National’s policy platform

Written By: - Date published: 8:35 am, August 5th, 2020 - 45 comments
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I thought I would have a dive into National’s announced policies to see what they are proposing.  It did not take me long.  For a party that promised to be a policy factory it was a real disappointment.

They do have a vision statement.

It seems that the only thing that matters to National is the economy.  There is no mention of Covid 19 or the need to keep us safe.  And there is no mention of the tsunami of environmental disasters heading our way.  Or the importance of community or family or aroha.  Nothing but the economy appears to feature in National’s thoughts.

They do have an environmental policy but it is not finished yet and they have no announced policies.

They also acknowledge the importance of community but as yet have no policies.

They also have workplace policies that are as yet not complete.

To be fair they have announced a few policies, scrapping teachers fees, mainly to weaken the Teacher’s Council, restarting international education which most people think in the middle of a pandemic is bonkers, and reversing Labour’s vocational education reforms.

They have announced a lot of infrastructure projects, mostly roads and many of them unfunded.  Crazy stuff like building a road tunnel through the Brynderwyns and Auckland’s East West motorway for when the world has to urgently get away from using cars.

And they have announced a few business policies, letting people buy courier runs with some of their kiwisaver, extra money to businesses to employ people they would probably employ anyway, tweaks to depreciation so businesses can depreciate items more quickly, GST cash refund, and a $100 million package of direct grants for tourism projects aimed at increasing demand for tourism.  They just don’t get it.  Tourism is going nowhere for years if ever.

Judith Collins was on Radio New Zealand this morning and said that the delay is because they are waiting for the release of Treasury’s PREFU.

This is bollocks.  At the same time last election Labour had a fully costed and reviewed set of policies ready to go.  And to those who claim that Labour is also going policy lite can I refer them to this website which contains all you want to know about what Labour is planning.

I have never seen National so messy.  Whether it is mass resignations and retirements, selection controversies, the failure to vet new candidates properly, or the complete lack of a policy platform they are messy, messy, messy.  And I can tell you from door knocking that I have done recently that this is the overwhelming impression that ordinary people have, and some of them were erstwhile National supporters.

Early voting starts in a month.  If this keeps up we could be looking at a 2002 type result for National.

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  1. Sacha 1
    5 August 2020 at 8:58 am

    Collins is worried Labour will steal the Nats' ideas if they announce them. Priceless.

    https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/422778/judith-collins-on-more-election-policy-announcements

    "There's a whole raft of policies that will be coming out. As you know, if we pop them out too early then the government, who doesn't seem to want to have any policies put out, will maybe just steal them and say gosh there it is."

    • Leighton 1.1
      5 August 2020 at 9:14 am

      By Judith's logic, wouldn't Labour also be justified in having no policies at this point because National would steal them if they were announced? She obviously views the world as some kind of game of electoral chicken.

    • Sacha 1.2
      5 August 2020 at 9:20 am

      And some lying about numbers, of course, from the same story.

      On their polling figures, she said they were doing "pretty well" along the same lines they had previously indicated of about 40 percent.

    • Incognito 1.3
      5 August 2020 at 9:24 am

      Nah, it’s all about controlling the narrative and the black player has the advantage in this game unless …

      Edit: Oops, this is not OM but a new OP. I’d better read it first.

    • Robert Guyton 1.4
      5 August 2020 at 9:54 am

      "pop them out"?

    • AB 1.5
      5 August 2020 at 11:41 am

      Perhaps Judith sees politics as like some giant wetland – you never mention where the swamp kauri might be – in case someone else gets there first? Maybe this is called ‘bringing business experience’ to government.

  2. tc 2
    5 August 2020 at 9:00 am

    You reap what you sow, a 2002 result would be justified.

    They plundered across 3 terms. Smeared, got caught, played through the media…rinse and repeat. Soo many skeletons.

    Kiwis with empathy will choose wisely. Jude's perfect for this gig as her style suits their approach.

    • Robert Guyton 2.1
      5 August 2020 at 9:53 am

      Jude's supercilious smirk – is that a winner, do you think?

      • tc 2.1.1
        5 August 2020 at 10:16 am

        We shall see, the doubling down approach with crusher out front seems their only choice. Matty's probably charted the course already up to the GE and swum away clear now, no surprises there.

