Thursday, 8 April 2021, 5:44 am
A law change that would enable the harvesting of
windblown trees on conservation land following adverse
weather events has been voted down by Labour, National MP
based in West Coast-Tasman Maureen Pugh says.
“This
legislation would allow the Director-General of Conservation
to authorise the removal of specified windblown trees on
conservation land following a significant
event.
“This is a practical bill which embraces
environmental responsibility and supports regional economic
development, it’s disgraceful Labour has chosen not to see
it through to Select Committee, where they can implement
changes to fix the technical issues they have raised – as
Sasha Borissenko: Which MPs own the most property - part 2
4 Apr, 2021 03:00 AM
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Finance Minister Grant Robertson and PM Jacinda Ardern defend criticism from Judith Collins over bright-line test changes. Video / Mark Mitchell
Finance Minister Grant Robertson and PM Jacinda Ardern defend criticism from Judith Collins over bright-line test changes. Video / Mark Mitchell
NZ Herald
COMMENT:
In light of the Government s recent housing announcement last week I canvassed our MPs property interests but only managed to get through A-K of the alphabet. With the rate of home ownership falling to just 65 per cent - the lowest rate since 1951 - arguably home ownership is over-represented in Parliament.
Article – Tom Frewen Hiring a programme director from a commercial dance and electronic music radio station to take charge of a public broadcasters classical music programme, with a view to getting rid of it, is a small but nevetheless typical instance of the shambles …
Hiring a programme director from a commercial dance and electronic music radio station to take charge of a public broadcaster’s classical music programme, with a view to getting rid of it, is a small but nevetheless typical instance of the shambles that is Labour’s broadcasting policy under its current Minister, Kris Faafoi.
After doing nothing to halt Radio New Zealand’s ill-conceived youth music plan despite knowing about it for at least six months, Faafoi is set to follow that meltdown with an even bigger catastrophe merging Radio New Zealand and TVNZ into a new media entity.
Friday, 5 March 2021, 9:09 am
Hiring a programme director from a commercial dance and
electronic music radio station to take charge of a public
broadcaster’s classical music programme, with a view to
getting rid of it, is a small but nevetheless typical
instance of the shambles that is Labour’s broadcasting
policy under its current Minister, Kris Faafoi.
After
doing nothing to halt Radio New Zealand’s ill-conceived
youth music plan despite knowing about it for at least six
months, Faafoi is set to follow that meltdown with an even
bigger catastrophe merging Radio New Zealand and TVNZ
into a new media entity.