Articles by Heather du Plessis-Allan
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Opinion
Heather du Plessis-Allan: Damien O'Connor must apologise
Thursday, 3 October 2024, 9:37amLabour’s going to have to sort itself out over this Middle East situation. This is about Damien O'Connor's tweet. I was...
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Heather du Plessis-Allan: The smaller rugby ball for women is already controversial
Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 5:24pmGuess what: the smaller ruby ball for women is already controversial. I was telling you about this last week because World...
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Heather du Plessis-Allan: Air New Zealand are milking kiwis
Friday, 25 August 2023, 5:14pmLet's be brutal about what we all suspect is going on with Air NZ. And that is that Air NZ managed to turn its business around yesterday...
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Heather du Plessis-Allan: We need more Police patrolling out cities CBDs
Friday, 4 August 2023, 4:37pmDoesn't the shooting in Auckland overnight illustrate to you that the Police Ministers’ idea of getting volunteers to do...
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Heather du Plessis-Allan: Razor is exactly what the All Blacks need
Friday, 28 July 2023, 4:43pmFirst thing I thought when I saw the ad that Scott Robertson took out in the paper today thanking fans was that Razor is...
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Heather du Plessis-Allan: Govt spending on expired rat tests is 'out of the gate'
Friday, 7 July 2023, 4:42pmThere has been so much money wasted by the Government in the last six years that it really takes something quite profligate...
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Heather du Plessis-Allan: Vindication for Pike River families
Friday, 23 June 2023, 4:19pmOnce again, the Pike River families have been utterly vindicated in their battle to get a proper police investigation into...
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Heather du Plessis-Allan: Puhoi to Warkworth highway opens
Friday, 16 June 2023, 4:29pmWell, very good news today that the Puhoi to Warkworth highway has finally officially been opened. Only about a year and...
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Heather du Plessis-Allan: I think Wayne Brown has already won
Friday, 9 June 2023, 5:52pmFor all Wayne Brown’s faults, and there are many, you have got to be impressed with what he’s managed to do in eight months...
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Heather du Plessis-Allan: Labour might've lost its last best hope
Friday, 26 May 2023, 6:32pmI'm surprised that voters don’t really seem to like Chris Hipkins that much. We've spent quite a bit of time discussing Chris Luxon’s poor...
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Heather du Plessis-Allan: Grant has opened the money hose
Friday, 19 May 2023, 5:10pmLock it in; it looks like a very good chance that your mortgage rate is going up, because Grant opened the money hose too...
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Heather Du Plessis-Allan: The Tenancy Tribunal overrides contracts in favour of tenants
Friday, 12 May 2023, 4:42pmYou want a perfect example of the kind of rules that people think are good for tenants, but actually end up backfiring on...
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Heather du Plessis-Allan: How much more are we going to tolerate?
Friday, 28 April 2023, 4:31pmHow much more of these hand gluing protests in Wellington are we going to tolerate? Especially now that we know how badly it’s tying...
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Heather du Plessis-Allan: Meng Foon might want to think about resigning
Friday, 21 April 2023, 5:06pmI’d say Meng Foon is in a position where he should probably think about quitting his job. It’s been revealed that he’s a...
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Heather du Plessis-Allan: Why did Posie's opponents bother with the court case?
Friday, 24 March 2023, 4:43pmSo Posie Parker is on her way to NZ, due to land in about an hour’s time. The court case to try to ban her failed this morning. The...
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Heather du Plessis-Allan: I don't understand why Chris Hipkins didn't just fire Stuart Nash
Thursday, 16 March 2023, 6:17pmI don’t understand why Chris Hipkins didn’t just fire Stuart Nash from all of his portfolios yesterday. He should’ve. I...
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Heather du Plessis-Allan: Raise pay for teachers
Friday, 10 March 2023, 4:54pmI don’t think teachers should accept the Prime Minister fobbing off their pay request like he did today. When he was asked...
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Heather du Plessis-Allan: Small-minded to scrap free lunches for councillors
Friday, 3 March 2023, 4:17pmWell I don’t know what’s wrong with Chinese food. Because personally, I would take that over a ham and egg sandwich or a...
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Heather du Plessis-Allan: Too often we do things on the cheap
Friday, 17 February 2023, 4:40pmHopefully one of the lessons we learn from the awful destruction caused by this cyclone is that we cannot do the rebuild...
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Heather du Plessis-Allan: Last night's poll results show National needs a rocket
Tuesday, 31 January 2023, 10:17pmOn last night’s double poll: Really, this is not so much a story about the Labour party’s success as it is about the National...
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Heather du Plessis-Allan: Labour's 32 percent approval rating should be a shock to no one
Monday, 7 November 2022, 9:14pmThat poll out last night should be a shock to no one. That’s what happens if you ignore voters and just keep pushing through...
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Heather du Plessis-Allan: Micheal Wood's immigration reset is hurting our economy
Wednesday, 2 November 2022, 9:44pmMichael Wood needs to abandon his immigration reset. He is hurting the economy. Look at that unemployment number today. 3.3...
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Heather du Plessis-Allan: The unfolding Tuhoe case is an example of why co-governance doesn't work
Thursday, 27 October 2022, 9:37pmIf you’re interested in the emerging co-governance debate, here’s a tip: Keep an eye on what’s going on with Tuhoe and the...
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Heather du Plessis-Allan: Chris Hipkins deserves a lot of praise for backing the police
Thursday, 13 October 2022, 7:49pmChris Hipkins deserves a lot of praise for backing the cops in this debate about whether they’re allowed to take photos of...