        There's never been any policy just slogans sucking in the swinging sheeple. Will they bleat again or think critically about NZ's future.

  3. Tricledrown 3
    5 August 2020 at 9:23 am

    Never underestimate the opposition at the moment we see National reheating their roading policy.

    Goldsmiths pathetic effort on Kiwisaver reduntanxies tax credit with a 60 to 70% failure rate

    It will be interesting the slow striptease now.

  4. Gosman 4
    5 August 2020 at 9:39 am

    Agreed. If you want a alternative set of policies to the waste land of both National and Labour you need to look at either The Greens or ACT.

    • Stuart Munro 4.1
      5 August 2020 at 9:48 am

      Meh – ACT are a spent force intellectually speaking. And the Greens are headed that way – pious noises till the wheels fall off, not early and substantial corrections are all we will see from either of these. The crunch is going to hurt when it comes.

    • roblogic 4.2
      5 August 2020 at 9:51 am

      Labour has policies, all status quo stuff that National would probably be doing

    • mikesh 4.3
      5 August 2020 at 10:13 am

      Or Opportunities or Social Credit.

    • Enough is Enough 4.4
      5 August 2020 at 11:55 am

      I tend to agree with you Gosman. National and Labour try to portray themselves as polar opposites on the political spectrum. They both claim that the other party will result in disaster while only they can save Aotearoa.

      The reality is they are both conservative central parties where their similarities far outweigh their differences.

      If you want real reform and transformation, you have only two options Green and ACT. If you want more of the same shit, vote Labour or National.

      And to clarify I am not advocating anyone votes for ACT. The Green Party is the only option if you want positive change.

  5. Just Is 5
    5 August 2020 at 10:15 am

    This may not be a policy but National released a statement saying that they wouldn't be introducing any TAX cuts.

    In the first 6 months.

    There's probably no need for them produce any visionary policies as the writing is on the wall for them, just going through the motions.

  6. Enough is Enough 6
    5 August 2020 at 10:29 am

    I think a 2002 result for National is almost inevitable because National voters will, and already are thinking tactically.

    In 2002 the conservative vote still reached 45%. That year traditional National supporters voted tactically with NZ First and United picking up 17% of the vote between them. Nats had 21 and ACT 7.

    This election something different is happening though. There is less than quiet murmurs from rural New Zealand, that they will do whatever it takes to keeps the Greens from holding too much influence. They are willing to hold their nose and vote Labour to give them an absolute majority. After all what is the point of voting for National if they get 35% max, if you lose the war and have the Greens with a veto vote in Parliament.

    I hope if that happens that Labour will still invite the Green party to cabinet and give them important port folios.

    • Sacha 6.1
      5 August 2020 at 10:33 am

      Rural voters are far fewer than persistent national stereotypes suggest. Let them whinge.

      • Enough is Enough 6.1.1
        5 August 2020 at 10:50 am

        I don't think they are whinging. They are just going to quietly vote Labour regardless of what National offers them. The question is whether tat sentiment spreads to the urban the National supporters

  7. Dennis Frank 7
    5 August 2020 at 10:35 am

    Labour's best policy is continuity (`let's keep moving') as a semblance of business as usual. Trotter framed it yesterday as a `third referendum'. https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2020/08/04/must-read-the-third-referendum/

    JACINDA ARDERN’S STRATEGY for this election is now clear. She will be inviting New Zealanders to vote in three referendums. The referendum on Cannabis. The referendum on Euthanasia. And the referendum on her government’s handling of the Covid-19 Pandemic.

    Many on the Left, caught up in the excitement of a prospective electoral victory so emphatic that Labour may be in a position to govern alone, are imploring the party to seize the time and enact the most comprehensive reform of New Zealand institutions since 1984. All the things the Left was hoping for: the “transformation” promised by Jacinda but countermanded by Winston Peters; will become possible in a House of Representatives dominated by Labour and the Greens.

    The secret of Labour’s survival as a viable political party, and the reason why so many New Zealanders still think of it as “left-wing”, is due to it being the party people vote for to keep the much more recognisably right-wing National Party out of government… In other words, Labour, like National, is defined almost entirely by what it is not. The moment either party abandons this essentially negative function – as Labour did between 1972 and 1975, and National did between 1990 and 1993 – they are instantly perceived as threats.

