National Party announces the abolition of good character references in sentencing for sexual offenders, aiming to ensure real consequences for crime and greater safety for victims.
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Well, so one of the things I think politically that they did wrong at the weekend Winston Peters in New Zealand first was they buried what would be a really popular policy that actually probably all of us would agree on, which is to give a thousand dollars Kiwi savour to every child at birth, you know, to invest in savings. That's something that, you know, actually we'd probably all be talking about that. Whereas now we're talking about this controversial issue of do we buy back B and Zed. One thing I would say, I heard Barry talking to you, Heather, and saying, you know, should never have been, should never have been um, you know, it was a loss, we made a terrible mess of it, had to sell it. Well, um, I don't think it should ever have been sold. Um, we we sold it, they actually paid back that debt, and not only did they pay it back, they pay back 15% interest on it too. So that doesn't get told. So it wasn't a complete basket case, Trish. Um, and also the key point I would make why I don't think we should buy it back. I mean, A, it's not for sale, so it's like me saying I want to buy Sky City, um, it's not for sale. Um, but also we have a bank, we have Kiwi Bank, and and you know, actually that's done really well. That's something where as a as a um as a publicly owned bank initially, and I was there at the very beginning, and this will appall you all. But one name we thought of for Kiwi Bank was the People's Bank. So that you would hate that. Were you gonna have a sickle? I was gonna say I was gonna say Ruth Richardson, who appears to be harking back to the dancing cost.
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need for evidence-based, transparent guidelines
National wants to scrap sexual offender character references. Should NZ go further?needs evidence-based, harm-focused reform
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