National’s new MP; the proud part-Maori boy raised in a state house
Probably not since 1975 have we seen a government take office up against such a wall of protest and complaint. That was highlighted yesterday, the...
Cooking the books
Finance Minister Nicola Willis late yesterday stopped only slightly short of accusing her predecessor Grant Robertson of cooking the books. She complained that the Half...
First big test coming
The first big test of the new Government's approach to Treaty matters is likely to be seen in the return of the Resource Management...
Backwards to the future
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has confirmed that it will be back to the future on planning legislation. This will be just one of a number...
How the culture will change in the Beehive
Perhaps the biggest change that will come to the Beehive as the new government settles in will be a fundamental culture change. The era of...
Bogged down in detail
The government formation talks appear to be stuck, bogged down in detail as the parties go through their respective manifestos line by line. Prime...
Why the talks are taking so long
In a surprising revelation, POLITIK has learned that New Zealand First has submitted its policy wish list to National only this week. That may be...
Winston gets last laugh
Tax cuts will be the big item on the agenda for today’s tripartite talks between the leaders of National, ACT and NZ First. POLITIK understands...
Luxon’s evasiveness says it all
National Leader Christopher Luxon's point-blank refusal on Saturday to address the question of whether lifting the foreign house buyer ban would survive the coalition...
Agreement getting closer
Agreement on the shape of the next government appears to be getting closer. ACT Leader David Seymour and NZ First Leader Winston Peters met yesterday...
Why Labour lost
Labour leader Chris Hipkins used the word “lost” 19 times in his media conference yesterday. In his read of the election, National ACT and NZ...
National’s foreign home buyer concession looks shaky
Strip away the baubles and the nice-to-haves, and one bottom line will dominate the government formation talks. National must, one way or another, get its...
Public servant numbers jump
Maybe National and ACT had a point during the election campaign; the public service has exploded over the past six years. The size of the...
Keeping the government honest
There was an ongoing theme from the 2017 – 20 governments when National questioned one of their Ministers about spending. Almost always, the response was...
Defiant Peters winds up the conspiracy theorists
NZ First leader and former deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters was last night refusing to take down an inflammatory tweet claiming that he was...
