The developing campaign around medicinal cannabis has eerie overtones of last year’s row about psychoactive substances, where reason and logic quickly gave way to lowest common denominator decision-making, equivalent to mob rule. So, with eternal optimism that informed debate will always prevail, but tempered by an uneasy fear that once more common sense may be…
Written by Damian Light, UnitedFuture Party Secretary The board has been busy working on party rejuvenation, including better defining who we are as a party and what we stand for. The AGM will be a critical stage; we’re dedicating a section of the AGM to talk through how we’ve reached this point as well as…
Written by Judy Turner, UnitedFuture Deputy Party Leader Over the last 18 months I have been part of a team, delegated to pull together a new District Plan for our District. It has given me the chance to consider first-hand, the impact of the Resource Management Act (RMA) on the way we use our finite…
Written by Quentin Todd, UnitedFuture Board of Management Member There has to come a time when we must understand all policy reviews must face the harsh reality of the future. I emphasis the word future because lately I hear politicians making strange noises about what might be the “best” solution for their review outcome. The…