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Nov 6, 2024 · The Post reports:. New figures show that a “frustrating” cycleway beneath the noses of a disapproving Government has made for a longer bus commute. The issue of the new Molesworth St bike lane, outside Parliament, was brought to the fore this week with reported “gridlock” on surrounding streets stretching all the way to Bowen St, where one person reported a 20-minute bus ride to Karori ...
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Mar 8, 2023 · Retail crime doubled in four years February 10, 2023. Minimum Wage Increase – Employee Impact February 10, 2023. Remember how he was a reformed man! February 9, 2023. A rare article focusing on boys’ education February 9, 2023. Shortage of Workers January 25, 2023. Productivity incentives November 24, 2022.
Hosking on Labour’s albatross | Kiwiblog
4 days ago · Mike Hosking writes: So it is on that note I pose this very simple premise – if and when Labour get back to power, they are going to need most likely not just the Greens, but the Māori Party too. This is correct. Without Te Pati Maori, Labour and Greens in the TU-Curia polls since the election have varied between 45 and 52 seats – well off ...
$750,000 happiness campaign makes Mayor unhappy | Kiwiblog
3 days ago · NewstalkZB reports: Auckland Council’s cultural and economic agency, Tātaki Auckland Unlimited, has defended the cost of a campaign aimed at getting people to feel more positive about the city. Figures obtained by RNZ under the Official Information Act showed Tātaki spent a total of $737,208.58 to address what it said was a decline in ...
A path to surplus or a bridge to nowhere? - Kiwiblog
The Herald reports: Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is quietly confident Treasury will show the Government meeting its fiscal rules, which require a surplus to be forecast in the next four years. Treasury independently forecasts whether there will be a surplus or not, but the Government has input into whether it wants to increase or reduce
Kiwiblog’s 2022 Predictions
Here’s my 20 predictions for this year, which I’ll score at the end of the year. Peeni Henare will not be Minister of Defence by the end of 2022. There will be a by-election in 2022. NZ First will record at least 4% in at least once public poll. By the end of 2022 (after five years) the Government will not have achieved even 5% of its ten ...
How is Kiwibuild going? | Kiwiblog
Apr 5, 2022 · Labour’s promise of 100,000 affordable Kiwibuild houses was their most iconic 2017 policy. How are they doing, nearly halfway through their second term. They promised that by now they would have built 24,000 houses. They have in fact delivered 1,304 which is 5.4% of what they promised – so they have underdelivered by 94.6%.
Local democracy to be restored - Kiwiblog
Apr 10, 2024 · Local democracy to be restored. Simeon Brown announced: The Coalition Government will restore the rights of communities to determine whether to introduce Māori wards, Local Government Minister Simeon Brown says. “The Government will introduce a Bill in the coming months that will restore the ability for communities to petition their councils ...
Guest Post: KiwiSaver – is it ‘working’? | Kiwiblog
A guest post by Michael Littlewood: So, John Horner of the Financial Markets Authority thinks that KiwiSaver’s reaching $100 bn “…is something to celebrate; for a relatively small country like New Zealand, it represents a coming of age of KiwiSaver.” (FMA 24 September 2024 here).Others in the financial services industry praise KiwiSaver while some call for higher minimum contributions ...
ACT paper on co-governance and democracy | Kiwiblog
Worth reading ACT’s paper on the choice between democracy and co-government.An extract: Māori language and culture have been decimated, from being totally dominant in 1840 to nearly disappearing completely, before recovering gradually over the past few decades. Māori New Zealanders are statistically worse off in practically every measure from incomes to incarceration, including education ...