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Showing posts with label Heather du Plessis-Allan. Show all posts
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Monday, October 12, 2026

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Qiulae Wong fired a truth torpedo at National

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Qiulae Wong fired a truth torpedo at the National Party didn't she? She says she doesn't believe Christopher Luxon when he tries to ...
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Friday, October 9, 2026

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: John Key's speaking sense about billionaires

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Thank goodness for Sir John Key speaking some sense about billionaires, am I right? I don't think anybody expected billionaires to becom...
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Thursday, October 8, 2026

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: National's winning on education - and parents agree

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So I reckon there was one moment in that leaders' debate that would have worried parents up and down this country, and it was this one. ...
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Wednesday, October 7, 2026

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Directing more money to Pharmac is the sensible choice

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So, Winston Peters is pretty upset, as you would expect, about National's plan to take money from the foreign aid budget and use it to f...
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Friday, October 2, 2026

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Is it worthwhile for Labour to try and regulate hidden fees?

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Now, I don't know that Labour's plan to stop businesses charging hidden fees is a game changer, or even necessarily something worth ...
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Thursday, October 1, 2026

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: We know Chlöe Swarbrick's not getting the finance portfolio, right?

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Well, the Chlöe-for-Finance-Minister debate has gone up a level. She has been asked what her qualifications are. David Seymour is making fun...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Where does Labour plan on finding the $13 billion for pay equity?

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Why did Chris Hipkins choose to announce that he will restore the pay equity regime within the first 100 days of a Labour-led Government? Wh...
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Friday, September 25, 2026

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Let's hope the Government hasn't lost its nerve on amalgamations

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It has been revealed the Government has pumped the brakes on the council reform it was rushing to get done. I think the councils and mayors ...
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Thursday, September 24, 2026

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: You can't read Nicky Hager's new book without being struck by bias

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I can't decide whether Nicky Hager is naïve or sheltered. Surely it must have been obvious to him while writing this book that the very ...
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Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Did we witness Winston Peters' last speech as Foreign Minister?

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Now, I think we may have just witnessed Winston Peters’ last major foreign policy speech as Foreign Minister, ever. It is definitely the las...
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Thursday, September 17, 2026

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: The National Party should know better when it comes to business

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If my reaction to the National Party's supermarket policy was an emoji, it would be the one with the brains blowing out the top of its h...
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Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: The failures in the Tom Phillips investigation go on and on

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So the Government has apologised to Tom Phillips' children for failing to keep them safe. And, man, that apology is not overdoing it whe...
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Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Here's why political parties shouldn't rush laws

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Now, just for the avoidance of doubt, let me tell you what happened here with this mistake that led to 30,000 people missing out on Winter E...
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Friday, September 11, 2026

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Will ACT's big plan actually scrap the Waitangi Tribunal?

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You know what ACT's Waitangi Tribunal policy is? In my opinion, it's the kind of policy you release when you don't actually want...
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Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Wellington Council's got another thing to worry about funding

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Tell you what, if you think Wellington doesn't have enough problems already, let me tell you about a new one: Wellington Zoo. Wellington...
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Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Is Labour really in it to win it here?

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Yeah, so it's not good for Labour in the latest Taxpayers' Union-Curia poll. They've now fallen to 26 percent, which is below th...
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Sunday, September 6, 2026

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: 'Putting up a wall of shame is an act of desperation'

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Okay, do you want to hear something straight out of the "you would have been better off just saying absolutely nothing" file? This...
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Saturday, September 5, 2026

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Is National's tax strategy really working?

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Question for you: is National's tax strategy working? What I'm talking about is the blatant strategy they have of swamping social me...
Thursday, September 3, 2026

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: I'm really tired of councils stuffing up and no-one getting in trouble for it

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Tell you what, if you don't already have much confidence in councils, the report out on what went wrong with sewage spilling into the wa...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Is National's new student debt policy really going to stop our brain drain?

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Jeez, I'm not going to lie, I love the punitive part of National's student debt policy. In case you missed it, it is essentially thi...
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