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Claire Trevett: Poll was verdict on Judith Collins longevity rather than race 16 May, 2021 10:08 PM 4 minutes to read Judith Collins is asked about the Government s intentions for DoC land. Video / Mark Mitchell The three-point strategy National Party leader Judith Collins has been running to try to add some oxygen into her support levels could be summed up as desperate times, desperate measures, belly flop. The latest Newshub Reid-Research poll would have dashed any hopes Collins had that her claims of a secret separatist agenda would be a circuit-breaker for her. But the poll probably says more about voters conclusions about Collins longevity in her job than her recent campaign claiming the Government is quietly introducing separate systems for Māori. ....
Claire Trevett: Labour and the weight of Budget expectation 14 May, 2021 05:00 PM 5 minutes to read Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on how the Government plans to reopen New Zealand s economy to the world in a pre-Budget speech today. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on how the Government plans to reopen New Zealand s economy to the world in a pre-Budget speech today. OPINION: Back in 2018, when times were simpler, NZ First leader Winston Peters used the analogy of bus stops to explain why there had been so many strikes under the Labour coalition government compared to National s nine years. His analogy was that people did not bother going to the bus stop if they knew no bus would turn up. ....
Claire Trevett: Judith Collins has grabbed the agenda on separatism , the PM needs to grab it back 4 May, 2021 05:59 AM 4 minutes to read National leader Judith Collins and deputy leader Shane Reti. Photo / Mark Mitchell After months in the doldrums, National Party leader Judith Collins has finally caught a wind. It may be a foul wind, but it is wind nonetheless. Collins found it gusting from the He Puapua report, a report which canvasses a range of options to make Māori rangatiratanga a reality. That report has sat on Government desks since 2019 with nothing happening, and without being made public until recently after the Ombudsman intervened. ....
Claire Trevett: The real benefit of the America s Cup to the Government 17 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM 4 minutes to read OPINION: Over the last week, Sport and Finance Minister Grant Robertson has undergone something of a metamorphosis from America s Cup sceptic to wearing red socks with glee. Labour is a party born from blue collars and socialism, and the America s Cup has never sat that well with some of its members. There are big supporters in Labour: among them Trevor Mallard who was once the minister in charge of justifying spending public money on the Cup, and Stuart Nash who gets that job now. ....
Claire Trevett: Is the window closing on a transtasman bubble, and is it New Zealand s fault? 14 Mar, 2021 11:15 PM 4 minutes to read The PM on trantasman bubble delays. Video / Mark Mitchell NZ Herald Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern may not have given up on a transtasman bubble but it is little wonder Australia s PM Scott Morrison is on the verge of giving up and casting his eyes elsewhere. If Australia goes ahead with its proposal of a Singapore travel bubble it could well scuttle any chance of a transtasman bubble ahead of the public vaccination roll-out, although you probably will not get Ardern to admit that. ....