In the chaos of the weekend, we had planned to write this article, but didn’t get to, but now here it is! On 1 September 2019, 4 days ago, PM and Business Minister FinePorpoise announced a Competition Inquiry Into Building Materials Markets. Wait, what does that mean? Well, basically, the government will have the Commerce Commission hold an inquiry to see if there are any … Continue reading The government’s new competition inquiry, explained
See The RNZ’s page on the Manukau by-election for more information. Day 1 of the Manukau by-election has started, and so far, three out of four parties have kicked off their campaign for the seat. Manukau, the former seat of fartoomuchpressure and traditionally a marginal seat, is up for election with 4 candidates seeking the electorate. Labour’s Youmaton- who was propelled to Parliament as a … Continue reading Manukau by-election campaign starts with a whimper as candidates out on trail
An announcement has been made from the Beehive of a cabinet reshuffle, sacking all ACT ministers. FinePorpoise commented that “These changes were not made lightly, and they happened in accordance with the principles outlined in the coalition agreement, now confirmed to be voided by the ACT party. We wish our former colleagues well.” Mattshetic, longtime MP and deputy leader of the National Party is the … Continue reading Coalition agreement “voided by the ACT party”, cabinet reshuffle announced by PM
For our previous article, we reached out to Timewalker102, for comment. After a series of unnecessary clarifications and a tangent about the measles crisis, which was not what we asked about, Timewalker102, after the publication of the article, told us that “also yeah we’re leaving the government, i forgot about that”. This would mean that the government would lose their majority, holding only 12 seats … Continue reading ACT leaving the government, says Timewalker102
EDIT: An earlier version of this article stated that ACT leader Timewalker102 did not provide comment. He later did. More information here. Former Deputy Prime Minister and leader of ACT New Zealand, stalintwo, has left ACT for the National Party, tweeting “Hello I have been informed from my Kiwi colleagues that ACT will be leaving the current government. I will therefore be renouncing my ACT … Continue reading stalintwo leaves ACT, claims that party will leave government
Following the resignation of gavingrotegut as co-leader triggered by his defection, a leadership election was triggered within the Greens. Although initially, there was an existing election within the party to fill a vacancy caused by BHjr132, he announced he would continue due to the departure of gavingrotegut. Two candidates stood for election- former Kiwi Party leader TheOWOTrongle, and list MP UncookedMeatloaf. UncookedMeatloaf has previously served … Continue reading Green Party elects UncookedMeatloaf as new leader
Although the chaos has worn off from last week, the National Party still retains their hegemony in the recent opinion poll, making a slight gain to sit on 51.8%. This would deliver the party 14 seats in Parliament, an outright majority for the first time since MMP was implemented. Also notable in this poll is the Labour Party finally edging out ahead of the Greens, … Continue reading New polls show Labour ahead of Greens, National still in majority
Although initially the future seemed uncertain for the Communist League of New Zealand, the party has officially been registered with the Electoral Commission. Late last night, it was officially confirmed that the Electoral Commission had agreed to rename Socialist Aotearoa: Alliance for Liberation and Rangatiratanga to the Communist League, and confirming that the party had the necessary members to continue being registered. But the New … Continue reading Communist League in the clear
After imnofox joined the Greens, Socialist Aotearoa: Alliance for Liberation and Rangatiratanga was left leaderless. However, Airsherbe (who has previously and incorrectly been reported as Airsherbert) has filled the void, and rebranded the party. The new party is now The Communist League (of New Zealand), with a brand new logo featuring a rocket taking off from a hammer and sickle and the rainbow flag (header … Continue reading New Zealand’s newest party may not last all that long
NOTE: The interview had to be terminated early due to technical problems. We have published a shortened version. AnswerMeNow1 (A): Alright, let’s begin. Now recently, there’s been a lot of drama in Kiwi politics. What do you make of all the defections recently? Youmaton (Y): The defections are quite worrying to say the least. Seeing elected officials Waka jump on mass shows great instability within … Continue reading AnswerMeNow1 speaks to former Labour MP Youmaton
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