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Press Release – New Zealand National Party The Government should make senior leadership and Board members of Te Papa personally reimburse their travel to Canterbury for the funeral of a deceased leatherback turtle, Nationals Arts, Culture & Heritage spokesperson Simon OConnor says. … The Government should make senior leadership and Board members of Te Papa personally reimburse their travel to Canterbury for the funeral of a deceased leatherback turtle, National’s Arts, Culture & Heritage spokesperson Simon O’Connor says. “While it is all well and good for iwi to request the return ...

National MP Christopher Luxon hits back at critics of Christians in public life in his maiden statement in Parliament. Taxpayers are paying to rent two of the seven properties in the portfolio of National MP Christopher Luxon, who is among more than a dozen MPs that use Parliamentary accommodation allowances to effectively rent property from themselves. MPs from outside the Wellington region are allowed to claim a capped accommodation allowance to cover their living costs in the city. Most use it to rent flats or hotel rooms, but more than a dozen MPs purchase Wellington accommodation and c...

Lindsay Keats Presenter Lynn Freeman says “arguing your case for a story really makes you think what lies at its core, what makes it unique and worth airtime”. Long-time presenter of culture on the radio, RNZ’s Lynn Freeman explains how it works. Air guitar, magic, yo-yoing, tango, knitting – impossible to do justice to on the wireless? Tricky yes, impossible no. It just takes imagination and finding creatives who not only love their artform, alove to talk about it. It’s nudging 20 years since Simon Morris (of Matinee Idle fame) and I started RNZ National’s arts and entertainmen...

Sasha Borissenko: Which MPs own the most property - part 2 4 Apr, 2021 03:00 AM 8 minutes to read Finance Minister Grant Robertson and PM Jacinda Ardern defend criticism from Judith Collins over bright-line test changes. Video / Mark Mitchell Finance Minister Grant Robertson and PM Jacinda Ardern defend criticism from Judith Collins over bright-line test changes. Video / Mark Mitchell NZ Herald COMMENT: In light of the Government's recent housing announcement last week I canvassed our MPs' property interests but only managed to get through A-K of the alphabet. With the rate of home ...

The offensive illustration from On Beyond Zebra, one of the six Dr Seuss books that will no longer be published Photo: Dr Seuss illustration “The problem with the culture wars / Is everything becomes a fight / And if Dr Seuss were alive today / He’d say this issue isn’t black and white."   But not everyone here was brushing off those books being eased out of the catalogue.   Last week Newshub reported National Party Taranaki-King Country MP Barbara Kuriger took aim at would-be censors in rhyme on Facebook.  "Alas they've come for Dr Seuss / They wish to hang him with a noose.”