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Dunne's Weekly - No Quick End To Tana Saga
Thursday, 26 September 2024, 8:41 am | Peter Dunne
Under the Electoral Integrity Act 2018, there is a deliberate process for expelling a Member of Parliament who has left the party for which they had originally been elected. It is triggered by a letter from the Member’s party leader to the Speaker. More >>
Dunne's Weekly: Hipkins' Risky Overseas Trip
Thursday, 19 September 2024, 7:58 am | Peter Dunne
If there is a move afoot within the Caucus for change, Hipkins’ absence will give any challengers the opportunity to quietly canvass Caucus support and then to assess the mood of the Party overall. More >>
PM And New Maori Queen Need To Work Together
Monday, 16 September 2024, 1:45 am | Peter Dunne
In the wake of the sentiments expressed at Kingi Tūheitia’s tangi, and the goodwill his reign engendered, the Prime Minister and the new Kuīni, Ngā Wai hono i te pō are now well-placed to work together to guide and shape that way ahead, if both are ... More >>
Labour Risks Fouling Up Tax Policy - Again
Saturday, 14 September 2024, 11:54 pm | Peter Dunne
Over recent elections, tax policy has proven to be Labour’s Achilles Heel. More >>
Ailing Wellington Needs More Than Frothy Talk
Friday, 13 September 2024, 8:54 am | Peter Dunne
Something clearly must give. Carrying on the same way as the last few years will do nothing to arrest Wellington’s decline. Rather than throwing rocks at each other, the government and the city’s civic leaders must start working together, if the ... More >>
Dunne's Weekly: Luxon's Tough Talk One-sided
Thursday, 22 August 2024, 8:54 am | Peter Dunne
Beyond that and arguably more worryingly, the government’s refusal to act also sends a clear message that at least so far as culture and heritage is concerned this government has no interest in upholding the well-being responsibility it is about ... More >>
Dunne's Weekly: National's Quiet Achiever
Thursday, 15 August 2024, 8:37 am | Peter Dunne
In every government there is a quiet achiever – a Minister who just gets on with the job and gets things done, without fuss or fanfare, no matter what else is going on around them. In the current government, that Minister is Judith Collins. More >>
Dunne's Weekly: Vested Interests Do Not Make For Good Policy Outcomes
Thursday, 8 August 2024, 8:15 am | Peter Dunne
Too often, an apparent concern for good public policy is really a cover for the protection of vested interests. In a small and intimate society like New Zealand this can make it difficult for governments to reach the best decisions on critical issues. More >>
Mr Speaker's Lonely Role
Friday, 2 August 2024, 9:32 am | Peter Dunne
The Speaker’s role is a combination of Parliamentary, ceremonial, and administrative functions. The Parliamentary function is to preside over the business of the House, including Question Time and significant debates. More >>
Removing An Incapacitated Leader
Friday, 26 July 2024, 9:21 am | Peter Dunne
The Cabinet Manual merely notes that “A change of Prime Minister may occur because the incumbent Prime Minister resigns, or as a result of the retirement, incapacity, or death of the incumbent Prime Minister”. However, it contains no provisions, ... More >>
Dunne's Weekly: National Drifting On Health
Thursday, 18 July 2024, 8:05 am | Peter Dunne
When it established Health New Zealand, or Te Whatu Ora as it was then known, in July 2022 the previous government took an enormous risk that ultimately failed. More >>
Dunne's Weekly: Never A Good Time To Be In Opposition
Thursday, 4 July 2024, 9:55 am | Peter Dunne
There are likely to be slim pickings for Opposition parties over most of the next three months for reasons that have little to do with politics. And there may not be all that much they can do about it because the reasons are beyond their control. More >>
Justice Mander And Three Strikes
Friday, 28 June 2024, 8:52 am | Peter Dunne
Justice Mander effectively bypassed the jury’s decision that Dickason was guilty of the murder of her three infant daughters, with his comment that ““I am satisfied that your actions were the product of your mental disorder. I consider your severe ... More >>
Dunne's Weekly: Time To Slay The Traffic Management Monster
Friday, 21 June 2024, 9:10 am | Peter Dunne
DUNNE’S WEEKLY In 2016 New Zealand instituted comprehensive new health and safety laws for workplaces and other areas of activity. The expectation was that the new regime the legislation introduced would dramatically improve the culture and practice ... More >>
Coalition Grinds Out First Six Months
Thursday, 6 June 2024, 8:23 am | Peter Dunne
Until now, the coalition government had been working on the budget set by the previous government for the 2023/24 Budget. That is why so much of the new government’s activity has focused on the obliteration of the previous government’s record and ... More >>
Dunne's Weekly: Nicola Willis Gives Voters The Money, Not The Bag
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 4:55 pm | Peter Dunne
Notwithstanding all the usual pre-Budget media hype it is worth remembering that Budgets seldom defeat governments. More >>
Dunne's Weekly: The Dysfunctional Wellington City Council Plumbs New Depths
Thursday, 23 May 2024, 8:35 am | Peter Dunne
As the city of Tauranga prepares to elect a new Mayor and Council after three and a half years being run by government-appointed Commissioners, the case for replacing the Wellington City Council with Commissioners strengthens. More >>
Dunne's Weekly: Wannabe Labour MPs Making The Running
Thursday, 16 May 2024, 8:40 am | Peter Dunne
Political parties have long memories when it comes to electoral failures, especially if that failure contributed to the defeat of a government. More >>
Dunne's Weekly: Beware The All-Knowing Controller And Auditor-General
Thursday, 9 May 2024, 8:02 am | Peter Dunne
According to the legislation, the role of the Controller and Auditor-General is to make sure that public sector organisations are spending public resources well and making good decisions. That is as it should be and consistent with what might be ... More >>
Dunne's Weekly: MPs Unusually Quiet On Pay Rise
Thursday, 2 May 2024, 8:21 am | Peter Dunne
This week’s announcement of pay raises of around 2.8% backdated to last October could hardly have come at a worse time, with the economy on the brink of recession, massive cutbacks in public expenditure, public sector redundancies and rising unemployment. More >>
