The following is written in Don's capacity as trustee for Hobson's Pledge: It is almost the end of 2025 and, as you may know, the Government has recently introduced to Parliament the two Bills it seeks to replace the Resource Management Act  (RMA) with. The Bills were pushed through first reading under urgency and have been referred to the Environment Select Committee. We will shortly be able to make submissions. We have already looked at the Bills and sought some initial legal advice. As you...

With less than a year to go to the next general election, polls suggest that the current Government could well lose to a Labour-led coalition, despite the mess which the last Labour Government left just two years ago.  Is that negativity warranted?   There are all kinds of criteria one might use to assess the Government but in recent years I have consistently used just five.   First, has the Government taken any significant steps to improve our longstanding record of appallingly slow...

The House believes that the Sun should never have set on the British Empire Mr President, I speak in opposition to the motion. But I also want to acknowledge at the outset that the British Empire did more good things for more people than any other empire in human history. • The British Empire introduced the rule of law and the benefits of Magna Carta to millions of people all over the globe; • Because the industrial revolution began in this country, the British Empire spread the benefit of...