Thursday, 13 May 2021, 8:52 am
There has been a desperate and palpably false rumour
circulating in recent weeks that the resignation of the
Prime Minister is imminent. Meanwhile, Jacinda Ardern
remains just as firmly ensconced in office as she ever was.
However, it does raise the intriguing question of just who
might take over as leader of the Labour Party in the most
unlikely event the Prime Minister decides to move on any
time soon.
The general view has been that Finance
Minister Grant Robertson would be best placed to become the
next Labour leader. After all, he is the current Deputy
RDP Hailed as Classical Partnership under Government’s New Aid Management Policy
And Partnership Framework More
Wednesday, 11 March 2015, 11:10 am | Office of the Prime Minister
PM: OK. Good afternoon. As reported last week, the Remuneration Authority made an
increase to MPs pay of about .5 percent. As youve been aware, Ive been expressing
my concern at the level of increase for some time, and so Cabinet today has decided . More
Tuesday, 11 February 2014, 11:12 am | Office of the Prime Minister
All New Zealanders are being invited to share stories of the teacher who had the
greatest impact on their lives in an online initiative launched today. ‘InspiredbyU’
Thursday, 6 May 2021, 9:23 am
It is time for Speaker Trevor Mallard to go. His
extraordinary conduct in Parliament this week in defence of
false rape allegations he made against a Parliamentary
staffer not only further demean himself, but also Parliament
as a whole. For the sake of Parliament’s reputation, if
not his own rapidly diminishing credibility, he needs to go,
and quickly.
The role of Parliament’s Speaker is a
crucial one within our Parliamentary system. It is normally
held by a senior Member of Parliament, more often than not
from the government party, who has a measure of respect from
One in five children in New Zealand live in homes that struggle to put good quality food on the table – and for Māori children, it’s one in four.
While the Government is trying to combat the issue with its healthy lunch program Ka Ora Ka Ako, only a quarter of schools are targeted.
My greatest political regret was that MANA wasn’t able to get the Feed the Kids Bill though (thanks to Peter Dunne who was prepared to sell his vote to John Key for mass surveillance but not grant Feed The Kids a 3rd reading).
Feeding every kid a free nutritious Breakfast and Lunch would be the single greatest means to lift educational achievement than any other educational policy.
CSI council chairman Dr Andrew Simpson and chief executive Jay Graybill both declined to comment on the review, which, if implemented, could result in the CSI council merging with North Canterbury. However, former CSI councillor Tom O Connor, of St Andrews, said he felt vindicated by the recommendations of the review panel, particularly the recommendation that the New Zealand Fish and Game Council should be elected directly by licence holders rather than appointed by regional fish and game councils. That was a major source of disharmony and political infighting,” he said.
Richard Cosgrove/Fish & Game
A salmon fishing competition on the Rakaia River.