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Dunne Speaks: Welcome Back Parliament!
Thursday, 23 April 2020, 9:00 am | Peter Dunne
The welcome and overdue resumption of Parliament next week will be another step-up in our Covid-19 response. The days of virtual one-party government we have endured in recent weeks will be at an end, and Ministers (even the long absent Minister of ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: National At The Crossroads?
Thursday, 16 April 2020, 9:00 am | Peter Dunne
A leading pollster suggested earlier this week that the National Party may be best placed to win this year's election if it just stays quiet and lets the government wear all the criticism for the inevitable rising unemployment, business failures ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: Lockdown Bad News For Small Parties
Thursday, 9 April 2020, 8:43 am | Peter Dunne
As the government starts to work on how it can move the country on at some point from its current Alert Level-4 status, the other political parties will be starting to think about how they can re-enter the fray and normal political debate can resume. ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: Covid 19 - We Were Warned
Thursday, 2 April 2020, 9:49 am | Peter Dunne
A recurring theme in contemporary literature is of the plague that appears suddenly from nowhere and takes hold of the world, destroying or severely damaging life in the process. In 2003 acclaimed author Margaret Atwood’s novel Oryx and Crake was ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: The Last Thing We Need Right Now Is Overly Zealous Officials
Thursday, 26 March 2020, 9:12 am | Peter Dunne
The enormity of the government's task in defining the scope of the national lockdown has been highlighted by the confusion over what constitute essential services to be permitted to remain open. After to-ing and fro-ing on whether the likes of The ... More >>
Dunne Speaks - The Fear Of Fear Itself
Thursday, 19 March 2020, 8:59 am | Peter Dunne
“This is pre-eminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly. Nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country today. This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: Nothing Much Has Changed Since March 15
Thursday, 12 March 2020, 9:11 am | Peter Dunne
The first anniversary this coming weekend of the brutal, tragic Christchurch mosque slayings will be a difficult and bitterly sad occasion for so many people – the families of the victims, obviously, but also the recovery and medical teams involved, ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: Racism Still The Core Of New Zealand First's Message
Thursday, 5 March 2020, 8:24 am | Peter Dunne
There should be little surprise at Shane Jones’ latest racist outburst against Indians living in New Zealand. The typically florid, bombastic, pompous comments were, by his own admission, aimed not at the Indian community, nor the vast majority ... More >>
Future Of Newlands Volunteer Fire Brigade
Friday, 28 February 2020, 10:18 am | Peter Dunne
Ahead of the forthcoming public meeting on Monday 2 March regarding the Newlands Volunteer Fire Brigade former Ohariu MP Hon Peter Dunne is extending his best wishes to all those involved in the current campaign to keep the station open. "Although ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: Does Mayor Foster Need To Follow Harry Truman?
Thursday, 27 February 2020, 8:43 am | Peter Dunne
In a tough battle for re-election as President of the United States in 1948, which many predicted him to lose, Harry Truman decided the best way to defend his record was to attack those preventing him from fulfilling his agenda. So, he took to lambasting ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: Cannabis Referendum Looking Shaky
Thursday, 20 February 2020, 9:32 am | Peter Dunne
Recent opinion polls have suggested the recreational cannabis referendum later this year might not succeed. While there is a still a flood of water to move under the bridge before the referendum, there are nonetheless some early warning signs that ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: Unacceptably Weak Leadership
Thursday, 13 February 2020, 9:21 am | Peter Dunne
The Labour part of this government is extremely weak when it comes to dealing with difficult situations. They are simply letting their bureaucrats and coalition partners run rings around them, more and more often. After over two years in office, they ... More >>
Dunne speaks: Electoral Financing Rules Not Working
Thursday, 6 February 2020, 9:47 am | Peter Dunne
A perennial undercurrent of recent general election campaigns has been the issue of party fundraising. With the emerging controversies this year over the shadowy role of the New Zealand First Foundation and the Serious Fraud Office’s decision ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: Rising Hate Speech and Ethnic Slurs
Thursday, 30 January 2020, 8:49 am | Peter Dunne
The unfortunate chapter of errors surrounding New Zealand’s non-attendance at the recent 5th World Holocaust Forum ranges from the bizarre and unbelievable, through to the downright sinister. The only constant is that as the various explanations ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: Turia is Right on Whanau Ora
Thursday, 23 January 2020, 8:38 am | Peter Dunne
When a Minister dismisses the criticisms of a high-powered group of citizens as just “political” one knows immediately the criticisms being made both have more substance than that and are probably pretty accurate. So it is with the case of Whanau Ora ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: Cannabis-based medicines edge a step nearer
Thursday, 19 December 2019, 8:47 am | Peter Dunne
The new just announced regulatory scheme for cannabis based medicines is generally positive. But the government may be significantly underestimating the demand for licenses, raising the spectre of an underfunded industry regulator. More >>
Dunne Speaks: The Corbyn Spectre and New Zealand
Thursday, 12 December 2019, 9:49 am | Peter Dunne
Britain votes today in an election brought on by the ongoing failure of the House of Commons to approve any of the Brexit deals put before it over the last couple of years by successive Prime Ministers, Theresa May and now Boris Johnson. Mr Johnson ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: Cannabis Leguislation A Mixed Bag So Far
Thursday, 5 December 2019, 8:27 am | Peter Dunne
There is an element of the proverbial curate’s egg in the government’s proposed recreational cannabis regime. It is good in parts, and not so good in others, but overall leaves a somewhat underdone impression. More >>
Dunne Speaks: Where has National's compassionate face gone?
Thursday, 28 November 2019, 8:38 am | Peter Dunne
What do the Ombudsman, the Human Rights Commission, and the Official Information Act all have in common? Two things in essence – first, each of them is a progressive measure designed to protect the rights of individual citizens from intrusion of one ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: Leopards Do Not Change Their Spots
Thursday, 21 November 2019, 8:45 am | Peter Dunne
When the current coalition government was formed, there was some comment that this was perhaps New Zealand First's last chance at political redemption. The party's two previous stints in government had failed to last three years. The 1996-98 coalition ... More >>
