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Compulsory KiwiSaver will squeeze workers who can least afford it (opens the original)
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Compulsory KiwiSaver will not solve National Super's affordability problem. Photo / Chris Steel Every major party except Act is proposing compulsory KiwiSaver. One of the biggest changes to our retirement system is receiving almost no scrutiny, and voters are being denied a real choice. What problem does compulsory saving solve? If it is the affordability of NZ Super, it will be many years before compulsory savings could replace it. In the meantime, compulsory KiwiSaver means today’s workers wil
Why the Waitangi Tribunal is the wrong body to review NZ's constitution (opens the original)
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New Zealand needs public debate before any constitutional change, writes Richard Prebble. Photo / Tessa Chrisp Photography At last, the Labour Party has issued some policy. The policy with the potential to fundamentally change New Zealand is Chris Hipkins’ statement that Labour will keep the Waitangi Tribunal. That means that, if Labour is elected, the tribunal’s Constitutional Kaupapa Inquiry, Wai 3300, will continue. I know something about this inquiry. When I was appointed to the Waitangi Tri
How the coalition rates against Labour on the issues that matter to voters (opens the original)
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Political parties want us to decide who to vote for by comparing promises. But promises are easy. Politicians can promise the moon. I suspect it is easier to get to the moon than to have bureaucrats run a successful supermarket. A better test is: what have politicians delivered? There is an old joke about two big-game hunters who come across a lion. The lion charges and they start running. One says to the other: “Why are we running? We cannot outrun a lion.” The other replies: “I’m trying to out
Seymour's school attendance strategy is working, but it does not go far enough (opens the original)
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Last week, I read David Seymour’s March 2024 Cabinet paper, Approach To Improving Attendance In Schools. You can see Seymour’s hand in it. It says the previous Labour Government “tried to hide the statistics”. No civil servant would write that. “In Term 2, 2023, 47% of all students attended school for more than 90% of the term. This percentage is lower for Māori and Pacific students, with 33% and 32% respectively.” A “national catastrophe”, it said. “Attendance is a significant factor in student
Split voting matters more than party loyalty under MMP (opens the original)
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If the election were held today, MMP could produce an extraordinary result. National could win around 30% of the party vote and elect no list MPs. A party receiving 5% and winning no electorates would get about six list MPs. Yet National, with six times the support, could get none. Commentators have reacted to Te Pāti Māori’s announcement that it will seek only electorate votes as though this is something new. The party’s leadership is trying to catch up with its voters. At the last election, La
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