QNA : New Zealand : Politics

News/Sites:

2-Nov-2005

New Labour chief whip Tim Barnett accepts he has his work cut out.
Elected unopposed yesterday, the Christchurch Central MP said: "I think it is going to be a challenge, and I love challenges."
Read the full story/Visit the site - NZ Herald

28-Oct-2005

National MPs have muddled their lines on PC issues, just one day after party leader Don Brash created a new role of "political correctness eradicator".
Yesterday morning Wayne Mapp, the MP charged with the eradicator role, got off to an enthusiastic start by saying he planned to introduce a member's bill to Parliament to "fix" the Human Rights Commission.
Read the full story/Visit the site - NZ Herald

27-Oct-2005

The National Party's new political correctness eradicator is vowing to rid New Zealand of Labour's "insidious social engineering".
MP Wayne Mapp, appointed to the unusual position yesterday by party leader Don Brash, said he aimed to stamp out political correctness in public institutions.
Read the full story/Visit the site - NZ Herald

27-Oct-2005

National has created the menacing-sounding role of "political correctness eradicator" to counter the Government's "PC" culture that it says is eroding New Zealanders' rights and freedoms.
The role is the creation of party leader Don Brash, who has given Wayne Mapp, ranked number 14 in the National line-up announced yesterday, the eradication job.
Read the full story/Visit the site - NZ Herald

21-Oct-2005

Transsexual list MP Georgina Beyer confirmed yesterday that she had been told by Prime Minister Helen Clark the party would not stand in her way if she found "new opportunities" during the present term.
She also admitted to being a little hurt by it.
She is 47 and has been an MP for only two terms, as MP for Wairarapa.
Read the full story/Visit the site - NZ Herald

2-Oct-2005

The Lord works in mysterious ways, and for this election he saw fit to smile upon a government led by an agnostic prime minister and one which legalised prostitution and introduced civil unions for gay couples.
At the last census, more than half of all New Zealanders declared themselves Christian, yet this election Christian parties performed even worse than usual.
Read the full story/Visit the site - Sunday Star Times

22-Sep-2005

New Zealand will have a record number of openly LGBT parliamentarians after a knife’s-edge election last Saturday that saw the incumbent Labour Party win just one more seat than its National Party opposition.
At least five gay, lesbian or transgender politicians will sit in the new 122-member parliament, probably led by a minority Labour government.
Read the full story/Visit the site - Sydney Star Observer

19-Sep-2005

National Party leader Don Brash has said homosexuals are not part of mainstream New Zealand. The party's first openly gay MP has just been elected to Parliament. He spoke to Danya Levy.
Wellington barrister Chris Finlayson will be hanging up his wig and gown following Saturday's election
Read the full story/Visit the site - Stuff Website

15-Sep-2005

Act New Zealand leader Rodney Hide is standing by a Hamilton candidate who pretended to vomit when talking about gays.
During a candidates' meeting on Tuesday night, Hamilton East Act candidate Garry Mallett preceded a vomiting gesture with: "If guys want to get together with other guys . . . "
Read the full story/Visit the site - Waikato Times

15-Sep-2005

A broadly Christian lobby group has been one of the most active forces of the 2005 election campaign, pulling upwards of 800 people to public meetings while staying out of the limelight.
The Maxim Institute, which describes itself as a conservative think-tank, lobbies politicians and the media on issues such as education and the family.
Read the full story/Visit the site - NZ Herald
Related Site - Maxim Institute

15-Sep-2005

Destiny's leader got the most thunderous applause at a political youth forum in Manukau, but many young Pacific Islanders in the audience said afterwards that they would still vote Labour on Saturday.
More than 200 people, mainly Polynesians from local church groups, filled the old Papatoetoe Town Hall to hear candidates from nine parties at a forum organised by the conservative Maxim Institute and Pacific mentoring agency Affirming Works.
Read the full story/Visit the site - NZ Herald

11-Sep-2005

The Exclusive Brethren Church was last night accused of using young teenagers in a mucky election tactics - as a snap poll shows National and its leader Don Brash have been wounded over his dealings with the church.
Today's Herald on Sunday-DigiPoll shows Labour with 42.1 per cent party-vote support, ahead of National on 38.5 per cent, while respondents say they trust Helen Clark well ahead of Dr Brash. Only days ago, the parties were neck-and-neck. Two other polls expected out today give conflicting results, promising Saturday's election will be one of the closest in living memory.
Read the full story/Visit the site - NZ Herald

