Should former Labour leader and Minister Andrew Little decide to seek the Wellington Mayoralty later this year, he will have a very good, but by
Peter Dunne Wellington, April 8, 2025 While the government is in the mood to break up failing conglomerates like the supermarket duopoly, it should consider
New Zealand’s Accident Compensation Scheme has long been hailed as world leading. Introduced just over 50 years ago, ACC (as it is widely known) provides
Peter Dunne Wellington, February 28, 2025 Reports that the American billionaire and Trump loyalist insider Peter Thiel is winding down his business interests in New
Peter Dunne Wellington, February 6, 2025 From the Prime Minister’s State of the Nation speech, National has made it clear that its unrelenting focus this
One Objective-two approaches but the task would be arduous The debate about privatising state assets has reared its head again, with calls by ACT Leader
Peter Dunne Wellington, January 23, 2025 This week, the rituals that herald the start of each Parliamentary year begin. Both the major parties are holding
“We want change that makes this great country of ours even better. This Coalition Government will deliver that change.” National Party Leader and Prime Minister
Peter Dunne Wellington, December 4, 2024 As the government begins its second year in office, there has been much comment about the leadership style and
Peter Dunne Wellington, November 28, 2024 Wellington’s controversial and embattled Mayor Tory Whanau deserves some political credit for the content of the $400 million savings
Peter Dunne Wellington, November 22, 2024 The Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 gave legal status to the Treaty, a mere 135 years after it was
Peter Dunne Wellington, November 15, 2024 Last week the government announced plans to build two new tunnels in central Wellington to ease traffic congestion. One
Peter Dunne Wellington, November 7, 2024 President Ronald Reagan’s successful campaign theme in 1984 was “It is morning again in America.” It was a theme
Peter Dunne Wellington, October 25, 2024 The only thing missing when Speaker Gerry Brownlee solemnly announced Darleen Tana’s political execution this week was the Black
Peter Dunne Wellington, October 17, 2024 The last thing the beleaguered public health system needs right now is a distracting debate about which language hospital
Peter Dunne Wellington, October 11, 2024 In the early days of the fourth Labour Government then Finance Minister Sir Roger Douglas frequently described the government’s
Peter Dunne September 26, 2024 Darleen Tana’s extraordinary run as a Member of Parliament looks set to continue for some time yet. Now that the
Peter Dunne Wellington, September 19, 2024 It is often said that timing is everything in politics. Sometimes the timing is fortuitous, a case of being
Peter Dunne Wellington, September 13, 2024 Back in 2013 then Prime Minister Sir John Key raised the ire of Wellingtonians when he told a Takapuna
Peter Dunne Wellington, August 29, 2024 Over recent elections, tax policy has proven to be Labour’s Achilles Heel. Its coyness on tax in the 2011
Peter Dunne Wellington, August 13, 2024 Too often, an apparent concern for good public policy is really a cover for the protection of vested interests.
Peter Dunne Wellington, August 2, 2024 If being the Leader of the Opposition is, as often described, the worst job in politics, then being Speaker
Peter Dunne Wellington, July 27, 2024 The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution, adopted in 1967, regarding sudden vacancies in the office of President
Peter Dunne Wellington, July 20, 2024 When it established Health New Zealand (known then as Te Whatu Ora) in July 2022, the previous government took
There are likely to be slim pickings for Opposition parties over most of the next three months for reasons that have little to do with
Peter Dunne Wellington, June 28, 2024 There would be few who would disagree with the approach to sentencing taken by Justice Cameron Mander in the
Notwithstanding all the usual pre-Budget media hype, it is worth remembering that Budgets seldom defeat governments. Game-changing Budgets like Sir Roger Douglas’s 1984 Labour Budget
Peter Dunne Wellington, May 2, 2024 It is one of the oldest truisms that there is never a good time for MPs to get a
The great Nineteenth British Prime Minister William Gladstone once observed that “the first essential for a Prime Minister is to be a good butcher.” When
Peter Dunne Wellington, April 18, 2024 There has been a positive but restrained response to the deal announced between Stuff and Warner Brothers Discovery to
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