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Written By: lprent - Date published: 9:45 am, February 1st, 2010 - 21 comments
Peter Dunne on his record against Jeanette Fitzsimmons is really an exercise in ego instead of substance
Written By: lprent - Date published: 12:53 pm, November 9th, 2008 - 5 comments
Just before the election They Work For You released some impressive work on the voting distances between parties based on:-
There are 110 final bill reading votes included in the analysis. All the votes are from the 48th New Zealand Parliament which was in term between 7 November 2005 and 3 October 2008.
The plot was created …
Written By: Steve Pierson - Date published: 3:00 pm, November 7th, 2008 - 56 comments
Have you still not decided who you’ll vote for? The final poll shows the race between a National/ACT/United Future or a Labour/Green/Progressive/Maori government is neck and neck, so your choice matters. Here is some advice and tools that may help:
When choosing who to vote for there are three things you should consider:
policy – what does …
Written By: Steve Pierson - Date published: 9:58 am, November 3rd, 2008 - 37 comments
The revelations in today’s Dompost that Peter Dunne’s United party took a donation from the Vela family shows again what a messy business donations can be. The Vela family opposed New Zealand following a new UN fishing agreement. Ross Meurant, acting for the Velas met with Dunne, days later he issued a press release opposing …
Written By: Steve Pierson - Date published: 9:59 am, October 29th, 2008 - 48 comments
If you vote National, United Future, or ACT, you will be voting for the ACC system to be privatised. Consequences of this include:
- $200 million in profits flowing offshore, according to John Key’s former employers Merril Lynch
- higher levies on most workers, as private insurers cherry-pick the most profitable for themselves, leaving the rest to …
Written By: Guest post - Date published: 2:29 pm, September 9th, 2008 - 68 comments
Can’t put it any better than Jafapete has:
Seems that John Key has done it again. Announced policy off-the-cuff and back tracked later. TV3 reports that, speaking to an Auckland families forum yesterday, Key “veered away from a written speech … appearing to announce in off the cuff remarks that National would axe the commission.”
“He said …
Written By: Steve Pierson - Date published: 3:14 pm, June 11th, 2008 - 31 comments
Why is it that UnitedFuture is branded a centre party?
We all know they’re socially right wing, in bed with the Christian fundamentalists, and the tax plan Dunne announced on the weekend proves they’re far-right economically too. They would blow the Budget with $4.6 billion cuts (no mention of where the money would come from and no-one asked, …
Written By: Steve Pierson - Date published: 11:09 am, May 16th, 2008 - 15 comments
Last in our ‘campaign strategist’ series is UnitedFuture, perhaps the least inspiring party in Parliament.
UnitedFuture (ie. Peter Dunne) should play the same strategy as was used in 2002. Keep your head down, shore up support in Dunne’s safe seat of Ohariu/Belmont and wait for a chance to present itself to make a splash. That chance …
Written By: Steve Pierson - Date published: 6:32 am, May 12th, 2008 - 23 comments
We’re very pleased to have UnitedFuture Leader Peter Dunne respond to your questions as part of our Interview the Leaders series.
Question to all leaders:
Of which of your achievements in politics are you most proud?
At a national level, I am most proud of the tax changes for which I have been responsible in the last three …
Written By: Steve Pierson - Date published: 9:33 am, May 2nd, 2008 - Comments Off
Do you have a burning question to ask Peter Dunne? Does it not involve his hair? If so, submit your question here by Sunday and it could be selected for our questions to Dunne as part of our ‘Interview the Leaders’ series.
Written By: Tane - Date published: 4:47 pm, April 28th, 2008 - 19 comments
Thanks to ACT leader Rodney Hide for participating in our ‘Interview the leaders’ series this morning. Our next leader is the Maori Party’s Tariana Turia.
The general question remains:
Of which of your achievements in politics are you most proud?
For the two other questions we’ve gone with Higherstandard’s question:
Can you envisage a NZ when there is …
Written By: Tane - Date published: 5:01 pm, December 18th, 2007 - 26 comments
According to reports, Peter Dunne has withdrawn his support for the Electoral Finance Bill at the last minute.
Newsroom says:
Mr Dunne said over recent weeks it had become clear that many New Zealanders had deep unease about the bill and he had been contacted by hundreds of people.
New Zealanders had gone beyond caring about its contents, …
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