http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ Latest Politics headlines from nzherald.co.nz en-nz Copyright 2010 APN HOLDINGS NZ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:00:32 +1200 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss APN RSS Generator webnews@nzherald.co.nz webmaster@nzherald.co.nz http://www.nzherald.co.nz/images/nz_little_logo.gif http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/headlines.cfm?c_id=280 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10632125&ref=rss Government plans to open up mining areas in Thames township have outraged conservationists who say doing so would put people's lives at risk.The Government last year did a stocktake of minerals in the conservation estate, with... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10632095&ref=rss Parliament's health committee is considering whether parents should be offered cash incentives to have their children immunised, or even have benefits withheld if they don't without good reason.Committee members were in Canberra... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10632068&ref=rss Talks begin in Melbourne today to lift what began as a 2001 pact between New Zealand and Singapore to a powerful "new generation" regional free trade deal that the United States has made a top trade priority.The US is already... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10632066&ref=rss Former Deputy Prime Minister and Commonwealth Secretary General Sir Don McKinnon believes union with Australia is probably inevitable, but not for a while.Sir Don was commenting on a poll conducted on both sides of the Tasman... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10632065&ref=rss Is the "Super City" about strengthening Auckland or weakening it?The new, vigorous defence by ministers Steven Joyce and Rodney Hide of their plans for Auckland was quite extraordinary.Especially given that the parliamentary... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10632057&ref=rss A big-business lobbyist has joined the war of words over plans for unelected directors to run most services in the Auckland Super City away from public scrutiny.Stephen Selwood, who leads the New Zealand Council for Infrastructure... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10632056&ref=rss The new Manurewa local board will lose funding and risks becoming a ghetto as a result of the boundaries for the Super City, say two Manukau city councillors.Colleen Brown and Anne Candy were shocked at the decision of the Local... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10632047&ref=rss A rash of assaults on police officers has prompted several proposed solutions. From the Prime Minister came the idea of creating a category of offence for assaults on the police, or requiring judges to give weight to an officer's... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:59:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10632049&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:58:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10631994&ref=rss Former Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon believes a merger with Australia is inevitable.A recent poll has found 40 per cent of New Zealanders support a debate about becoming a state of Australia. The UMR Research... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:20:08 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10631824&ref=rss In 1994, not long after Rodney Hide became leader of Act, I was driving the two of us to a meeting at Hotel du Vin south of Auckland. I thought I knew a shortcut, but got lost and started panicking because I would deliver this important... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:00:20 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10631911&ref=rss It wasn't quite Frost vs Nixon.But when Britain's most distinguished television interviewer, Sir David Frost, interrogated Helen Clark yesterday, she had an admission of her own.While Nixon famously apologised, in an interview... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10631857&ref=rss As soon as Steven Joyce announced the Government will be looking into the travel subsidies currently enjoyed by Gold Card carrying superannuitants, you could hear the coffin creak open.If ever Winston Peters has been offered a... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10631831&ref=rss This column's comments last week on who should pay for New Zealand's leaky building disaster hit a nerve. The strength of the reaction betrays the depth of feeling building up now in the coming "Battle of the Generations".The... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10631825&ref=rss In 1984 the founders of the Act Party, who were then embedded in the David Lange Government, carried out an economic coup resulting in the sovereignty of our economy being handed to our corporate elites. I would have thought, after... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10631829&ref=rss You can hardly blame the two declared contenders for the Supercity mayoralty - not to mention other local body politicians, incumbent and aspirant - for being suspicious about Government plans to have unelected boards running most... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:59:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10631828&ref=rss Maori Party MP Hone Harawira kept his word this week when he got stuck into a tobacco company executive on the first day of a select committee inquiry into the killer industry.Harawira, who said last September, that he'd "like... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:59:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10631844&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:58:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10631819&ref=rss A $5.5 million reconstruction package for the Cook island of Aitutaki, which was devastated by Cyclone Pat, was announced today by Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully.Cyclone Pat ripped through the Cooks last month, causing... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:23:59 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10631798&ref=rss The Transport Minister admits his choice of words may have contributed to the outcry over potential cuts to SuperGold Card transport concessions.When he announced a review of the free off-peak public transport component of the... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:07:06 +1200