The prestigious boys’ school, Scots College in Wellington is going co-ed next year, after being a single-sex school for 103 years. The school recently held an open day for students looking at attending the college next year, and well … it didn’t go well. quote. The headmaster of a prestigious
We are now a month away from our first Wellbeing budget, which is a great new concept dreamed up by the current government with their touchy-feely approach to everything. Most of us understand that budgets need to be about the collection of tax revenue and the responsible spending and distribution
Do you remember what it was like to have a 16 year old in the house? It was hard going, right? Remember all the comments about them being ’16, going on 30′? Remember how they always knew everything? I also remember my 16 year old being grounded for a month
There was a time when large numbers of MPs went into politics after a career in the private sector. Many of us still think that it is a good idea; after all, there is nothing like a bit of real-world experience to teach a politician what is really needed for
I went to a barbeque last Saturday night. Those in attendance were virtually all South Islanders, with a fair few from Christchurch. As there was a rugby game on the big screen (Blues v Highlanders), the conversation inevitably turned to the Crusaders, and whether or not they should change their
Michael Cullen must still be receiving his $1062 per day, as he is railing everywhere about the failure of the Capital Gains Tax… at least to anyone who will listen. I guess that he has to justify the enormous amount of taxpayers’ money he is probably still collecting, and so
Another week is over, with another embarrassing backdown by this woeful government. This time it was Capital Gains Tax: another flagship policy of this transformational government that has bitten the dust. No wonder many political writers are openly criticising the administration that was going to transform everything away from ‘nine
There is nothing like a 4-day weekend. Some people will have visited friends and family, or gone away on sporting events. Me? I spent my Easter weekend gib-stopping. No, I am not looking for praise, because I know many of you will have been doing similar things. We are living
This is the year of delivery for Jacinda Ardern’s government. So far, it hasn’t gone particularly well. First, they decided to stop publishing the number of houses built by Kiwibuild… mainly because it was becoming comical. Then the census became a total farce, which means that regional decisions
Rumours abound that there is a coup coming against Simon Bridges, from Paula Bennett and Mark Mitchell. Paula has lost a lot of weight and has had a complete makeover in anticipation of this move. Mark Mitchell, in trying also to make his mark, has decided to move away from
The fallout over the backdown on CGT continues. Certainly, abandoning CGT came as a surprise. Jacinda has always said she wanted CGT, because it was going to be ‘fair’. What is becoming clear now is that she may have wanted the tax as a socialist ideal, but she had no
All is not well in the camps of the left, as they try to fathom why Jacinda walked away from CGT. Most left-leaning people wanted the tax badly, believing it would have been a great way to sock it to the rich. They also claim that it is the only
It is delicious to be able to rub Michael Cullen’s nose in the failure of his proposed Capital Gains Tax, (CGT). It is a massive black mark against him, of course, not being able to get the proposed tax across the line. So what does he do? He blames
Most of us breathed a sigh of relief when Susan Devoy declined to renew her contract as the head of the Human Rights Commission. She had done a terrible job, and to cap it all off, the Commission was under scrutiny for having an awful culture itself, even though it
Jacinda Ardern has ruled out the introduction of a capital gains tax in New Zealand. She claimed that, even though the Tax Working Group had recommended it, the government could not reach a consensus on the issue. As we know that both Labour and the Greens desperately wanted it, there
I love the way left-leaning journalists can write articles that have no basis in reality whatsoever. I guess that is why they call them opinion pieces. David Cormack has recently become a parent, and now he wants the whole country to drop everything to look after his daughter. It doesn’
