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Dunne Speaks: PM Must Make Call On Her Future
Wednesday, 26 October 2022, 1:05 pm | Peter Dunne
Jacinda Ardern has already been Prime Minister longer than one of her Labour heroes, Michael Joseph Savage. By year’s end she will have served longer than another of her heroes, David Lange. It is therefore not surprising that there should now be ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: Will Sharma Have The Last Laugh?
Thursday, 20 October 2022, 9:48 am | Peter Dunne
There was a clear air of self-satisfied smugness within the Labour Party when Dr Gaurav Sharma was expelled from its Caucus. A stroppy young MP had been firmly dealt with and his political career destroyed because he had dared challenge the veracity ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: Fixing Potholes Vs. Leading The World
Wednesday, 12 October 2022, 8:35 am | Peter Dunne
September’s Ipsos poll ranked inflation, housing, healthcare, crime, and the economy as the major issues New Zealanders are currently concerned about. It also showed National rates more favourably than Labour on all of them but health. Those findings ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: We Need A Sunlight Apporach To Poltical Donations
Thursday, 6 October 2022, 8:43 am | Peter Dunne
There will be relief in certain political circles at the acquittal of former MP, Jami-Lee Ross of corruption in the political donations case. Not because of any affection or regard for Ross, but more because the stench of corruption in our political system ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: Youth Crisis Looming
Thursday, 29 September 2022, 10:35 am | Peter Dunne
Now that New Zealand has started to move on from the unrelenting emphasis of the last two and a half years on dealing with the pandemic, focus is beginning to return to other important aspects of national life. We are all familiar with the mounting ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: National Leaves Uffindell The Loser
Wednesday, 21 September 2022, 9:09 am | Peter Dunne
Maria Dew KC’s inquiry into the allegations against Sam Uffindell was intended to achieve two purposes. The first was to determine the extent and accuracy of the various allegations made against the MP about bullying and related claims in his ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: Could Charles III Push New Zealand To Become A Republic?
Wednesday, 14 September 2022, 8:59 am | Peter Dunne
It is hardly surprising in the wake of the death of Queen Elizabeth II that the question of New Zealand becoming a republic should be raised. Indeed, it is inevitable that the end of the longest reign of any British Monarch ever should provoke discussion ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: National Still Missing The Mark
Wednesday, 7 September 2022, 9:55 am | Peter Dunne
The latest Roy Morgan political opinion poll mirrors other polls in showing a narrowing gap between the main blocs, with National and ACT still slightly ahead of Labour and the Greens, but with neither able to form a majority government, without the ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: It's The Putting Right That Counts
Wednesday, 31 August 2022, 9:01 am | Peter Dunne
The legendary Wellington retailer Alan Martin of the famous L.V. Martin & Son home appliance stores was renowned for his catchphrase, “It’s the putting right that counts – and if it’s not put right, ask for me, Alan Martin”. And ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: Is Luxon Running Out Of Steam?
Wednesday, 24 August 2022, 9:32 am | Peter Dunne
Is Christopher Luxon's leadership of the National Party starting to run out of steam? When he took over as leader late last year National was languishing in the polls, far behind Labour. Following Luxon's accession, National quickly closed the gap with ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: Who Is Going To Make The Boat Go Faster?
Wednesday, 17 August 2022, 10:21 am | Peter Dunne
When Sir Peter Blake was heading Team New Zealand’s successful 1995 and 2000 America’s Cup campaigns, he posed one constant question to the team for each aspect of their business – will it make the boat go faster? Not only did that keep Team New Zealand ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: Labour Leadership Speculation Premature And Facile
Wednesday, 10 August 2022, 10:32 am | Peter Dunne
Speculation that the Prime Minister’s leadership of the Labour Party may be at risk because of this week’s adverse poll results is as exaggerated as it is premature and facile. While her popularity has plummeted from the artificially stellar heights ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: Aspirations Are All Very Well, But It's Getting It Right That Counts
Wednesday, 3 August 2022, 8:54 am | Peter Dunne
In a weekend television interview, the Prime Minister pushed back on a suggestion her government is far better at talking about things than achieving them. She countered that “I would not ever change the fact that we have always throughout been highly ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: "Only The Impotent Are Pure"
Wednesday, 27 July 2022, 9:10 am | Peter Dunne
The Greens’ current co-leadership wrangle reminds me of former Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam’s famous comment “Only the impotent are pure.” Whitlam was talking to an angry State Labor Party conference in Victoria in 1967, shortly ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: Time For MPs To Think For Themselves
Thursday, 21 July 2022, 10:25 am | Peter Dunne
One of the more frequently quoted statements of the Irish statesman and philosopher, Edmund Burke, was his observation that “Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgement, and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: Time For MPs To Think For Themselves
Thursday, 21 July 2022, 10:23 am | Peter Dunne
One of the more frequently quoted statements of the Irish statesman and philosopher, Edmund Burke, was his observation that “Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgement, and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: Our Winter Of Discontent
Thursday, 14 July 2022, 9:07 am | Peter Dunne
Winter is usually a time of rising national grumpiness. Cold days and nights, peppered by adverse weather events generally account for much of that. But it is normally tempered by the prospect of spring and summer, and better days to come. However, ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: "Let's Get Wellington Moving" Yeah, Right
Wednesday, 6 July 2022, 9:40 am | Peter Dunne
There was great excitement in Wellington recently when the government finally announced – after much procrastination and indecision – its intentions for the ever so over-optimistically titled “Let’s Get Wellington Moving” plan. The multi-billion ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: Roe V. Wade Blindsides National
Wednesday, 29 June 2022, 9:59 am | Peter Dunne
Momentum is everything in politics, but it is very fragile. There are times when unexpected actions can produce big shifts and changes in the political landscape. In 2017, for example, the Labour Party appeared headed for another hefty defeat in ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: It's All About The Volunteers
Wednesday, 22 June 2022, 9:43 am | Peter Dunne
While much of the focus this week has understandably been on our forthcoming inaugural Matariki Day, it is also National Volunteer Week. This is the time we recognise the contribution volunteers make to so many aspects of our communities. In many ways, ... More >>
