Ani O'Brien: "Temu Chris" Thinks Big government with Labour's Future Fund

New Zealand Future Fund: Proof Labour never met a problem it couldn’t bureaucratise

It takes a special kind of political imagination to brand something as “the future” while simultaneously reviving the economic playbook of the 1970s. Perhaps Chris Hipkins will cling to the nickname “Temu Chris” because at least then no one will be calling him “Red Muldoon.” Surely nothing could be worse for the Labour leader than being “Piggy” in Dirty Dog sunnies.

Point of Order: Buzz from the Beehive - 12/4/24

Peters talks of NZ “renewing its connections with the world” – but who knew we had been disconnected?

The thrust of the country’s foreign affairs policy and its relationship with the United States have been addressed in four statements from the Beehive over the past 24 hours.

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters somewhat curiously spoke of New Zealand “renewing its connections with a world facing urgent challenges” by pursuing “an active, energetic foreign policy”.