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Settlement top-ups for rich tribes unfair
Monday, 5 November 2012, 9:42 am | NZ Centre For Political Research
The two richest tribes may become $138.5-million richer now treaty settlement top-up clauses have been triggered, which raises questions of whether top-ups are fair and whether tribal corporations should trade as charities, Mike Butler, a research associate ... More >>
Secret deals should not be tolerated
Monday, 2 April 2012, 10:37 am | NZ Centre For Political Research
PRESS RELEASE - immediate release Secret deals should not be tolerated A secret briefing on the deal to sell land in Devonport to Ngati Whatua for the low price of $13.8-million, revealed at a public meeting at the Devonport Navy Gym on Saturday, has infuriated ... More >>
Time to Have Your Say on Our Voting System
Tuesday, 27 March 2012, 9:56 am | NZ Centre For Political Research
The review of MMP is well underway with over 2,000 submissions already received, swamping the 200 to 800 received during previous reviews. While the deadline for written submissions is not until May 31st, for oral submissions it is April 5th. More >>
NZCPR-Weekly: Does the Food Industry Need New Regulation?
Monday, 30 January 2012, 8:42 pm | NZ Centre For Political Research
*Thanks to those of you who are raising awareness of our Citizens Initiated Referendum through your local newspapers and radio stations - every bit of publicity helps! More >>
Centre for Political Research Newsletter Dec 19
Monday, 19 December 2011, 3:06 pm | NZ Centre For Political Research
Some huge challenges lie ahead. In a country where all New Zealanders, irrespective of racial origin should have equal status and equal rights, the Maori Party - once more a partner in government – wants to take the country further down the path ... More >>
Tapes, vandalism, separatism, & the Referendum
Monday, 21 November 2011, 3:25 pm | NZ Centre For Political Research
John Key was right to take a principled stand to prevent the release of an illegal tape recording of a private conversation between himself and John Banks. If he hadn’t, the whole boundary between what is private and what is public would be forever blurred. ... More >>
Inspiration and Exasperation
Monday, 18 October 2010, 4:53 pm | NZ Centre For Political Research
The rescue of the 33 Chilean miners, trapped half a mile underground for almost ten weeks, has been a remarkable story of human innovation and progress. In another age, they would have all died. But technology and international cooperation banded together ... More >>
Councils Threaten the Good Life
Tuesday, 10 August 2010, 10:28 am | NZ Centre For Political Research
For generations of Kiwi families, once the children arrived, so too did the dreams of a home and a bit of land in the country. Five or ten acre lots were ideal – they provided tons of space for the kids, room for a pony, a few steers, some sheep, ... More >>
Problem Or Fact Of Life?
Tuesday, 27 July 2010, 10:09 am | NZ Centre For Political Research
Newsletter doesn't display properly? View here>>> or paste this link into your browser: http://www.nzcpr.com/NewsletterArchive.htm More >>
A Triumph of Ideology Over Common Sense
Tuesday, 13 July 2010, 9:41 am | NZ Centre For Political Research
In politics, ideology can be very dangerous if imposed without proper constraint. Nine years of rampant socialism saw New Zealand's public policy framework inundated with ideological dogma. From the dumbing down of the education system, to the massive ... More >>
In Pursuit of the National Interest
Tuesday, 6 July 2010, 9:33 am | NZ Centre For Political Research
Over the last few years the information revolution has transformed the way we communicate and access knowledge. The New Zealand Centre for Political Research is a product of this. Every week New Zealand's largest weekly electronic newsletter - the NZCPR ... More >>
Maori Ownership of the Foreshore and Seabed
Tuesday, 22 June 2010, 10:47 am | NZ Centre For Political Research
It has now been confirmed that under the new constitutional arrangements National and the Maori Party are planning to push through before Christmas, Maori will become the legal owners of large tracts of New Zealand's foreshore and seabed. More >>
National flirting with disaster on Foreshore
Wednesday, 9 June 2010, 2:08 pm | NZ Centre For Political Research
“National’s desire to remove Crown ownership from the foreshore and seabed is flirting with disaster” Dr Hugh Barr, spokesman for the Coastal Coalition says. More >>
Brainwashing Kids OK in New Zealand Schools
Wednesday, 9 June 2010, 10:27 am | NZ Centre For Political Research
The decision of the Education and Science Select Committee to ignore the call for the teaching of political propaganda in New Zealand schools to be against the law, is a huge blow to children and parents, the New Zealand Centre for Political Research's ... More >>
Follow Australia - Postpone the Emissions Trading
Friday, 9 April 2010, 11:15 am | NZ Centre For Political Research
Dr Muriel Newman of the New Zealand Centre for Political Research is calling on the National-led Government to postpone the Emissions Trading Scheme. More >>
The Conceit of the Anointed
Tuesday, 23 March 2010, 3:00 pm | NZ Centre For Political Research
All too often something odd seems to happen to people elected to public office. Instead of being a conduit for the opinion of those they represent - as promised in their election campaigns - many morph into autocrats, convinced they know better than us ... More >>
Race Relations Commissioner Should Go
Monday, 15 March 2010, 4:30 pm | NZ Centre For Political Research
The Prime Minister has said that New Zealand has far too many state agencies for a country of our size. He’s not wrong. It’s one of the reasons why government spending has escalated out of control. More >>
Two Flags, Two Peoples, A Divided Nation
Monday, 14 December 2009, 4:53 pm | NZ Centre For Political Research
New Zealand has a lot to be proud of but there are some aspects of life ‘down under’ that we would prefer not to mention. Near the top of that list is racism. More >>
Prosperity or Poverty - NZ at the crossroads
Tuesday, 8 December 2009, 1:24 pm | NZ Centre For Political Research
An extraordinary debate has been raging over the last week about what is probably the most important question of the decade: do we as a nation want a more prosperous future, or are we prepared to accept the continuing decline in living standards? More >>
NZCPR Weekly: Open Letter to the PM
Monday, 23 November 2009, 3:33 pm | NZ Centre For Political Research
I am writing to respectfully request that you step in to delay the passing of the Climate Change Response (Moderated Emissions Trading) Amendment Bill. More >>
