National - FFS!

[fungus pudding]

I think that's exactly what is going to happen. The "silent Kiwis" will stand up and vote.

.....as they always do.

[Panda-NZ-]

Talk about dirty politics

It seems abortion activists defaced a labour sign too. :\

[Balance]

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political...for-quarantine

Sensible policy - charge returnees as NSW is already.

Anyone who intends to return to NZ better do so by September 2020.

[tim23]

Well done Left supporters:
As we've seen on this thread they are so desperate they are going back to some old Nicki Hager stuff and now attacking National MPs billboards and caravans.
Shameful.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/a...ectid=12349103

https://www.facebook.com/honnicksmit...4048395419225/

Talk about dirty politics

Bishop would know how to recognise a dickhead...

[Balance]

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political...for-quarantine

Sensible policy - charge returnees as NSW is already.

Anyone who intends to return to NZ better do so by September 2020.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12349183

And on cue, the party which was hoping to sail through the election without any policies has agreed to implement the policy!

Comrade Cindy 🐒 spreading her woke pixie dust to head off Crusher Collins? 🚜

[moka]

Well done Left supporters:
As we've seen on this thread they are so desperate they are going back to some old Nicki Hager stuff and now attacking National MPs billboards and caravans.
Shameful.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/a...ectid=12349103

https://www.facebook.com/honnicksmit...4048395419225/

Talk about dirty politics

I don’t think it was Left supporters who defaced Jacinda Ardern’s billboards with crude sexist language. So vandalism is not limited to the Left according to the evidence in the article, although you choose to only focus on the National billboards.

[moka]

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12349183

And on cue, the party which was hoping to sail through the election without any policies has agreed to implement the policy!

Charging for managed isolation has been on Labour’s agenda since April, but as Megan Woods says "National's stated commitment to a charging regime is a good sign there will be widespread parliamentary support for such a move.”
Earlier today it was revealed that anyone who arrived in New Zealand from October 3 would be charged a $3000 fee per adult for their managed isolation if National wins the election. Interesting to see National and Labour have similar thinking.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12349183

It is a change of policy because National Party leader Todd Muller was against the Government charging Kiwi residents or citizens for the cost of Covid-19 quarantine or self-isolation.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...t-appears-keen
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...arantine-costs

[moka]

Labour and National both want to reform the RMA, more similar thinking.
In July last year the Government launched a comprehensive overhaul of the Resource Management Act (RMA) to cut complexity and costs and better enable urban development, while also improving protection of the environment.
https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/comprehensive-overhaul-rma

The final report to the Minister is now on track to be delivered in late June. It was originally scheduled to be released at the end of May but due to the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic response, it has been slightly delayed.
https://www.mfe.govt.nz/rmreview

Judith Collins promises to abolish RMA. The RMA fast-track legislation passed in response to Covid-19 provides a useful interim framework, but is too limited, she said.
If elected National will make far more extensive use of the Labour’s fast-track act.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12348810

[Zaphod]

The biggest issue I've run into with respect to the RMA is that it is being used as a tool to bludgeon another party. For example, one supermarket lodged an objection under the RMA against a competitor attempting to establish an operation near them. Ultimately they lost the case in the EC, however by this time several years and hundreds of thousands of dollars had been spent in legal costs.

A personal example is one neighbour to a development lodging an official objection while simultaneously agreeing to remove the objection if $75K was paid to them for loss of value to their property, not officially quantified. Six others, immediately located next door in more effected positions, did not object.

Those are some of issues that need to be addressed in the RMA from my perspective.

[Panda-NZ-]

We are a lightly regulated country compared to somewhere like Australia, uk, council rules in most areas. Im generally happy with how things are myself and these issues can be managed easily enough.

Labour and National both want to reform the RMA, more similar thinking.

National don't want to, only labour may be able to be trusted on that. Since they dont need to motivate themselves with policies like this.