8-Sep-2005

The Labour Party’s ‘hidden’ agenda is to boost the number of high profile “gay”-‘rights’ lobbyists, like former Labour Party president and outspoken “open lesbian”, Ms Maryan Street, and lesbian ‘icon’ Ms Louisa Wall (placed at no. 36 no. 46 respectively, on the party list), within its parliamentary ranks. Labour thinks this will help it achieve its social engineering legislative programme that is so dear to the heart of its “gay” and feminist cabal: same-sex marriage, “gay” adoption, anti-discrimination laws to protect trans-sexuals and cross-dressers, and hate-speech laws to crush all criticisms of promiscuous homosexual lifestyles.
Read the full story/Visit the site - Society For Promotion Of Community Standards Inc.
Related Site - Rainbow Labour

4-Sep-2005

Prime Minister Helen Clark has accused Don Brash of bringing a mob of hooligans who called her a "no-kids lesbo", a "scrubber" and a liar at the TVNZ leaders' debate.
She said the National Party leader was guilty of hypocrisy when he said he had not attacked her in the debate because he was a gentleman.
Read the full story/Visit the site - Sunday Star Times

3-Sep-2005

Labour has stripped its gay and lesbian policy of controversy, leaving it silent on emotive issues such as same-sex adoption even though that remains on the table.
Its apparently cautious policy this election is in stark contrast to its 2002 paper, which detailed backing for both same-sex adoption and civil unions.
Read the full story/Visit the site - NZ Herald

3-Sep-2005

CIVIL UNIONS
Labour, Greens, Progressive: No change.
National: Conscience issue which Don Brash said should go to referendum. Family spokeswoman Judith Collins advocates restricting civil unions to gay couples only.
United Future: Amend law to protect gay couples' rights to share and inherit property and be buried together, but remove equal status with marriage; propose bill to define marriage as between man and woman.
NZ First: Hold referendum on repealing Civil Union Bill; support bill defining marriage as between man and woman.
Act: Conscience issue, may go to referendum; support bill defining marriage as between man and woman.
Maori Party: Tariana Turia voted against Civil Union Bill.
Read the full story/Visit the site - NZ Herald

25-Aug-2005

A total of 739 people are standing for Parliament and 19 parties are seeking the important party vote, the Chief Electoral Office says, releasing all electorate and party list nominations. And one of the more interesting sets of candidates will be East Coast, vacated by retiring Labour MP Janet Mackey.
Read the full story/Visit the site - NZ Herald

24-Aug-2005

Pacific Islanders have traditionally voted Labour but Angela Gregory reports that support is no longer guaranteed.
Tongan warden Alexis Huni has been a loyal Labour voter since he arrived in New Zealand in 1975.
Read the full story/Visit the site - NZ Herald

17-Aug-2005

At a cattle sale in Te Awamutu, Arapuni farmer Owen Emmett and his niece Shirley Emmett are giving the Herald a morality lesson.
"I'm quite disappointed in the lack of support of family issues with things like civil unions," Mr Emmett says.
Read the full story/Visit the site - NZ Herald

17-Aug-2005

Once again the ugly head of the self-proclaimed saviours of family and society has reared. I for one am so sick of those faux-christians blaming gay people for the demise of society and the breakdown of the family. It really is nauseating to hear the perpetual BS they gush forth comparing gay people to the heterosexual paedophile. If they put the same effort and energy into resolving our violent domestic crime, child abuse and rapes and murders, society would be a much better place. But I guess fear does funny things to funny people....Why on earth people like the destiny church/party and its sheep cannot understand that this country is made up of individuals who believe in all sorts of religions and and have their own belief systems that do not necessarily concur with Destiny's so where do they get off forcing it on others? Bishop bling bling and his wife et al are allowed their opinion sure, but to force it upon others? - Scapegoat
Read the full story/Visit the site - NZ Herald

Prev 20 Next 20

Related Categories:

Pink Pages Net - New Zealand - Australia - Pacific Islands - Asia - North America - Canada - USA - South America - Europe - Middle East - Africa - International - New Zealand Travel - Books - Rainbow Tourism - About Us

Write to QNA