Point of Order: Review of local government reform proposals missed out the bit which favours citizenship entitlements based on race

Tim Murphy, co-editor of Newsroom, went out to bat for the Public Interest Journalism Fund in an email to his readers at the weekend.

He acknowledged that the fund, set up by the Ardern Government to support media companies and expand important news coverage through the pandemic and economic recovery, has its critics.

But he said it has been

Roger Childs: More and more Jacinda government racial division, separatism and favouritism

In the month of August there have been two developments further increasing division in our society along racial lines. One relates to local government and the other to sport. The Canterbury Regional Council (Ngāi Tahu Representation) Act will allow the tribe to appoint two members to the elected Council. There are no special seats for Asian, Pasifika or any other non-Maori people.

In sport, concern about the lack of Maori involved in sport has the government throwing over a million dollars at it.