Category: New Zealand

Maddy Drew is the Green Party candidate for Otaki. What do you think are the three greatest problems New Zealanders are facing at the moment? Inequality, environment and the need for a sustainable economy What have you done thus far to help? My best to be an engaged and active citizen. What do you intend […]

Nikki Kaye is the National Party candidate for Auckland Central. What do you think are the three greatest problems New Zealanders are facing at the moment? ·             More affordable housing particularly for Aucklanders ·             Continuing strong economic policies to ensure wages keep rising and jobs are created ·             Reducing the numbers of young people leaving […]

A promotional competition asking two best mates to get married in order to win an all-expenses-paid trip to the 2015 Rugby World Cup is insulting, marriage equality campaign LegaliseLove Aotearoa claims. The competition, run by New Zealand radio station The Edge, asks people to register to marry their ‘bro’, in a ceremony that will be […]

Robert Moore is the Green Party candidate for Taranaki – King Country. What do you think are the three greatest problems New Zealanders are facing at the moment? Climate Change – the single biggest threat to our way of life, ever. Polar ice is melting, sea levels are rising, the science is clear, we need […]

Jan Logie is the Green Party candidate for the Mana electorate. What do you think are the three greatest problems New Zealanders are facing at the moment? Child poverty, a low wage economy based on raw products, and the fact our environment has been degraded to the point we can’t swim in most of our […]

Nine hundred and twenty six same sex couples were married in New Zealand in the year since the successful implementation of changes to the Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Act. Provisional figures released yesterday show 1 quarter of same sex marriages were Australian (237), 532 of the 926 were New Zealanders, more than 200 of this […]

Jacinda Ardern is the Labour Party candidate for Auckland Central. What do you think are the three greatest problems New Zealanders are facing at the moment? Lack of affordable housing, low wages and not enough jobs, and the impact of rising inequality. What have you done thus far to help? We have a really fantastic […]

Kelly Ellis is the Labour Party candidate for Whangarei. What do you think are the three greatest problems New Zealanders are facing at the moment? Inequality, greed and poor governance. What have you done thus far to help? I’ve been involved in shaping the law at appellate level for more than two decades. I led […]