More broadly, many have accused Jacinda of that thing-now-known-as-virtue-signalling (I am not sure it even had a name before) for putting lots of the above diverse persons into cabinet, rather than promoting on ‘skill’, a slithy concept if ever I heard one.
Criticism directed at Nanaia taking Foreign Affairs says more about the critic than the criticised.
The most important legal decision in NZ modern history with the most extreme ramifications is due out 11am today.
The times they are a- changing Bob Dylan once famously wrote and while we sometimes think things don’t seem to…
Mile’s Law says where you stand, depends on where you sit.
I moved to New Zealand as a sixteen year old in the 1970s, with my then boyfriend, who became my…
This is a Cabinet with surprises, concerning disappointments and genuine wins. These Ministers will oversee their Ministries at a time when Labour have an unprecedented MMP majority so there is no fog of Cabinet to hide policy failures.
JACINDA ARDERN has constructed a Curate’s Egg* Cabinet: parts of it are excellent.
The preliminary cannabis referendum results have just come in and with over 480 000 specials still to be counted, 46% have said yes to cannabis reform while 53% said they were happy with racist drug laws.
In 2011 I filmed my documentary Inside Child Poverty mostly in Porirua just north of Wellington. I chose it because East Porirua is one of the most deprived areas in the country.