Questions and Answers – August 22
Press Release – Office of the Clerk 1. GRANT ROBERTSON (Deputy LeaderLabour) to the Prime Minister : Does he have confidence in all his Ministers?
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Objection Letter on the GCSB Bill to the Governor-General
Opinion – Steve Edwards The Governor-General of New Zealand has reserve powers that can be exercised to decline accent to legislation, dismiss a prime minister and force a dissolution of Parliament and call new elections. This letter requests the Governor-General to investigate …
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Questions for Oral Answer – August 21
Press Release – Office of the Clerk 1. Hon KATE WILKINSON to the Minister of Finance: What progress is the Government making with its share offer programme to help New Zealanders diversify their savings away from property and bank deposits?
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Questions and Answers – August 20
Press Release – Office of the Clerk 1. Dr RUSSEL NORMAN (Co-LeaderGreen) to the Minister responsible for the GCSB : Will the Government Communications Security Bureau be able to access the content of any New Zealanders communications under the cybersecurity provisions of the …
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Come Clean on TPPA Prime Minister Says NZ First
Press Release – New Zealand First Party Rt Hon Winston Peters has challenged the Prime Minister to publicly explain the concessions New Zealand is secretly making at the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) negotiations.
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Groser to visit Brunei for regional trade discussions
Press Release – New Zealand Government Trade Minister Tim Groser will depart tomorrow for Brunei to participate in series of regional trade meetings.
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The Rule of Law: Unjust and Violent
Article – Robert J. Burrowes The common phrase is ‘law and order’ but does the legal system deal with dysfunctional social behavior in ways that keep us safe? While diverse but eminent historical figures such as Karl Marx, Leo Tolstoy and Mohandas K. Gandhi all wrote critiques exposing …
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Werewolf Edition #41 : The John Key “Nanny State” Issue
Column – Werewolf Hi and welcome to the 41st edition of Werewolf, in which were kicking back against the real Nanny State . Here at the Wolf were dead against the kind of Big Government that passes laws that (a) condone mass surveillance (b) penalise legitimate protest …
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Local Communities want Stricter Controls of GMOs
Press Release – GE Aware Nelson GE Aware Nelson is concerned that the Environment minister has chosen a fight with local councils and their ratepayers concerned about outdoor use of GMOs. In 2001 Nelson City Council voted to make Nelson a GE Free city, pre-empting the decision …
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Nelson Rally for Democracy – We Want our Democracy Back
Press Release – Final plans for the ‘Rally for Democracy’ timed to coincide with the National Party’s annual conference are well in hand. Event spokesperson Nadine Connock says the rally will give people an opportunity to have their voices heard and push the National …
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Report honesty on Chinese meat delays will rebuild trust
Press Release – Federated Farmers Refreshingly honest is how Federated Farmers is describing the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) report into the delays, which affected New Zealand meat exports to China.
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Speech to Horticulture New Zealand annual conference
Speech – New Zealand Government Today I want to talk to you about my priorities for the primary sector, of which horticulture is a major part. In particular I want to talk about the two goals that the Ministry for Primary Industries has to grow and protect New Zealands economy.
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