    The binary straitjacket imposed on both mainstream parties by partisan thinking means bland is good. Having actual policies implies the parties stand for something. Since that something is unpalatable to centrists, and winning requires centrist support, Nat/Lab thinking inevitably converges on the centre ground of the campaign.

    Partisan rhetoric becomes a loser's ploy. So there's a switch-over point in time, when team-building rah-rah messaging gets displaced by cagey smokescreen. The pros can probably even tell you which month in election year the switch gets thrown.

  8. aom 8
    5 August 2020 at 11:09 am

    So what infrastructure does National want to give Wellington? Four lanes to the bloody planes and the city's largest and most expensive carpark. What does Wellington need? It needs a light rail system that serves the high housing density spines that are envisaged AND the airport.

    • RobbieWgtn 8.1
      5 August 2020 at 11:45 am

      Wgtn will never need light rail at a population of ~200k in the City, even if the additional ~35k forecast over the next 23 years eventuates. There's no light rail in the world that is economically viable with that pop density & you only have to look at the Gold Coast, Edinburgh etc to see how much taxpayer & ratepayer theft is required to sustain these vanity projects. Buses are much less capital intensive, much more able to vary capacity & operational cost to demand.

      Wellington is also 1 decent earthquake away from becoming the NI's Picton – ferry terminal, without the Gov't / Public sector high salaries propping it up as they would easily relocate.

  9. Chris 9
    5 August 2020 at 11:45 am

    Key says open up the borders. Is this a patsy for Collins to respond with "oh no, we couldn't possibly risk the health of hard working kiwis when it's unsafe to do so"? Or will Collins agree with Key? It'd be good if it were the latter because what's happening in Victoria is really getting cut-through with the general population on the need to 'maintain health for the sake of the economy' issue, finally.

    So you go Collins, tell us Key's on to it. Fantastic.

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/122338065/relax-border-restrictions-to-soften-covid19s-economic-blow-sir-john-key-says

  10. novacastrian 10
    5 August 2020 at 12:03 pm

    I find it hard to be critical of National in this rare instance, as at least they are tabling policies. Much the same could be said of ACT, New Conservative, Greens and several other smaller parties.

    My own team are pretty much lame in the policy depart, which frankly I find disappointing from Labour, though I always found the whole Jacindamania sideshow very un-Labour like anyway. You can't avoid addressing genuine issues or avoiding having policies by trotting out another baby Neeve story.

    • observer 10.1
      5 August 2020 at 12:12 pm

      Please link to the baby Neve stories from the last 2 years. The ones Labour have been "trotting out", allegedly.

      She is the least photographed "celebrity" child in NZ. The RW nasties making stuff up on social media is not a source you should rely on.

      • novacastrian 10.1.1
        5 August 2020 at 2:44 pm

        Just search the Stuff and NZ Herald archives, add to that Baier media publications, and you'll find a plethora of the aforementioned Baby Neve related articles.

        • observer 10.1.1.1
          5 August 2020 at 2:57 pm

          But you didn't, did you?

          You specifically claim that Labour are "avoiding having policies by trotting out another baby Neeve story"

          This is false.

  11. observer 11
    5 August 2020 at 12:25 pm

    In fact National announced plenty of policies under Simon Bridges (they may have been bad policies but at least they existed).

    But since he was dumped we just don't know if those policies are null and void. They seem to be both National policy and Definitely-Not National policy (as shown on the website in the OP). Added to the confusion is that Paul Goldsmith has been the Finance spokesman under 3 different leaders, with 3 different messages. All change, no change.

    This was a response to Covid-19. Is it still? Who knows?

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/120112824/national-promises-to-scrap-unfit-for-purpose-regulations-if-elected

    • Warren Doney 11.1
      5 August 2020 at 6:27 pm

      Simon had quite a range of discussion documents up on Nationals website apparently. These have been taken down, and are almost certainly being given a polish, ready to be rolled out at strategic times to take up air. Mathew Hooton was actually working on this before he resigned.

      I don't know why people think National won't have policy ready for their campaign, given it's what they are being criticised for the most. It's not like it's hard to produce, or necessarily accurate, or that they would feel the need to stick to it after being elected.

      Kiwibuild is a prime example of this. Labour would have almost certainly known the targets were impossible to meet without much more public funding and immigrant labour, but probably never expected to win the election.

