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by Andy Loader
September 27, 2021
Three Waters Reality Check

Nanaia Mahuta• 2ndMinister for Foreign Affairs, Local Government and Associate Māori Development18h • Edited • 18 hours ago The Three Waters Reform Program will make a significant difference to the way…

September 27, 2021
Three Waters Reform Program

The Lack of Consultation with Stakeholders Most people in New Zealand probably don’t understand what the Three Waters Reform Program is or what it is proposed to do. So let’s…

September 27, 2021
Farming in the current operating environment

In the current operating environment there are many challenges and uncertainties involved such as; weather, food fibre and crop production, the global economic situation and most of all the huge…

September 27, 2021
Fact-check of Sky News Australia segment warning of ‘apartheid’ in New Zealand

Sky News Australia host Andrew Bolt has warned of “apartheid” in New Zealand, pointing to the controversial He Puapua report and Three Waters reforms – but many of the claims are questionable. …

September 27, 2021
Standards

We read and hear that we need to have 95% of the over 12 year olds vaccinated so we can meet the requirement for vaccination of 80% of the entire…

September 8, 2021
Three Waters Reform Program

Most people in New Zealand probably don’t understand what the Three Waters Reform Program is or what it is proposed to do. So let’s be clear about this: The Three…

September 3, 2021
Policies and Plans

It is interesting to see on the Stuff website that the Waipa District Council has tripped itself up on plans to earn millions harvesting a forestry block owned by council….

September 3, 2021
Politics of Division

The document – titled He Puapua: The Report of the Working Group on a Plan to Realise the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Aotearoa/New Zealand – was commissioned…

September 3, 2021
What’s special about a Name?

The most important thing about a name is the value of recognition that a name gives. Given that the mere mention of a name gives us an instant understanding of…

September 3, 2021
Spinning the Covid Response

As of the 17th August we have been back in lockdown at level 4 in response to the arrival on our shores of the Delta Variant of Covid 19. With…