Various Deadlines: Make Sure You Can Vote In The Ikaroa-Rāwhiti By-Election

“You can only vote in the Ikaroa-Rāwhiti by-election if you are eligible and correctly enrolled,” says Sue Braybrook, Registrar of Electors for the Ikaroa-Rāwhiti electorate. More>>

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• Electoral Commission - Enrol for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti By-Election (English and Te Reo)
• Labour - Six Nominees For the Labour Candidacy In the Ikaroa-Rawhiti - Extended Closing Date For Nominations In Ikaroa-Rawhiti
• Labour nomination race - Broadcaster To Seek Labour Party Candidacy - Hayden Hape seeks Labour candidacy in Ikaroa--Rawhiti - Meka Whaitiri tol seek Labour selection Ikaroa-Rawhiti
• Mana Party - Te Hamua Nikora Named MANA Candidate for Ikaroa Rawhiti - Te Hamua Nikora gets a big smile from MANA in Ikaroa Rawhiti - Yeeeeeehaaaaaa! - Te Hamua Nikora is “In it to win it”
• Maori Party - Na Rongowhakaata Raihania announced as candidate
• Greens - Green Party to Contest Ikaroa Rāwhiti By-Election

Unsold Energy: Government "At War With Solid Energy Board"

Despite having known the scale of Solid Energy’s troubles for years the Government was prepping the company for sale just days before it cut 400 jobs and revealed it was in serious trouble, says Labour’s SOEs spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove. More>>

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• NZ Treasury - Release of Solid Energy Information from Treasury
• Hamish Cardwell - PM Post-Cabinet Press Conference - 20 May 2013

Special Schools: Salisbury Stays open After Court Ruling, Community Pressure

The Minister of Education Hon Hekia Parata met with Salisbury School students and the Board this morning and confirmed that Salisbury will remain open as part of the delivery of service within the new Intensive Wrap-Around Service, along with the other two residential special schools. More>>

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• Labour - Minister finally sees sense over Salisbury
• Greens - Minister Backs Down Over Salisbury
• NZ First - Follow Salisbury’s Lead Says NZ First
• Public Service Association - Salisbury School decision a hard-fought victory
• Image Out-Link - Salisbury School - Visitors to the School

Gordon Campbell: On The Government’s Trampling On The Rights Of Family Carers

Don’t want to be unduly alarmist about this, but we seem to have an outlaw government on our hands – if by that we mean a government willing to suspend the ability of citizens to seek the courts’ protection if and when the government violates freedoms set out in our Bill of Rights. More>>

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• Pundit.co.nz Out-Link - Andrew Geddis: I think National just broke our constitution - Claire Browning: Kicking the tyres from beneath New Zealand
• Out-Link - What Andrew Geddis Said, But Shorter and With More Swearing • OnPoint • Public Address
• No Right Turn Out-Link - Worse than I thought - No Right Turn: Another abuse of urgency
• Dim-Post Out-Link - Johnyongyang?
• Hamish Cardwell - PM Post-Cabinet Press Conference - 20 May 2013
• Parliament Today - Parliament Ends Long Urgency Session - To The Midnight Hour - Parliament Resumes To Pass Budget Bills - Urgency Progress - Urgency Motion - House Goes Into Urgency
• Labour - Minister's Arrogance Makes Bad Law Making Worse - Government to extend protest ban - Govt’s power hungry approach a threat
• Greens - Govt abuses urgency to extend Anadarko Amendment - Green Party Response to Family Care Legislation
• NZ First - Law Discriminates Against Disabled Adults and Family
• Radio New Zealand Out-Link - No breach of international law in minerals bill - minister