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Clearing the Decks: Government replaces half of the Waitangi Tribunal
Written By: Mountain Tui - Date published: 10:07 pm, January 17th, 2025
This is a repost of Mountain Tui's Substack article This Friday afternoon, Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka announced an overhaul of the Waitangi Tribunal. The government has effectively cleared house - appointing 8 new members - and combined with ...
Categories: act, Maori Issues, national, national/act government, paul goldsmith
Tags: Maori Land Claims,philip crump,richard prebble,Tama Potaka,Thomas Cranmer,Treaty Principles Bill,waitangi tribunalComment: Latest opinion poll – Labour overtakes National
Written By: Mountain Tui - Date published: 3:36 pm, January 17th, 2025
Curia is a discredited polling organisation - last year they were the only polling group that had National up and able to form government. Looks like this is a quick pivot and helps them build their brand, rather than a poll that matters.Comment: NZ: The Final Atlas Network Puzzle Piece Has Arrived
Written By: Mountain Tui - Date published: 3:12 pm, January 17th, 2025
A few more analyses of it -- Submission - Legal Partner - Submission to Parliament on the Crimes (Countering Foreign Interference) Amendment Bill to Amend the Crimes Act 1961 No Right Turn - Analysis: "National's tyrannical "foreign interference" law" ...Comment: NZ: The Final Atlas Network Puzzle Piece Has Arrived
Written By: Mountain Tui - Date published: 3:12 pm, January 17th, 2025
Here is a list of some of the context for your comment i.e. "mean" things you say people say about Muslim people that leads to arrest - it add important context that you may have excluded: Let's take Tommy Robinson for example - a well known figure ...
NZ: The Final Atlas Network Puzzle Piece Has Arrived
Written By: Mountain Tui - Date published: 6:41 pm, January 16th, 2025
... Action Wellington Statement Repost from Mountain Tui Substack; Thanks to Dr Bex ...
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Festive Cheer, Hear Hear !
Written By: Mountain Tui - Date published: 8:41 am, December 21st, 2024
Happy Christmas, folks. Here's an end of year round up of political speeches going into 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs1OgwhnCps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLXTu5o6YvU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCP5fQhEofo Thanks to one and all, ...
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This govt. legislation will change our country like never before – learn about it like your country depends on it – because it does
Written By: Mountain Tui - Date published: 8:34 am, December 21st, 2024
In August, I wrote an article about David Seymour with a video of his testimony, to warn that there were grave dangers to his Ministry of Regulation: David Seymour's Ministry of Slush Hides Far Greater Risks Why Seymour's exorbitant waste of taxpayers' ...
Categories: Abuse of power, accountability, act, capitalism, david seymour, Dirty Politics, national/act government
Tags: neoliberalism,Regulatory Standards Bill,RSB,Treaty Principles Bill,trickle downComment: Is Luxon on a roll?
Written By: Mountain Tui - Date published: 3:01 pm, December 19th, 2024
My prediction is Luxon will get rolled regardless.
Luxon & Willis Double Down on Ferries Debacle
Written By: Mountain Tui - Date published: 6:46 am, December 13th, 2024
The day before today, Nicola Willis told the House that they would have to wait until the ferries announcement for the details about ferries cost etc. It was the same promise Luxon has been making in Parliament over the last weeks and months: the details ...
Categories: Christopher Luxon, Dirty Politics, infrastructure, nicola willis, winston peters
Tags: Cook Strait ferries,i-Rex,Interislander,KiwirailComment: Open mike 11/12/2024
Written By: Mountain Tui - Date published: 10:01 am, December 11th, 2024
Did someone say "stupid?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3uqmR8ti_o [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3uqmR8ti_o]
Atlas Network in New Zealand
Written By: Mountain Tui - Date published: 8:57 am, December 11th, 2024
... article: Guardian Post republished from Mountain Tui Substack.
Categories: act, David Farrar, national/act government, spin, taxpayers union
Tags: Atlas Network,jordan williams,New Zealand Initiative,Project 2025
Are Lester Levy and Shane Reti “cooking the books?”
Written By: Mountain Tui - Date published: 11:51 am, December 7th, 2024
Related Article: Mickey Savage: Creative Accounting In July, after most Health NZ Board members had already resigned - many without notice, Shane Reti and Christopher Luxon held an extraordinary press conference to announce they were sacking the Health NZ ...
Categories: debt / deficit, health, Privatisation, Public Private Partnerships, Shane Reti
Tags: cooking the books,Creative Accounting,Health NZ Deficit,Lester Levy,shane reti
Luxon Takes A Beating
Written By: Mountain Tui - Date published: 10:14 am, December 4th, 2024
Partial excerpt from Mountain Tui Substack post: Luxon Takes A ...
Categories: act, Christopher Luxon, david seymour, Economy, health, jobs, maori party, national/act government, polls
Tags: Curia Market Research,Louise UptonComment: Reti secretly wants to privatise Health
Written By: Mountain Tui - Date published: 5:37 pm, November 30th, 2024
On the contrary, it's not utter nonsense at all. It is the practical definition of privatisation. According to Shane Reti, less than 10% are now performed in private - what privatisation essentially is an increase in that as they systematically strip out $ ...