      I expect most of National's roading announcements are bullshit too, just like the bridges of Northland were. They must know how notorious they are for being all about roads. Perhaps announcing them first is a tactical strategy?

    • georgecom 11.2
      6 August 2020 at 9:53 pm

      ahhhh the bonfire

      little did National know the thing they would be burning was their political credibility and votes

  12. ianmac 12
    5 August 2020 at 12:50 pm

    Funny that the headline given to that old-timer John Key on National Radio was so breathtaking. He has figured out that there is more unemployment to come and harder times for business, especially for tourist businesses.

    Thank goodness we have such an erudite man to warn us of these unexpected troubles.

    • tc 12.1
      5 August 2020 at 1:30 pm

      Great to see a taxpayers funded broadcaster granting national PR airtime.

      A decent media wouldn't bother with him as he's clearly there in a partisan capacity to shore up the brand. RNZ's so fn lame.

      Did he get asked how much he loves Judith ?

      • Gabby 12.1.1
        5 August 2020 at 3:24 pm

        Did he get asked about Op Burnham?

      • Sacha 12.1.2
        5 August 2020 at 4:56 pm

        To be fair, the guy is Chair of our biggest bank, reported addressing a business audience (which media can never get enough of).

  13. peter sim 13
    5 August 2020 at 9:04 pm

    Policies? When is the election? How many weeks?

    The media is starved of gossip, and bleats. Diddums.

    At least we are spared "opinionsters" boring us to death.

  14. peter sim 14
    5 August 2020 at 9:24 pm

    National policy ,apparently, dumb post 05/08/20, headline national will have a new traffic tunnel in Wellington by 2023.

    Reading the item it would unlikely to be off the maps in the next decade.

    The chattering class are making themselves more irrelevant the more they bleat.

    Its called masturbation.

  15. Bloke 15
    6 August 2020 at 10:43 am

    Judy and Gerry are going under the wall tonight, they are tunneling their way out of oblivion by announcing forward thinking policies like "roads something something and taxes something something"

    • georgecom 15.1
      6 August 2020 at 9:58 pm

      yes, and with the roads policy, they can announce the same road 3 or 4 times and pretend it is new and fresh policy each and every time

      sort of like turning your underwear inside out a few times before washing day

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    More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
    4 days ago

  • STEPHEN FRANKS: Press seek to publicly shame doctor – we must push back
    The following is a message sent yesterday from lawyer Stephen Franks on behalf of the Free Speech Union. I don’t like to interrupt first thing Monday morning, but we’ve just become aware of a case where we think immediate and overwhelming attention could help turn the tide. It involves someone ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    4 days ago

  • Competing on cruelty
    The right-wing message calendar is clearly reading "cruelty" today, because both National and NZ First have released beneficiary-bashing policies. National is promising a "traffic light" system to police and kick beneficiaries, which will no doubt be accompanied by arbitrary internal targets to classify people as "orange" or "red" to keep ...
    No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
    4 days ago

  • Further funding for Pharmac (forgotten in the Budget?) looks like a $1bn appeal from a PM in need of...
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    Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
    4 days ago

  • Bryce Edwards: The Vested interests shaping National Party policies
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    Democracy ProjectBy bryce.edwards
    4 days ago

  • Labour may be on way out of power and NZ First back in – but will Peters go into coalition with Na...
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    Point of OrderBy tutere44
    4 days ago

  • GRAHAM ADAMS: Will the racists please stand up?
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    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    4 days ago

  • Gordon Campbell on whether Winston Peters can be a moderating influence
    As the centre-right has (finally!) been subjected to media interrogation, the polls are indicating that some voters may be starting to have second thoughts about the wisdom of giving National and ACT the power to govern alone. That’s why yesterday’s Newshub/Reid Research poll had the National/ACT combo dropping to 60 ...
    Gordon CampbellBy lyndon
    4 days ago

  • Tuesday’s Chorus: RBNZ set to rain on National's victory parade
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    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    4 days ago

  • After a Pittsburgh coal processing plant closed, ER visits plummeted
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    4 days ago

  • September-23 AT Board Meeting
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    Greater AucklandBy Matt L
    4 days ago

