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Tag: Politics
Politics – No Maori Seats – For Now (7 September 2009)
As was expected, in its report on the Local Government (Auckland Council) Bill released on Friday, ...
Politics – Time for a Referendum on the Foreshore & Seabed (19 April 2010)
The government’s discussion document outlining their proposed foreshore and seabed legislation was launched at the beginning ...
Politics – Does NZ Need an Upper House? (14 September 2009)
The Prime Minister has announced that the Government is planning to hold the long-awaited referendum on ...
Politics – Social Policy: Evaluating Success or Failure (17 May 2010)
Last Monday, a teacher at Te Puke High School was stabbed in the neck and back ...
Politics – A Capital Gains Tax is Not the Answer (21 September 2009)
Former Prime Minister David Lange is reputed to have described a capital gains tax as the ...
Politics – Rating the Budget (24 May 2010)
In Thursday’s budget speech the Minister of Finance, Bill English announced that this budget had four ...
Politics – A Threat to Freedom and Prosperity (5 October 2009)
The current Global Warming Debate is not about temperature or CO2 levels. It is an ideological ...
Politics – Welfare is Bad for Health (31 May 2010)
“…long term worklessness is one of the greatest risks to health in our society. It is ...
Politics – An Open Letter to the Minister of Climate Change Issues (12 October 2009)
Hon Nick Smith, Minister for Climate Change Issues - I can assure you that the government has investigated the evidence on the science of climate change from a number of different sources and I can appreciate that there are many different perspectives on