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Over the weekend, the ACT Party released a major policy package targeting some of the core constitutional issues Hobson’s Pledge has been fighting on for years.
For a long time, Hobson's Pledge has been a voice calling for one law for all and upholding the words of Governor Hobson: “He iwi tahi tatou” — We are one people.
Now, it is very exciting to see those very principles picked up in mainstream political announcements.
Te Pāti Māori has recently set out its election strategy, and in doing so, it has unintentionally revealed a profound constitutional reality: New Zealand no longer requires separate Māori seats to ensure Māori representation in Parliament.
At its campaign launch, Co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer encouraged supporters to give their candidate vote to Te Pāti Māori, while directing their party vote elsewhere.
Over the weekend, the ACT Party unveiled a policy package targeting the very issue Hobson’s Pledge has fought against for years: the systemic embedding of division and race-based distinction in our public institutions.
David Seymour announced that, if re-elected, ACT intends to reform the Public Service around core principles of equal treatment, individual freedom, political and religious neutrality, and clear accountability for results.
Over the past few months, Hobson’s Pledge has been campaigning hard for a dedicated Regulated Professions Neutrality Bill.
Our campaign, Professionals, Not Politicians, was launched with a simple premise: Kiwi workers should be evaluated on their competence and ethics, not forced to adopt political or ideological positions just to earn a living.
Two taxpayer-funded bodies. One week. Both working against you.
Mike Hosking nailed it on Newstalk ZB this week, and the Taxpayers' Union is right to back him up: the Human Rights Commission has completely lost the plot.
The Commission’s job is straightforward: defend the universal, equal rights of every single New Zealander. Instead, it has degenerated into a taxpayer-funded activist group, picking and choosing which "rights" it defends based on ideology, not principle.