  • Electorate Watch: West Coast-Tasman
    Continuing my series on interesting electorates, today it’s West Coast-Tasman.A long thin electorate running down the northern half of the west coast of the South Island. Think sand flies, beautiful landscapes, lots of rain, Pike River, alternative lifestylers, whitebaiting, and the spiritual home of the Labour Party. A brief word ...
    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
    4 days ago

  • Big money brings Winston back
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    PolitikBy Richard Harman
    4 days ago

  • 20 days until Election Day, 7 until early voting begins… but what changes will we really see here?
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    exhALANtBy exhalantblog
    4 days ago

  • A night out
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    More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
    5 days ago

  • A pallid shade of Green III
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    No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
    5 days ago

  • A coalition of racism, cruelty, and chaos
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    No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
    5 days ago

  • More migrant workers should help generate the tax income needed to provide benefits for job seekers
    Buzz from the Beehive Under something described as a “rebalance” of its immigration rules, the Government has adopted four of five recommendations made in an independent review released in July, The fifth, which called on the government to specify criteria for out-of-hours compliance visits similar to those used during ...
    Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
    5 days ago

  • Letter To Luxon.
    Some of you might know Gerard Otto (G), and his G News platform. This morning he wrote a letter to Christopher Luxon which I particularly enjoyed, and with his agreement I’m sharing it with you in this guest newsletter.If you’d like to make a contribution to support Gerard’s work you ...
    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
    5 days ago

  • LINDSAY MITCHELL: Alarming trend in benefit numbers
    Lindsay Mitchell writes –  While there will not be another quarterly release of benefit numbers prior to the election, limited weekly reporting continues and is showing an alarming trend. Because there is a seasonal component to benefit number fluctuations it is crucial to compare like with like. In ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    5 days ago

  • BRIAN EASTON: Has there been external structural change?
    A close analysis of the Treasury assessment of the Medium Term in its PREFU 2023 suggests the economy may be entering a new phase.   Brian Easton writes –  Last week I explained that the forecasts in the just published Treasury Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update (PREFU 2023) was ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    5 days ago

  • CRL Progress – Sep-23
    It’s been a while since we looked at the latest with the City Rail Link and there’s been some fantastic milestones recently. To start with, and most recently, CRL have released an awesome video showing a full fly-through of one of the tunnels. Come fly with us! You asked for ...
    Greater AucklandBy Matt L
    5 days ago

  • Monday’s Chorus: Not building nearly enough
    We are heading into another period of fast population growth without matching increased home building or infrastructure investment.Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: Labour and National detailed their house building and migration approaches over the weekend, with both pledging fast population growth policies without enough house building or infrastructure investment ...
    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    5 days ago

  • Game on; Hipkins comes out punching
    Labour leader Chris Hipkins yesterday took the gloves off and laid into National and its leader Christopher Luxon. For many in Labour – and particularly for some at the top of the caucus and the party — it would not have been a moment too soon. POLITIK is aware ...
    PolitikBy Richard Harman
    5 days ago

  • Tax Cut Austerity Blues.
    The leaders have had their go, they’ve told us the “what?” and the “why?” of their promises. Now it’s the turn of the would be Finance Ministers to tell us the “how?”, the “how much?”, and the “when?”A chance for those competing for the second most powerful job in the ...
    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
    6 days ago

  • MIKE GRIMSHAW:  It’s the economy – and the spirit – Stupid…
    Mike Grimshaw writes – Over the past 30-odd years it’s become almost an orthodoxy to blame or invoke neoliberalism for the failures of New Zealand society. On the left the usual response goes something like, neoliberalism is the cause of everything that’s gone wrong and the answer ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    6 days ago

  • 2023 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #38
    A chronological listing of news and opinion articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Sep 17, 2023 thru Sat, Sep 23, 2023. Story of the Week  Opinion: Let’s free ourselves from the story of economic growth A relentless focus on economic growth has ushered in ...
    Skeptical Science
    6 days ago

  • The End Of The World.
    Have you been looking out of your window for signs of the apocalypse? Don’t worry, you haven’t been door knocked by a representative of the Brian Tamaki party. They’re probably a bit busy this morning spruiking salvation, or getting ready to march on our parliament, which is closed. No, I’ve ...
    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
    7 days ago

  • Climate Town: The Brainwashing Of America's Children
    Climate Town is the YouTube channel of Rollie Williams and a ragtag team of climate communicators, creatives and comedians. They examine climate change in a way that doesn’t make you want to eat a cyanide pill. Get informed about the climate crisis before the weather does it for you. The latest ...
    Skeptical Science
    1 week ago

