Articles by Michael Neilson
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Politics
Watch: 21-year-old MP challenges Govt in maiden speech
Tuesday, 12 December 2023, 8:51pm“Aotearoa, Te Whare Paremata, are you ready?” asked Te Pāti Māori’s Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke in a rousing maiden speech...
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Labour calls for visas for family of Kiwis stuck in Gaza
Tuesday, 5 December 2023, 3:28pmLabour is calling on the Government to assist with helping close family members of New Zealanders stuck in Gaza escape as...
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'Massive fiscal hole'- Finance Minister slams previous Govt
Monday, 4 December 2023, 4:02pmPrime Minister Christopher Luxon has announced a Working for Families change, increasing the Family Tax Credit by $8 a week. The...
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Verrall accuses Nats of putting tobacco lobbyists ahead of Kiwis' health
Wednesday, 29 November 2023, 3:07pmLabour’s health spokeswoman Dr Ayesha Verrall has let rip at the Government over plans to scrap world-leading smoking regulations,...
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Reti says ED security will be beefed up before Christmas
Tuesday, 28 November 2023, 9:00pmNew Health Minister Dr Shane Reti is promising beefed-up security at the country’s 20 core emergency departments in time...
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Seymour: Pharmac culture 'needs to change'
Tuesday, 28 November 2023, 3:29pmDavid Seymour, who has assumed responsibility for the public drug-buying agency Pharmac, says the culture there “needs to...
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Watch: Winston Peters defines 'woke virtue signalling' in first presser as deputy PM
Monday, 27 November 2023, 6:00pmFreshly-minted Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters has engaged in a testy first press conference in the role in which he...
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Greens welcome what could be a record number of MPs
Wednesday, 18 October 2023, 3:29pmA likely record Green Party caucus is ramping up for an energetic term in Opposition, with the leaders indicating “community-led...
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Nats and ACT still need NZ First to form govt- poll
Wednesday, 4 October 2023, 6:10pmAfter repeatedly telling voters how much National would prefer not to work with NZ First voters appear to be requesting the...
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'Bleak posturing': Greens hit out at ‘two Chrises’, reveal policy priorities
Sunday, 1 October 2023, 2:55pmThe Greens are calling out the “bland” two “Chrises” and what they say are uninspiring choices from the two main political...
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'Can Luxon control these two?' Davidson claps back at Seymour and Peters
Thursday, 21 September 2023, 8:17pmThe leaders of the “powerbroker” parties jumped straight into it, discussing “race-baiting”, “woke projects” and “ethno states”...
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Live: Labour's slide continues in new poll, National/Act can govern, just
Wednesday, 20 September 2023, 6:09pmNational and Act can govern alone but Winston Peters is also back in Parliament, according to the latest political poll. Tonight’s...
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Labour launches pledge card with nine priorities- one more than National
Sunday, 10 September 2023, 1:44pmLabour leader Chris Hipkins has started a “pledge card” battle with National, unveiling his party’s own list of priorities...
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Watch: 'Too many cows', climate protestors disrupt final Question Time
Thursday, 31 August 2023, 1:47pmClimate activists have dramatically interrupted Parliament’s final Question Time of this term unveiling full-length banners...
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'Soz not soz bro': Jackson, Seymour in firing line as MPs farewell Parliament
Thursday, 24 August 2023, 9:49pmTwo of Parliament’s biggest champions of fighting family violence, and another renowned for her work in the environmental...
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Nats MP stripped of portfolios for 'threatening' Labour member
Thursday, 24 August 2023, 2:04pmNational MP Tim van de Molen has been stripped of all portfolios after he was found to have acted in contempt of Parliament,...
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Helen Clark-backed Labour donation drive hits $400k in a week
Tuesday, 22 August 2023, 9:21pmA donation drive backed dollar-for-dollar by former Labour Prime Minister Helen Clark and a small group of donors has earned...
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NZ MPs confront Iran's ambassador in fiery meeting
Thursday, 3 August 2023, 1:39pmIranian-born MP Golriz Ghahraman confronted the Iranian ambassador with images of Mahsa Amini and protesters killed since...
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Māori Party wealth tax plan: Over 98 percent of NZers will get tax cut
Thursday, 27 July 2023, 4:36pmTe Pāti Māori is proposing what it says is the “most radical tax policy in a generation” that will help redistribute money...
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PM responds to National claims Govt planning to remove GST from fruit, vegetables
Thursday, 27 July 2023, 2:13pmNational claims the Government is poised to announce a policy to remove GST tax from fruit and vegetables. Such a policy...
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Who is Kiri Allan? Labour's rising star to mishaps of 2023
Monday, 24 July 2023, 2:43pmThis morning Kiri Allan resigned as Justice Minister after crashing her car overnight and being charged by police with careless...
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Greens say voters, not Hipkins, will decide wealth tax
Sunday, 23 July 2023, 3:34pmThe Greens are doubling down in their bid for a wealth tax, saying Prime Minister Chris Hipkins’ rule-out is meaningless...
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Chris Hipkins launches Labour Party's election campaign slogan
Sunday, 16 July 2023, 1:20pm“In It For You” is Labour’s latest “rallying cry” unveiled by Prime Minister and party leader Chris Hipkins today as part...
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Pothole Repair Fund: National's $500m pledge to fix 'shocking state' of roads
Sunday, 16 July 2023, 12:39pmNational is pledging to pour $500 million over three years into a Pothole Repair Fund to address what it calls the “shocking...
