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Southern MPs in local derby on water policy
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Southern MPs in local derby on water policy
It is Tuesday afternoon and all fans of Parliament are tuning in to watch Question Time.
Mike Houlahan
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Willis slashes $7.5b in mini-Budget
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Willis slashes $7.5b in mini-Budget
Nicola Willis' mini-Budget was short on financial relief for New Zealanders struggling through the cost of living crisis, but it was long on political rhetoric.
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Analysis: treasury predicting ‘broadly neutral’ impact
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Analysis: treasury predicting ‘broadly neutral’ impact
Treasury documents reveal that Nicola Willis’ first foray as Finance Minister will do little to address what she in Opposition ordained the "cost of living crisis".
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Southern MPs in select committee musical chairs
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Southern MPs in select committee musical chairs
If you cannot make it into Cabinet, there is always the chance that you might score a portfolio outside of Cabinet, or a parliamentary under-secretary’s role.
Call to clarify funding method for new hospital
Call to clarify funding method for new hospital
Ingrid Leary has called for Minister of Health Shane Reti to clarify if the new government is considering a public-private partnership to fund the building of the new Dunedin Hospital.
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NZ First’s Patterson in his roles for good reason
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NZ First’s Patterson in his roles for good reason
Nestled down near the bottom of the ministerial list on the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet website sits, almost last but certainly not least, Taieri NZ First list MP Mark Patterson.
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Local representation lack in Parliament concerning
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Local representation lack in Parliament concerning
Parliament is not actually back at work yet, but its constituent parties have now at last worked out where their MPs will be sitting and what jobs they will be doing.
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Forming govt: ‘Complainers need to get a grip’
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Forming govt: ‘Complainers need to get a grip’
Earlier this week a reader emailed to ask what the enthusiastic proponents of electoral reform in the 1980s and ’90s made of the seemingly interminable delay in restoring politics as normal.
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Legislation facing reconsideration by new govt
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Legislation facing reconsideration by new govt
A fortnight ago, before illness laid me low, I suggested that readers had the advantage over me in that a new government might have formed after I had filed that week’s "Southern Say".
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How accommodating will the new govt be?
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How accommodating will the new govt be?
By the time you read this you will have luxury of knowing the result of the general election ... which is more than I know at the time of writing.
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New but not entirely foreign territory
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New but not entirely foreign territory
Politics is in a weird interregnum space this week, as all concerned wait to see how the 570,000 special votes do - or do not - alter the political landscape.
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Turnout in the South down across board
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Turnout in the South down across board
Now that the dust has settled a little, what lessons can we in the South learn from Election 2023?
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National’s night, but NZ First waits in the wings
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National’s night, but NZ First waits in the wings
Prime Minister-elect Christopher Luxon travels to Wellington today to try to assemble a new government, knowing that a half million New Zealanders might already have hindered his plans.
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New MP beneficiary of ‘generational shift’
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New MP beneficiary of ‘generational shift’
In a night of surprise results, one of the biggest bombshells came in Te Tai Tonga, where Te Pati Maori caused a monumental upset.
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'Exhausted but excited' Willis in as list MP for Greens
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'Exhausted but excited' Willis in as list MP for Greens
Dunedin's newest MP, Green Party candidate Scott Willis, was hurriedly packing yesterday before embarking on his new parliamentary career.
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Patterson pays tribute to Peters’ leadership
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Patterson pays tribute to Peters’ leadership
It takes an almighty effort for a smaller party to get above the 5% MMP threshold, and it takes an even bigger effort for a party to get back in once it has been dumped from Parliament.
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Leary takes nothing for granted
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Leary takes nothing for granted
Ingrid Leary had a more nervous night than she would have wanted before confirmation she had held Taieri for Labour, so nervous she is taking nothing for granted just yet.
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Brooking celebrates win while ‘heartbroken’ over Labour’s loss
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Brooking celebrates win while ‘heartbroken’ over Labour’s loss
Election night was bittersweet for new Dunedin MP Rachel Brooking.
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Analysis: Numbers high but National has work to do
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Analysis: Numbers high but National has work to do
It may not feel like it for either of the main parties right now, but National has few laurels to rest on despite its overwhelming victory on Saturday, and neither should Labour drop into a slough...
Dunedin Green candidate confident of making Parliament
Dunedin Green candidate confident of making Parliament
Green Party Taieri candidate Scott Willis is on the cusp of being elected to Parliament, and was quietly confident of making it.