Politics: A teenage perspective
Labour’s proposed reform of the controversial three strikes law has fallen through, with their coalition partner NZ First saying that they would not support the repeal. This is what happens when you have a three-way government like this one, and it shows the different sides that NZ First and Labour have taken on law and … Continue reading No repeal of Three Strikes
The Northcote by-election has been won, and National has held the seat, with their candidate Dan Bidois winning. Congrats Dan and condolences Shanan. Labour did move their share of the vote up from 2017 from 34 to 44%, but the kicker for them is that National’s share of the vote barely fell at all – their’s … Continue reading Bidois wins Northcote
Tomorrow, the Northcote by-election happens. So, what is a good or a bad result? An amazing result for Labour and terrible for the Nats would be if Labour’s Shanan Halbert wins Northcote. That shows huge support of the government in an electorate that is generally considered a safe National seat – and all that happening … Continue reading What constitutes good and bad in the Northcote by-election
Labour’s Northcote candidate Shanan Halbert got into a spat with Glenfield Mall in Northcote a week back. Labour was told that both parties were not allowed to campaign in the mall, however, the following day National’s candidate Dan Bidois posted pictures on social media of him campaigning there. Halbert went to Glenfield to try and … Continue reading Halbert vs Glenfield Mall
Newshub released a poll today, and it was same old, same old. National was up 0.6% to 45.1, Labour was up 0.3% to 42.6%, the Greens were down 0.3% to 5.7%, and NZ First was down 1.2% to 2.4% This poll follows a trend we’ve been seeing throughout the year. National narrowly ahead of Labour, NZ … Continue reading The Newshub poll
After some deliberating, the government has ruled out expanding Waikeria prison into National’s proposed “mega prison” which would have around 2500 beds, corrections minister Kelvin Davis has confirmed. However, that is all they have ruled out for the moment. So, while there won’t be 2500 beds in the prison, the question of whether the prison … Continue reading Mega prison ruled out
Finance minster Grant Robertson has announced the first budget of the new government, and it was kind of underwhelming. PM Jacinda Ardern and Robertson made good on their promise that this would be a predictable budget, and despite the media hyping it up, it was predictable, and went just how they said it would. Health … Continue reading Budget 2018: A win for Labour
Finance minister Grant Robertson has announced that the upcoming budget on May 17th will see a surplus. This is a very big win for Labour. Often, their biggest problem, and National’s biggest asset, is that there is a belief Labour cannot be trusted with the economy. However, this looks like it has come at their … Continue reading Robertson expects surplus
David Clark, minster for health, has stated that their policy of cheaper GP visits has been delayed due to budget constraints. The policy, which would have seen the cost of GP visits across the board come down from July 1st, now appears to be on hold. The opposition have slammed this as a broken promise. … Continue reading A deadline extension on GP fees
That’s some news right there. Kelvin Davis, has in fact, been acting PM for the past week while Ardern and Peters have been in Europe. Who knew? The man hasn’t got any media coverage at all. Now, it is worth noting that he has been better than the last time he was acting PM, where … Continue reading Davis has been acting prime minster
