Congrats to Otago, who beat Auckland in the Grand Final of the NZ Schools Debating Champs today at Parliament. Wonderful to have Justice Stephen Kos there as Patron and Deborah Russell MP 🐝, Hon Jan Tinetti and Hon Karen Chhour to watch. Thanks to 🗣 Free Speech Union ✊ for sponsoring. A pleasure to host.

#ANALYSIS : The First Home Grant didn't fix what's wrong with housing. Boosting supply is the real solution, writes Q+A presenter Jack Tame 🏡

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Absolute chaos here at Sky Stadium. Wellington Phoenix 🔥 equalise in final minute of added time. Extra time we go!

So fast track is okay for projects that would almost certainly be unconsentable under the existing RMA? Got it.

The most important thing to understand about history, is that the industrial revolution is the main thing that mattered. Even the Roman Empire only made a small dent.

Hey The Spinoff this isn’t correct. The Fast Track Approvals Bill isn’t law. Was referred to select committee on 7 March for a full six month process.

The Foreign Minister met this morning with Juliet Moses & Shoshana Maasland of the NZ Jewish Council.

They discussed:

-concerns over the rise of anti-semitic incidents in New Zealand

-the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance; and

-the situation in the Middle East.

#BREAKING – We’ve delivered our Local Water Done Well plan for Auckland, retaining local control of water assets.

Labour wasted $1.2 billion on its divisive Three Waters and said our plan wouldn’t work. In just six months, our plan has avoided a 26% water rate rise in Auckland.

#nzmusictshirtday

Interesting choice for Dave Grohl to wear a 1980s NZ cricket shirt on SNL in 2003