  • Has There Been External Structural Change?
    A close analysis of the Treasury assessment of the Medium Term in its PREFU 2023 suggests the economy may be entering a new phase. Last week I explained that the forecasts in the just published Treasury Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update (PREFU 2023) was similar to the May Budget BEFU, ...
    PunditBy Brian Easton
    1 week ago

  • Another Labour bully
    Back in June, we learned that Kiri Allan was a Parliamentary bully. And now there's another one: Labour MP Shanan Halbert: The Labour Party was alerted to concerns about [Halbert's] alleged behaviour a year ago but because staffers wanted to remain anonymous, no formal process was undertaken [...] The ...
    No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
    1 week ago

  • Climate Change: Ignoring our biggest problem
    Its that time in the election season where the status quo parties are busy accusing each other of having fiscal holes in a desperate effort to appear more "responsible" (but not, you understand, by promising to tax wealth or land to give the government the revenue it needs to do ...
    No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
    1 week ago

  • JERRY COYNE: A good summary of the mess that is science education in New Zealand
    JERRY COYNE writes –  If you want to see what the government of New Zealand is up to with respect to science education, you can’t do better than listening to this video/slideshow by two exponents of the “we-need-two-knowledge-systems” view. I’ve gotten a lot of scary stuff from Kiwi ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    1 week ago

  • Good news on the GDP front is accompanied by news of a $5m govt boost for Supercars (but what about ...
    Buzz from the Beehive First, we were treated to the news (from Finance Minister Grant Robertson) that the economy has turned a corner and New Zealand never was in recession.  This was triggered by statistics which showed the economy expanded 0.9 per cent in the June quarter, twice as much as ...
    Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
    1 week ago

  • The Scafetta Saga
    It has taken 17 months to get a comment published pointing out the obvious errors in the Scafetta (2022) paper in GRL. Back in March 2022, Nicola Scafetta published a short paper in Geophysical Research Letters (GRL) purporting to show through ‘advanced’ means that ‘all models with ECS > ...
    Real ClimateBy Gavin
    1 week ago

  • Friday's Chorus: Penny wise and pound foolish
    TL;DR: In the middle of a climate emergency and in a city prone to earthquakes, Victoria University of Wellington announced yesterday it would stop teaching geophysics, geographic information science and physical geography to save $22 million a year and repay debt. Climate change damage in Aotearoa this year is already ...
    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    1 week ago

  • CHRIS TROTTER: Calling the big dog’s bluff
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    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    1 week ago

  • The electorate swing, Labour limbo and Luxon-Hipkins two-step
     Another poll, another 27 for Labour. It was July the last time one of the reputable TV company polls had Labour's poll percentage starting with a three, so the limbo question is now being asked: how low can you go?It seems such an unlikely question because this doesn't feel like the kind ...
    PunditBy Tim Watkin
    1 week ago

  • A Womance, and a Nomance.
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    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
    1 week ago

  • New community-level energy projects to support more than 800 Māori households
    Seven more innovative community-scale energy projects will receive government funding through the Māori and Public Housing Renewable Energy Fund to bring more affordable, locally generated clean energy to more than 800 Māori households, Energy and Resources Minister Dr Megan Woods says. “We’ve already funded 42 small-scale clean energy projects that ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    2 days ago

  • Huge boost to Te Tai Tokerau flood resilience
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    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    2 days ago

  • Napier’s largest public housing development comes with solar
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    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    3 days ago

  • Te Whānau a Apanui and the Crown initial Deed of Settlement I Kua waitohua e Te Whānau a Apanui me...
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    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    4 days ago

  • Plan for 3,000 more public homes by 2025 – regions set to benefit
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    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    6 days ago

  • Immigration settings updates
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    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    7 days ago

  • Poroporoaki: Tā Patrick (Patu) Wahanga Hohepa
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    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 week ago

  • Renewable energy fund to support community resilience
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    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 week ago

  • COVID-19 funding returned to Government
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    1 week ago

  • Appointment of District Court Judge
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    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 week ago

  • Government invests further in Central Hawke’s Bay resilience
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    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 week ago

