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They came from the National Party's Papakura branch, the branch Collins represents. Peter is inferring that Judith Collins either directed those donations or at the very least knew about them.
…Linda Clark: An American wrote it for an American audience with no understanding of how New Zealand looks at these issues and how our politicians behave.[3] Mr Gower also read out a statement from former National Party leader Simon Bridges on the issue which stated: 'The scripting is entirely inaccurate and offensive. We immediately supported the ban [on semi-automatic guns]. This is a misleading and dishonest Americanisation of what happened in this country.'
So instead of trying to shut them down, the Prime Minister should simply present the answers and it would help if they're the same answers given by her Justice Minister.[2] The broadcast also contained soundbites from National Party Leader Judith Collins (‘this work that the Government has done, is ill thought out and the Prime Minister is wrong.
The line of questioning was reasonable in the context, and the item did not actively promote serious anti-social or illegal behaviour.Not Upheld: Law and OrderThe broadcast[1] On 4 August 2021, John MacDonald interviewed MP and National Party leader Judith Collins on his programme Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald about comments Ms Collins had made regarding Labour MP and Police Minister Poto Williams:Mr MacDonald: Bottling…when you referred to the Police Minister, Poto Williams…When you
The National Party's education spokesperson, Paul Goldsmith, is calling the situation a truancy crisis. But the service providers contracted by the Ministry of Education to help return children to school say they're underfunded with the $10 million allocated annually only reaching 20,000 students. The Government has announced it will review the service with the aim to have a new model in place by the start of 2022.
In relation to the water quality and swimmability of Auckland beaches: The issue has been widely canvassed in media since 2018, both by RNZ,12 and other outlets.13 Viewers could reasonably have been expected to be aware of alternative views regarding appropriate measures in response to water quality issues, including those of the National Party as presented by RNZ,14 and those of Dr Armstrong and Milford WEEPS as presented by other media outlets.15 Additionally, this area remains an ongoing topic
‘The 1 News story is very clear why the calls [for changes to the right to silence laws] came about and who was making the call – the Sensible Sentencing Trust, and the National Party Justice Spokesperson, in light of the recent death of Sofia Taueki-Jackson.’
FairnessThe broadcast was an ‘extremely unfair representation of The National Party on such an incredibly charged issue in this country and for [women] worldwide, it cast them to be what MP Willow Jean Prime had [inaccurately] tried to paint them as.
Mr Richardson did not mention ‘the fact the New Zealand National Party led by John Key took away the protection rights of native trees in New Zealand…but instead blamed the Green Party for not doing anything’. ‘Is this statement made by Mark Richardson his own view? If so why is Mark Richardson putting his personal opinion on public television?’
This is despite the National Party also frequently saying they want fewer children born into benefit dependent households.’ Accuracy‘The ACT Party has never talked about eugenics and to state that they have is wrong and deliberately misleading.’ ‘The ACT Party has never advocated for eugenics, it is not a policy, it never has been.’ Ms Ferguson claimed she had read the policy, but ‘by having read the policy…it would have been clear that eugenics is not a policy.
As the National Party’s finance spokesperson, he should expect significant questioning around the National Party’s policies particularly in the period leading up to the election.
Party’s position on the Government’s COVID-19 response and border closures, as well as possible issues within the National Party caucus and Ms Collins’ motivations for certain actions in the lead-up to the 2020 election, were clearly of concern to the New Zealand public ten days before the election.
Given the ambiguity around the term’s origins, it found its use in the context was unlikely to encourage discrimination or denigration, or threaten community standards of taste and decency.Not Upheld: Good Taste and Decency, Discrimination and DenigrationThe broadcast[1] A Newshub story on 15 July 2020 (channel Three) canvassed reactions of politicians and the public to Judith Collins being appointed as the National Party leader.
But gone from his role, the health minister who kept breaching lockdown rules, David Clark, resigned from the senior role but will stay on as a Dunedin MP.[2] The item included clips of comments from Mr Clark, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and the then-deputy leader of the National Party about the resignation.
The interview concerned a matter of public interest: the Māori electoral roll, and a proposal blocked by the National Party that could have affected Māori voter participation in a direct and immediate way. Ms Sherman is a political reporter expected to ask probing questions of politicians and solicit answers for viewers. Mr Smith is an experienced politician and the National Party’s electoral law reform spokesperson.
Party’s top 12 MPs.
Summary [This summary does not form part of the decision.]The Authority has not upheld a complaint about a segment of Newshub Nation which discussed the National Party’s top Members of Parliament (MPs) under then leader Todd Muller. In the segment, reporter Tova O’Brien asked ‘Why is it that all of these women do the mahi and then this dude gets the treat?’
Summary [This summary does not form part of the decision.]The Authority did not uphold a complaint regarding inclusion of a comment, ‘The party is reeling’, in the context of a news bulletin regarding the resignation of National Party Members. The complainant submitted this was unnecessary editorial comment which should not have been in a news bulletin.
National Party MP Ms Loheni, who was opposed to the Bill and outlined her main concerns with the legislation, particularly about late term abortions of more than 20 weeks. She added that the consultation process did not go far enough to offer sufficient safeguard. The nature of the issue and whether viewers could reasonably be expected to be aware of views expressed in other coverage.
The Authority has not upheld a complaint about a segment on The Project, in which host (and comedian) Jeremy Corbett compared the time then National Party Leader Todd Muller and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spent thinking before responding to a question about whether US President Donald Trump is racist.