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Yvette

Unreleased review recommends Waitangi Tribunal keep key power
No matter who is in government after the election, the tribunal needs reform and a new mission, Tama Potaka says.
https://newsroom.co.nz/2026/08/06/unreleased-review-recommends-waitangi-tribunal-keep-key-power/?

RELEASE THE REPORT – BEFORE THE ELECTION
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August 7, 2026 8:01am
Frank the tank

Dear John Key,

I know you weren’t perfect but please come back.

The country needs you more than ever.

P.S. bring back your mate Steven J as well
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August 7, 2026 8:13am
- Benedict Yu
  
  Yesterday’s brain explosion over MMP was serious error in my opinion. It provides a perfect excuse for Winston to form a government with Labour post election. Let’s face it. Winston is quite capable of justifying most things if he has a mind to do so.
  
  If there is a change of government in 2023, I think that historians will identify two drivers..
  
  1. The economy. The damage caused by the last government was too much to turn around in three years. The Iran war was the last straw.
  
  2. Christopher Luxon.
  
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  August 7, 2026 8:44am
- kowtow
  
  Key was just another front man for the National behind the scenes , puppet master , power brokers.
  
  The same people who promoted Luxon and who like Luxon are simply not in touch with the National base or of the average NZ voter.
  
  The same people who got rid of Bridges and Bennet ,( too right wing /evangelical) but who were way more popular with the public than this Blue Suit Brigade.
  
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  August 7, 2026 8:56am
David George

What the hell is happening to our once respected institutions?
Not that there’s any shortage of examples but this Cambridge University fiasco takes the biscuit – so far anyway.

They had this diversity hire professor that literally lied about everything and was believed because he is black. Black Lies Matter.

This isn’t some half arse college, this is Cambridge University, home to Sir Isaac Newton, that would rather believe a lie than fearlessly face the truth. If only this was some sort of an aberration we wouldn’t need to be too concerned; this is how civilisations collapse.
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August 7, 2026 8:19am
- Maggy Wassilieff
  
  The rot extends well beyond Cambridge.
  Clearly Arday was not well supervised with his Ph.D. study back at Liverpool John Moores University.
  
  He seems to have been handled with kid gloves by the university and police for the last year or so when it was becoming evident that his research was dodgy and his claims for authorship/fund-raising/running/ university positions/harassment were fabulations.
  
  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0rd9y99grzo
  
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  August 7, 2026 8:56am
Cassandra

Melanie Phillips is no shrinking violet when it comes to defending Israel’s interests. But having said that, she has some sound advice for President Trump.

Iran is run by fanatics whose endgame is destruction of the West (and East ie Sunnis, for that matter) and substituting a Shia Caliphate.

To Iran negotiating is something you do to delay and obstruct your opponent.

The Iranian leadership has an infinite tolerance for pain.

The only solution is regime change by force. If not now then when? And who will do it?

European won’t even do much about Hormuz right now. America is divided and the midterms loom. This sorry situation is going to last for ages.
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August 7, 2026 8:24am
- NeverMindTheBollocks
  
  “ The Iranian leadership has an infinite tolerance for pain of their citizens”.
  
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  August 7, 2026 8:53am
- David George
  
  Yes, Melanie Phillips understands what we’re dealing with. Negotiating with Iran is pointless.
  Link to her essay How America can get out of its fix over Iran: https://melaniephillips.substack.com/p/my-message-to-centcom
  
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  August 7, 2026 8:56am
Yvette

Waitangi Tribunal’s mandate – the unreleased Report
Reporting around the Review highlights political friction among the coalition partners (National, ACT, and NZ First) regarding the Waitangi Tribunal’s mandate. While ACT and NZ First have advocated for narrowing or restricting the Tribunal’s scope and powers, the advisory group’s recommendations reportedly favour retaining key powers. Because the coalition parties have differing stances on how to handle the Tribunal’s jurisdiction, the report remains unreleased while discussions and negotiations take place within the government.

Surely information on National, ACT, and NZ First’s political friction in attitude to Waitangi Tribunal mandate and function is of some importance in the way Voters vote

Just like a referendum on MMP, may be some random “journalist” could ask Luxon about the Report and see if he has another “brain fart” – excuse the language
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August 7, 2026 8:39am
Sir Cullen's Sidekick

Luxon has lost it completely. He is doing more damage to National than Labour.
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August 7, 2026 8:49am
imalwaysright

Its August.
Who will replace Luxon?
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August 7, 2026 8:52am

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