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Dunne's Weekly: Key And Ardern Broke The Mould
Thursday, 26 January 2023, 9:03 am | Peter Dunne
Jacinda Ardern and Sir John Key have set a new standard for New Zealand Prime Ministers. Too often Prime Ministers have clung to their position, often through thick and thin, until they have been either been tossed out by the electorate or dumped by their ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: Unwise To Ignore The Ombudsman And The Auditor-General
Thursday, 15 December 2022, 8:52 am | Peter Dunne
The offices of the Ombudsman and the Controller and Auditor-General are two important independent statutory agencies charged with protecting aspects of the public interest against excessive or unnecessarily coercive actions by the government and its departments. ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: Cabinet Reshuffles Do Not Save Sinking Ships
Thursday, 8 December 2022, 9:21 am | Peter Dunne
When Parliament rises for the year at the end of next week, MPs' attention will shift over the summer break to the election next year, and what it might mean for them personally. Some will decide the time is ripe for them to move on, as did Green ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: When Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
Thursday, 1 December 2022, 9:32 am | Peter Dunne
Last week, as Parliament sat under Extended Hours to pass the Committee of the Whole stage of the controversial Water Services Entities Bill, the Greens moved an amendment requiring that the support of a minimum of 60% of a future Parliament would be required ... More >>
The Supreme Court's Decision On The Voting Age Is A Godsend To Labour
Wednesday, 23 November 2022, 9:06 am | Peter Dunne
It is difficult to escape the conclusion that the government was delighted with this week’s ruling from the Supreme Court that excluding sixteen- and seventeen-year-olds from the right to vote was inconsistent with the Bill of Rights Act. Not because ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: It's Déjà Vu On Resource Management
Wednesday, 16 November 2022, 9:39 am | Peter Dunne
For the last thirty years the Resource Management Act (RMA) has been contentious. Introduced by Labour under Sir Geoffrey Palmer in 1989, the legislation was still making its way through Parliament when the House rose for the 1990 general election. ... More >>
Dunne Speaks: National And ACT Aiming At The Wrong Target
Wednesday, 9 November 2022, 9:06 am | Peter Dunne
National’s and ACT’s attacks on the Reserve Bank and its Governor are becoming more frequent and strident. As the cost-of-living crisis bites deeper, and the Reserve Bank tightens the screws on interest rates, pushing up home mortgage rates, it becomes ... More >>
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 >>
