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December 28, 2022
Respect for Water Resources

12th October 2022   Julian Williams posted the following onto LinkedIn:   • What is your organisation doing to give effect to “Te mana o te Wai” apart from sharing…

December 28, 2022
A Convenient Viewpoint:

4th October 2022   Co-Leader of the Maori Party, Rawiri Waititi published an article in the New Zealand Herald to mark Māori Language Week. It included the following statement:  …

December 28, 2022
Twisting the Treaty

26th September 2022   In a recent speech at Turangawaewae Marae the Prime Minister spoke about co-governance being the key to fulfilling Treaty of Waitangi obligations.   If her comments…

December 28, 2022
Social Licence to Govern:

24th September 2022   It used to be that we believed most of what our government told us but today the press releases from the Beehive are taken with a…

December 28, 2022
Protecting highly productive land

Environment Minister David Parker announced on Sunday new standards to help safeguard some of the country’s most productive land from urban sprawl.   In his announcement Parker said that it…

December 28, 2022
Co-Governance – Tribal Rule

Co Governance is in my opinion just another way of saying race based tribal rule!   Race-based politics in New Zealand have to stop. It has become more obvious as…

December 28, 2022
Carbon Farming:

12th September 2022 Recently the government decided that exotic tree species such as Pinus Radiata etc would not be excluded from the Emissions Trading Scheme.   From January 1, 2023…

December 28, 2022
Expanding Government public service

The Government’s core public service headcount has shot up by more than 28% since Labour took office, as department sizes inflate across the country.   Between 2017 and 2021, the…

December 28, 2022
Environmental challenges for the Royal Family

7th June 2022 Why do some of the royals insist on carrying on like overgrown Gretas? The royal family is supposed to be ‘above politics’. The queen’s studied neutrality, maintained…

December 28, 2022
Disrespectful Nonsense:

18 September 2022 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth has passed away, and the people of New Zealand will mourn her passing. She has after all been our Head of State for…