024 · Analysis: The scrapping of the Clean Car Discount and the subsequent crashing of the electric vehicle market means New Zealand has a gap of 14,000 EVs which would otherwise have been purchased, according to a Newsroom analysis of pre-election sales trends. The latest registration data for October shows sales of new battery electrics and plug-in hybrids were down two-thirds on October 2023.
Explainer: Four things to look out for at COP29 climate summit
Nov 11, 2024 · What should you look for in a deal? First, the structure of the fund. Developed countries want a multi-layered fund (Watts compared it to an onion) with a core of public finance for the developing world in the hundreds of billions, another layer of private investment which could really hit the trillions and maybe a third global layer trying to capture all finance flows, domestic and international.