Economy Nose Dives
Written By: Mountain Tui - Date published: 6:42 pm, November 28th, 2024
... except from Economy Nose Dives: Mountain Tui
Categories: benefits, Christopher Luxon, Economy, economy, nicola willis, treasury, winston peters
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Written By: Mountain Tui - Date published: 7:39 pm, November 26th, 2024
It's definitely a Tory UK run. I suspect the second Trump term will be more like a dictatorship Here in NZ - "While we are less mature on the continuum towards right wing characterisistc of the US / UK, it doesn’t mean we are not moving there – and as ...Comment: END GAME
Written By: Mountain Tui - Date published: 7:37 pm, November 26th, 2024
Hi Kay - my longer piece has some suggestions at the end, but in terms of reaching folks, the best thing to do is to start with something concrete and real. i.e. the "think tank" line is not a great opener.Comment: A guide to making a submission on the Treaty Principles Bill
Written By: Mountain Tui - Date published: 10:08 pm, November 24th, 2024
An excellent guide, thank you.
END GAME
Written By: Mountain Tui - Date published: 7:03 pm, November 24th, 2024
Synopsis: Where are we going under this right wing Coalition government? What does it look like? What do they ultimately want? Beliefs Before we get there, I want to quickly re-clarify some core beliefs I started writing after I took a closer look at the ...
Categories: Austerity, australian politics, Brexit, Dirty Politics, Donald Trump, Maori Issues, national, national/act government, nz first, Privatisation, same old national, thinktank
Tags: Atlas Network,Corporate,Red TapeComment: Government bars Journalist for asking tough questions
Written By: Mountain Tui - Date published: 11:59 am, November 12th, 2024
Luxon continued to malign Smale yesterday before their U-turn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odqSaQDvZRU [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odqSaQDvZRU]Comment: An Appeal To The Left: On Purity And The Media
Written By: Mountain Tui - Date published: 11:05 am, November 10th, 2024
Micky - Thanks, I will write another post at some point about this whole set up - we've been set up to fail for a long time. Cheers and have a great Sunday.
Nicola Willis Deflects As National Splurge On Roads
Written By: Mountain Tui - Date published: 8:33 am, November 10th, 2024
Nicola Willis says the multi-generation i-Rex ferries were too expensive for her - so she cancelled them at a cost of ~$1bn of taxpayers money - and offended NZ's sixth largest trading partner. But Willis and National have now committed a minimum of $3bn ...
Categories: economy, greens, infrastructure, julie anne genter, national, nicola willis, same old national, simeon brown
Tags: i-Rex,Interislander,Kiwirail,south korea
An Appeal To The Left: On Purity And The Media
Written By: Mountain Tui - Date published: 6:00 am, November 10th, 2024
Republished from the Mountain Tui Substack I often reflect on ...
Categories: casey costello, david seymour, Media, social media, spin, taxpayers union
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Written By: Mountain Tui - Date published: 5:55 pm, November 7th, 2024
This is an excellent article.
A Heavy Day
Written By: Mountain Tui - Date published: 3:05 pm, November 7th, 2024
Kia Ora folks, It's a heavy day and I thought I would offer two videos for your consumption if you're interested: The first one is footage you may never see again: Christopher Luxon apologises to Chris Hipkins in the House this week: https://www.youtube. ...
Categories: chris hipkins, Christopher Luxon, corruption, health, nicola willis, Tobacco
Tags: Boot camps,Casey Costello,Conflicts of interest,Heated Tobacco Products,Kieran McAnulty,Philip MorrisComment: Open mike 02/11/2024
Written By: Mountain Tui - Date published: 2:53 pm, November 2nd, 2024
Saw Luxon the other day get so excited talking about Qatar money and how he's going to give them a deal sheet so they can buy NZ assets - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awc8_eceqBA [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awc8_eceqBA]Comment: Open mike 01/11/2024
Written By: Mountain Tui - Date published: 6:39 pm, November 1st, 2024
Is this related to Luxon talking up Qatar buying up NZ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awc8_eceqBA&lc=Ugwr38PNUWY5VuKUN6N4AaABAg [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awc8_eceqBA&lc=Ugwr38PNUWY5VuKUN6N4AaABAg]
What’s up with Matt Doocey, Mike King & the $24mn of taxpayers money?
Written By: Mountain Tui - Date published: 1:55 pm, November 1st, 2024
Unfortunately NZ has one of the highest youth suicide rates in the world - double that of other OECD countries. Mental illness at all ages is a serious issue and directly correlates to crime, domestic violence, poverty, social costs, health costs. Despite ...
Categories: alcohol, Christopher Luxon, health, national, national/act government, same old national
Tags: corruption,I am Hope,matt doocey,mental health,Mike KingComment: Luxon Promotes Wealthy & Foreign Interests
Written By: Mountain Tui - Date published: 12:44 pm, October 31st, 2024
You nailed it, Patricia! I wish more people were as astute, and our news media's absence is deafening.Luxon Promotes Wealthy & Foreign Interests
Written By: Mountain Tui - Date published: 6:28 pm, October 30th, 2024
Excerpt from Mountain Tui substack. https://www.youtube.com/ ...
Categories: chris bishop, Christopher Luxon, david seymour, Dirty Politics, national, national/act government, Privatisation, winston peters
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- Leadership Problems.
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