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THE NUMBER of people outside keeps growing. Where there had once been a harmless handful, there is now a good-sized crowd. And they keep coming. More and more of them. You can hear car doors slamming, footsteps, the soft murmur of exchanged greetings. These people can’t quite believe what they’ve been told, so they’ve come to see for themselves if the story is true. It was unavoidable: this growing chorus of disquiet. The moment Nanaia Mahuta set the wheels in motion; the moment the relev...

SB: RT: Very well. On another topic, Judith Collins has a book out as well - SB: RT: I thought She Who Must Not Be Named was Jacinda Ardern. Alden Williams/Stuff SB: Her? Oh. I mean sure, worst Prime Minister in living history and all that. But no-one ever sat bolt upright in the middle of the night from a chilling nightmare in which Jacinda Ardern and her death-eater caucus cronies ritually disembowel them and dance over their entrails. RT: Yikes. And I suppose if anyone asks whether ...

Waititi interrupted Collins as she put questions to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern about He Puapua, a Government report commissioned in 2019 that sets out a roadmap to co-governance between the Crown and Māori by 2040.  Collins has expressed her concern that the Government is trying to implement "separatism by stealth", pointing to plans for a Māori Health Authority and Māori wards in local councils, both of which are recommended in the report.  Paradoxically, the He Puapua repo...

I will continue to ask questions: Collins not backing down in face of Māori Party protests Newshub 2 hrs ago © Newshub Watch: National leader Judith Collins responds to Māori Party protests. National leader Judith Collins is not backing down from questioning Māori co-governance proposals despite the Māori Party accusing her of racism.  "I will continue to ask questions on the constitutional nature that the Prime Ministers clearly got some plans around, until she starts to answer those...

The Newshub reporter is no stranger to being in the headlines himself - and is not one to shy away from a good debate.

Sorry Nanaia – your tweet doesn’t cut the mustard – it addresses the symptoms but not the cause of violence in the Middle East. After more than six months of silence the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nanaia Mahuta, yesterday finally tweeted on Israel’s increasing violence towards Palestinians in Jerusalem and Gaza. It was a tweet which focused on the symptoms rather than the problem which is Israel’s racist, apartheid policies and unbridled brutality against Palestinians...

Collins dove headfirst into politics of division: How MPs reacted to Māori Partys racist rhetoric dispute Newshub 1 hour ago © Newshub Watch: Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi is booted from Parliament for protesting "racist rhetoric". It was a tense afternoon in Parliament as MPs debated whether the Māori Party was justified in protesting against "racist rhetoric" by National leader Judith Collins.  And there were mixed views on the issue. While Labour Party deputy leader Kelvin Da...

Teuila Fuatai: Government must break emergency housing dependency on motels 11 May, 2021 05:00 PM 5 minutes to read With tourism returning, how do we make room for that demand, and emergency housing? Photo / John Stone With tourism returning, how do we make room for that demand, and emergency housing? Photo / John Stone For some younger New Zealanders, all theyll ever associate with housing in this country is "crisis". Just as its going to take years to legislate and build our way out ...

Richard Prebble: Jacinda Arderns odd response to Treaty report debate 11 May, 2021 05:00 PM 5 minutes to read The original nine documents of the Treaty of Waitangi on display in the Constitution Room at Archive NZ in Wellington. Photo / Mark Mitchell The original nine documents of the Treaty of Waitangi on display in the Constitution Room at Archive NZ in Wellington. Photo / Mark Mitchell NZ Herald New Zealand signs too many treaties - over 1900 of them, not including UN declarations. ...

Businessman Steven Robertson who orchestrated a $10m Ponzi scheme loses final appeal bid to Supreme Court 10 May, 2021 05:42 AM 5 minutes to read Trader Steven Robertson has failed to have his minimum period of imprisonment quashed. Photo / Jason Oxenham Trader Steven Robertson has failed to have his minimum period of imprisonment quashed. Photo / Jason Oxenham An Auckland trader behind a $10 million Ponzi scheme has lost a final bid with the Supreme Court to be freed from a prison cell soone...