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Judge Sides With Real Estate Agent In ‘Cultural’ Training Judgement
Friday, 22 March 2024, 5:24 pm | Hobson's Pledge
Today Justice Grau in the High Court denied the Real Estate Authority’s application for an order that Janet Dickson put up $15,000 in security to pay the Real Estate Authority’s costs if they win. “Justice Grau’s brisk dismissal of ... More >>
Hobson’s Pledge Calls 5-year Ban Of Real Estate Agent “gross Overreach”
Wednesday, 14 February 2024, 3:09 pm | Hobson's Pledge
Hobson’s Pledge is undertaking to raise funds on behalf of Janet Dickson, a real estate agent with more than 30 years’ experience who is seeking a judicial review of the Real Estate Authority’s power to mandate cultural training. She is facing ... More >>
Hobson's Pledge Are Delighted
Friday, 24 November 2023, 3:16 pm | Hobson's Pledge
“I’m sure I speak for all those who have supported Hobson’s Pledge since our formation in 2016 when I say how absolutely delighted we are that Casey Costello has not only been elected to Parliament but has stepped right into a ministerial ... More >>
'Kapiti Council Ignores Public Opposition To Maori Ward; Hobson’s Pledge Appeals To Incoming Government'
Sunday, 19 November 2023, 9:07 pm | Hobson's Pledge
Hobson’s Pledge is calling on the incoming Government to require all Maori wards to be confirmed by referenda, even those where Councils have recently passed a resolution imposing them. Councils all over New Zealand have rushed to beat any legislative ... More >>
Brash: Roadblock Law-change Faulty Governance
Monday, 6 December 2021, 8:45 am | Hobson's Pledge
Changing the law to allow Maori tribes to stop citizens to scrutinise vaccine passports and Covid-19 status is bad governance, Hobson’s Pledge spokesman Don Brash said today. Section 22 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response Amendment Act (No 2) 2021, ... More >>
Petition To Eradicate ‘Aotearoa’ From Official Use
Sunday, 19 September 2021, 11:02 pm | Hobson's Pledge
Lobby group Hobson’s Pledge is pushing for the name “Aotearoa” to be removed from official use until a binding referendum is held to decide whether or not to proceed with changing the name of New Zealand. Hobson’s Pledge spokespersons Casey ... More >>
Protests Push Separatist Narrative
Monday, 8 June 2020, 7:52 am | Hobson's Pledge
Protests in New Zealand last weekend at the killing in the United States of a black man by police show “a rising tide of resentment, principally from young Maori conditioned into believing they are victims of white supremacy”. Such was the comment of former ... More >>
Brash: No Justification For Tribes ‘closing’ Roads
Wednesday, 25 March 2020, 11:48 am | Hobson's Pledge
There is not the slightest justification for tribes asserting that they have closed roads to protect their people against the Covid-19 scare, Hobson’s Pledge spokesman Don Brash said today. In a grandstanding announcement, former Tai Tokerau MP Hone ... More >>
Maori Council Tries To Revive Water Claim
Monday, 9 March 2020, 9:32 am | Hobson's Pledge
The New Zealand Maori Council is talking up a possible bid to return to the High Court to get a sympathetic judge to declare that “Maori” indeed own all the water in New Zealand. Don’t get too alarmed about this. The Maori Council has already ... More >>
Brash: No justification for race-based spectrum give-away
Tuesday, 17 December 2019, 8:20 am | Hobson's Pledge
There is not the slightest justification for allocating any resource which is the common property of all New Zealanders on the basis of race, Hobson’s Pledge spokesman Don Brash said today. More >>
Brash: Questions for Ihumatao protesters
Thursday, 25 July 2019, 11:21 am | Hobson's Pledge
Ihumatao protest leader Pania Newton should explain why the land she says was confiscated does not appear on a map of post-1840 government confiscations, Hobson’s Pledge spokesman Don Brash said today. More >>
Absurd plants Treaty clause raises royalties question
Friday, 12 July 2019, 9:55 am | Hobson's Pledge
The addition of an absurd Treaty of Waitangi clause in the Plant Varieties Act raises the question whether “Maoridom” will claim royalties on new plant varieties, Hobson’s Pledge spokesperson Casey Costello said today. More >>
Tribunal’s Maori health stand excuses irresponsibility
Monday, 1 July 2019, 3:31 pm | Hobson's Pledge
The Waitangi Tribunal’s call for compensation for underfunding Maori health providers unfairly implies a systemic failure by health professionals and further excuses Maori from taking responsibility, Hobson’s Pledge spokesperson Casey Costello said today. More >>
Otago Council should reject voting tribal appointees
Tuesday, 14 May 2019, 3:03 pm | Hobson's Pledge
The Otago Regional Council tomorrow should reject a proposal to include voting un-elected tribal appointees on its policy committee, Hobson’s Pledge spokesman Don Brash said today. More >>
Hobson’s Pledge welcomes investigation call
Wednesday, 1 May 2019, 8:11 pm | Hobson's Pledge
Hobson’s Pledge welcomes an investigation by the Human Rights Commission called for by the Maori Council so long as the Commission applies the law, acts independently, and leaves prejudice at the door, Hobson’s Pledge spokesperson Casey Costello said ... More >>
Tribal appointees shift balance of power in Hastings council
Monday, 1 April 2019, 9:44 am | Hobson's Pledge
Virtue-signalling trumped rational debate when the Hastings District Council voted 10-4 on Thursday to enable four members of the Maori Joint Committee to sit and vote on the council’s four standing committees. More >>
Hastings council should reject voting tribal appointees
Wednesday, 27 March 2019, 10:50 am | Hobson's Pledge
The Hastings District Council should tomorrow reject a proposal to include voting tribal appointees on its four standing committees, Hobson’s Pledge spokesman Don Brash said today. More >>
Brash to explain how ‘partnership’ hijacked the Treaty
Monday, 18 February 2019, 4:43 pm | Hobson's Pledge
Maori and the Crown are not partners in any sense of the word yet an ideology of Treaty partnership has hijacked the Treaty of Waitangi, Don Brash will explain at a public lecture on Saturday. More >>
Brash: Respect ‘No’ votes on Maori wards
Sunday, 20 May 2018, 4:57 pm | Hobson's Pledge
Politicians and media should respect the substantial votes against Maori wards in four districts, Hobson’s Pledge spokesman Don Brash said today. More >>
What we have learned as Maori wards votes soon end
Monday, 14 May 2018, 10:40 am | Hobson's Pledge
We’re into the last week of the Maori wards debate and what have we learned? More >>
