A Softly, Softly Approach Won’t Do It
These investigations in Britain and Australia provide an idea of what New Zealand needs if it wants to take research into corruption seriously.
Guest Post
How Christian Are the 400 Church Leaders?
How can Christian church leaders, the ones who preach God’s love to all his children, suggest that some are more equal than others?
Do We Have a Cronyism Problem?
Prime Minister Starmer can claim that his new government is just doing the same as their predecessors, but that doesn’t seem to cut with a very disgruntled public. Prime Minister Luxon should take note.
Time to Break up the Supermarket Duopoly
An embarrassing big con is being sold to New Zealanders. Hopefully the politicians and public soon learn to look beyond the duopoly’s plea to only have tweaks made to their dominance and then genuine reform can come.
Why Won’t Police enforce the Electoral Act?
It says something about MacLeod that he had extraordinarily high donations for his campaign and was telling some of his donors that he didn’t need to declare their contributions.
Rogernomics Installed a New Establishment in 1984
The 1984 reforms were supposedly about getting rid of vested interests from politics and economy. But it’s clear in retrospect that they ended up empowering a brand new set of vested interests.