National is threatening to exploit Parliamentary rules to run a filibuster which would effectively freeze procedures as it continues to oppose a Labour move to cut back the number of MPs on Select Committees…
(UPDATE --- Parker was not named as associate Foreign Affairs Minister but is the Trade Minister. Either way, he and Peters will be working closely together.)
The role played in the government formation n…
Pressure from the National Party organisation appears to have been influential in persuading the National negotiating team not to make any concessions to NZ First during the government formation talks.
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Labour has agreed to a huge provincial Development Fund as part of its coalition agreement with NZ First.
The fund is Labour’s answer to NZ First’s manifesto promise to restore GST collected from touris…
NZ First may find itself squeezed into third place in the new Government by the Greens who, though they will not be in Cabinet, may well end up having more leverage over Labour.
NZ First are going into a fu…