Hawke’s Bay District Health Board
I’ve not had time to do as detailed a post as I would like to on this, and the media have covered the issues well. So I’ll just ask a few questions: Why would the Minister not sack the Capital Coast...
View ArticleOwn Goal
The Dom Post reports: Labour MP Russell Fairbrother has been left red-faced after attacking his National Party rivals for erecting electoral hoardings “weeks early” – only to discover it was him that...
View ArticleThe Central North Island Seats
Oh I do like that solid blue look. And in 2002 only a handful were blue. Hunua is a new seat. The party vote is another 60:20 type solid seat. On the electorate vote Paul Hutchison narrowly beat...
View ArticleGoodhew new Junior Whip
As I predicted Chris Tremain has gone from Junior Whip to Senior Whip, and the new Junior Whip is Jo Goodhew – a fellow member of the Class of 2005. Both Tremain and Goodhew won what were safe Labour...
View ArticleGood MPs website
Just looked at new website for Craig Foss and Chris Tremain – their Backing the Bay site. The joint site to brand them as the regional MPs is good (and they have done that for some time),but also their...
View ArticleWill it be the Hon Hekia Parata?
Audrey Young writes at the Herald: The strong performance of National candidate Hekia Parata in the Mana byelection has boosted her chances of being promoted this week. It certainly has not harmed it....
View ArticleNapier and kindies
Had a breakfast coffee this morning in Napier with local MP Chris Tremain.Was amused that around two out of three people walking past stopped to greet him – one seat where the MP has no problems with...
View ArticleApples for Julia
Hawkes Bay Today reports: Hawke’s Bay apple producer Apollo made a cheeky but tasteful offer to Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard for the Rugby World Cup semifinal between the All Blacks and...
View ArticleNew Minister announced
Congrats to Simon Bridges who has been appointed Consumer Affairs Minister, plus Associate Transport and Climate Change. It was inevitable Simon would become a Minister at some stage – after three...
View ArticleOnline voting for 2016
Chris Tremain has announced: Local Government Minister Chris Tremain today announced that a trial of online voting will take place in the 2016 local authority elections. “Online transactions are the...
View ArticleTremain to retire
Chris Tremain has announced: Chris Tremain, MP for Napier, announced today that he will not be contesting the 2014 general election. “I am proud of the significant achievements of this government led...
View ArticlePremature success
Well this is a new one for me – a campaign winds up before it even launches, because it has had premature success. As readers will know I have been advocating a trial of e-voting for local body...
View ArticleA NZ-Uk op-ed
An op-ed in The Guardian by NZ Minister Chris Tremain and UK Minister Francis Maude on digital services: At the Open Government Partnership (OGP) summit in London in November 2013, New Zealand became...
View ArticleValedictories
Some extracts from the valedictories delivered yesterday: Dr CAM CALDER (National): Six years ago when I came into Parliament, some queried why: “Why has he come in? Does Parliament need yet another...
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