In yet another announcement likely to negatively impact on young people and families with young people, the Government is announcing a further crackdown from November next year on eligibility for help. The attack by Mrs Upston and Mr Luxon is also strikingly ignorant of current incomes for a lot of people when balanced against the … Continue reading The struggle of young New Zealanders to get work
Under 16 social media ban indicative of wrong priorities
Last week amid the thunderstorm of anger directed at the Government over pay parity, another potentially troublesome law change was introduced to Parliament. Minister for Education, Erica Stanford, has announced a plan to prohibit people under the age of 16 from being on social media. But as we see below, it has some significant challenges … Continue reading Under 16 social media ban indicative of wrong priorities
Scraping pay equity a declaration of war on Women
Women are pushing back against the Government's pay equity announcement.
Labour doing nothing to improve their election prospects
Labour leader Chris Hipkins (Credit: Office of Governor General 25/01/23) New Zealand is coming to the half way point of this political term. The Deputy Prime Ministership of David Seymour starts in a few weeks. And the Leader of the Labour Party has just made one of the most delusional statements I have seen in … Continue reading Labour doing nothing to improve their election prospects
Worsening global politics – and their players – do nothing for N.Z.
Around the world - for any number of reasons - tensions are rising. Bigger nations are becoming more and more belligerent. Medium size nations are increasing defence spending and philosophically digging in. For New Zealand, a nation that grew strong on the rules based order, this is a worrying sign. Like it or not, New … Continue reading Worsening global politics – and their players – do nothing for N.Z.
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