The New Zealand police association are calling for ACT MP, Nicole McKee, to be stripped of her responsibility in the firearms reform.
The police union’s president, Chris Cahill, in an open letter to Prime Minister, Christopher Luxon, says McKee had included 17 firearms interest groups in a targeted consultation process for the review, with only 8 of the groups who many differ in views.
The police association was not included in the groups discussing the review.
For our weekly catch up I spoke to the ACT Party’s Simon Court about Nicole Mckee, these calls for her to step down, and what this will mean for gun reform in Aotearoa.
On Sunday, Prime Minister Chris Luxon, Economic Growth Minister Nicola Willis and Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop, announced the government’s plans to push on with a number of infrastructure projects, worth about $6 billion dollars.
The government-funded construction plans which they say will generate thousands of jobs for NewZealanders, are expected to get underway by Christmas this year.
Politicians from both the Green Party and the Labour Party have responded with criticism to the announcement, saying that the government’s decisions and commitments around funding and public spending cuts have not been effective in uplifting the economy or increasing productivity
arlier this month, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a speech at the World Economic Forum that made international headlines.
The speech was focused on the future of global politics in the face of a world increasingly shaped by threats and hard power, and the need for “middle power” states to cooperate.
For International Desk, Wire Host Caeden spoke to Stewart Prest, Lecturer in Political Science at the University of British Columbia, about Mark Carney’s speech.
Following the US official withdrawal from the World Health Organisation, Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has called into question New Zealand’s membership in the organisation.
With Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney warning of a “rupture” in the world order, political leaders in New Zealand are holding sharper focus on how we conduct ourselves internationally, especially with the United States.
This week, Wire Host Sara spoke to National MP Ryan Hamilton about New Zealand’s relationship with the US, and our position on the global stage.
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