I think this is an excellent policy, and a long time coming. This is done overseas with good effect. While I don’t think it’s a magic bullet, it is definitely a step in the right direction.
It was only a matter of time before an irate tradie threw hands at them....
This would be amazing for anyone heading out to the bays or Wellington Airport, no intersections or lights to worry about, and it would make life so much easier for the CBD as well, not having so much through traffic in the CBD.
Another day, another round of vindictive and regressive policy from this government....
Does this headline seem fair to you? He’s a former ambulance driver, and his complaint is the new cycle lanes will prevent vehicles from moving out of the way of an ambulance. The headline presents this as him being concerned about damaging his car should he accidentally drive over one. It seems like a very clickbaity way to...
There are some… interesting things in this list.
The Green Party has announced that it wants to increase annual leave to five weeks....
This is a summary of the Future for Local Government report - He piki tūranga, he piki kōtuku....
One of the world's most common artificial sweeteners is set to be declared a possible carcinogen....
It looks like instead of pinging carelessness, we will soon be keeping people to the speed limit....
National campaigned on a proposal to adjust the existing tax thresholds, but as part of coalition negotiations with ACT last year, it agreed to consider whether the “concepts” of ACT’s tax policy could be incorporated “subject to no earner being worse off than they would be under National’s plan”....
Some of us weren’t far off with the gambling levy, being an online service after all....
A very long and very qualified list of people who think this is a bad idea....
I wonder when NZ will move away from the quasi-free-market-but-funded-by-the-government system in health (and education). It leads to outcomes like this which are clearly inefficient. I’d like to see more centralisation.
The Greens are looking to introduce changes to the rental market to “give everyone in New Zealand a healthy home to live in”.
In Parliament last Wednesday, Te Tai Tokerau MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi said the government “will not waver in its mission to exterminate Māori”....
A few surprises here, namely that PHEVs will pay a lower rate of RUCs, I was under the impression there would be a rebate scheme for petrol purchased....
Stay safe, everyone.
Why are the greens like this? How is being prepared to defend ourselves and help our allies “a concern”?
Hell yes.
Some key parts:...