  • Govt boost for Hawke’s Bay cyclone waste clean-up
    Another $2.1 million to boost capacity to deal with waste left in Cyclone Gabrielle’s wake. Funds for Hastings District Council, Phoenix Contracting and Hog Fuel NZ to increase local waste-processing infrastructure. The Government is beefing up Hawke’s Bay’s Cyclone Gabrielle clean-up capacity with more support dealing with the massive amount ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 week ago

  • Taupō Supercars revs up with Government support
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    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 week ago

  • There is no recession in NZ, economy grows nearly 1 percent in June quarter
    The economy has turned a corner with confirmation today New Zealand never was in recession and stronger than expected growth in the June quarter, Finance Minister Grant Robertson said. “The New Zealand economy is doing better than expected,” Grant Robertson said. “It’s continuing to grow, with the latest figures showing ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 week ago

  • Highest legal protection for New Zealand’s largest freshwater springs
    The Government has accepted the Environment Court’s recommendation to give special legal protection to New Zealand’s largest freshwater springs, Te Waikoropupū Springs (also known as Pupū Springs), Environment Minister David Parker announced today.   “Te Waikoropupū Springs, near Takaka in Golden Bay, have the second clearest water in New Zealand after ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 week ago

  • More support for victims of migrant exploitation
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    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 week ago

  • Strong export boost as NZ economy turns corner
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    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 week ago

  • Funding approved for flood resilience work in Te Karaka
    The Government has approved $15 million to raise about 200 homes at risk of future flooding. More than half of this is expected to be spent in the Tairāwhiti settlement of Te Karaka, lifting about 100 homes there. “Te Karaka was badly hit during Cyclone Gabrielle when the Waipāoa River ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 week ago

  • Further business support for cyclone-affected regions
    The Government is helping businesses recover from Cyclone Gabrielle and attract more people back into their regions. “Cyclone Gabrielle has caused considerable damage across North Island regions with impacts continuing to be felt by businesses and communities,” Economic Development Minister Barbara Edmonds said. “Building on our earlier business support, this ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 week ago

  • New maintenance facility at Burnham Military Camp underway
    Defence Minister Andrew Little has turned the first sod to start construction of a new Maintenance Support Facility (MSF) at Burnham Military Camp today. “This new state-of-art facility replaces Second World War-era buildings and will enable our Defence Force to better maintain and repair equipment,” Andrew Little said. “This Government ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 week ago

  • Foreign Minister to attend United Nations General Assembly
    Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta will represent New Zealand at the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York this week, before visiting Washington DC for further Pacific focussed meetings. Nanaia Mahuta will be in New York from Wednesday 20 September, and will participate in UNGA leaders ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    2 weeks ago

  • Midwives’ pay equity offer reached
    Around 1,700 Te Whatu Ora employed midwives and maternity care assistants will soon vote on a proposed pay equity settlement agreed by Te Whatu Ora, the Midwifery Employee Representation and Advisory Service (MERAS) and New Zealand Nurses Association (NZNO), Minister of Health Dr Ayesha Verrall announced today. “Addressing historical pay ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    2 weeks ago

  • New Zealand provides support to Morocco
    Aotearoa New Zealand will provide humanitarian support to those affected by last week’s earthquake in Morocco, Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta announced today. “We are making a contribution of $1 million to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to help meet humanitarian needs,” Nanaia Mahuta said. ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    2 weeks ago

  • Government invests in West Coast’s roading resilience
    The Government is investing over $22 million across 18 projects to improve the resilience of roads in the West Coast that have been affected by recent extreme weather, Prime Minister Chris Hipkins confirmed today.  A dedicated Transport Resilience Fund has been established for early preventative works to protect the state ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    2 weeks ago

  • Government invests in Greymouth’s future
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    2 weeks ago

  • Nanaia Mahuta to attend PIF Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
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    2 weeks ago

  • PREFU shows no recession, growing economy, more jobs and wages ahead of inflation
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    3 weeks ago

  • New cancer centre opens in Christchurch
    Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and Minister of Health Dr Ayesha Verrall proudly opened the Canterbury Cancer Centre in Christchurch today. The new facility is the first of its kind and was built with $6.5 million of funding from the Government’s Infrastructure Reference Group scheme for shovel-ready projects allocated in 2020. ...
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    3 weeks ago

  • Government invests in top of the south’s roading resilience
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    3 weeks ago

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