Pages tagged "Budget"
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32 councils scramble to set up segregated voting
Posted on The Update by Mike Butler · May 25, 2021 10:24 AMAt least 32 councils scrambled to meet Friday’s deadline to set up segregated voting via Maori wards or constituencies for next year’s elections. Overwhelming support was claimed despite low response to limited consultation.
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Brash questions $1b for Maori after Covid-19
Posted on Blog by Mike Butler · May 21, 2020 8:57 AMA Budget allocation of almost $1 billion to assist exclusively those with a Maori ancestor who have been affected by Covid-19 is an absurdity that few dare to question, Hobson’s Pledge spokesman Don Brash said on May 15, 2020.
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Medical School quotas and France's colour blind policies
Posted on The Update by Mike Butler · May 18, 2020 11:58 AMHave the medical schools gone too far by favouring Maori and Polynesian applicants with average grades over others with exceptional grades?
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Brash: Budget revives old race-based gap-closing
Posted on Blog by Jeremy Wood · May 30, 2019 4:11 PMIt is appalling to see that the Labour Coalition Government is turning the clock back 20 years to the absurd “Closing the Gaps” policy of the Clark Government, Hobson’s Pledge spokesman Don Brash said today.
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$8m budgeted for coastal claims
Posted on The Update by Jeremy Wood · May 28, 2017 7:43 PMThis year’s New Zealand Budget shows that over $8 million, or 17 percent of the total allocation for Vote Treaty Negotiations, has been earmarked for determining customary interests in the marine and coastal area over the next year.
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