The Potential Investors Are Not Keen
Big investors aren’t betting on the tech, or on a technologically robust transition to net zero. They are betting on a government guarantee to ensure their returns.
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How to Break NZ’s Bank Oligopoly Right Here, Right Now
At no taxpayer cost (and forget the Commerce Commission).
What Is the Point, PM?
Rather than thanks, it will continue to be the same old violent language. That is the name of their game.
Which Version Do We Want?
It seems foolish to me that mature people should want the current confusion over the “principles” of the Treaty to continue. For 50 years now, governments of all stripes have failed to correct the mess.
Time to Connect the Dots
Is it merely a consortium of individuals and entities who realized they had a common interest, or is something else behind it all, calling the shots?
A Young Entrepreneur Offers Tips for Trailblazers
I want people to see just how beautiful unconventional education is, not just because of my experience, but because I believe this is the future of education.
Kamala Harris
But so glaring is the contrast between Harris and Trump I sense a landslide victory for her, despite the system’s distortions.
A Perfect Storm In Fiji
The interplay between methamphetamine use, HIV and ill-equipped health facilities creates a vicious cycle that perpetuates and exacerbates each individual issue.
This Is a Dual Crisis
If both trends continue, New Zealand could face a shrinking, ageing population, with profound and catastrophic implications for the nation’s social and economic health.
NZ’s White-Collar Crime: Just 1% Are Prosecuted
New Zealand needs to take these sorts of crimes seriously – not only as a deterrent to potential fraudsters, but also for their victims.
What Is Really Happening with Mpox
While the risk from pandemics is not significantly different than decades ago, there is an industry dependent on making you think otherwise.
They Continue to Stifle Debate Over Immigration
All repressive and authoritarian regimes, from Caracas to Pyongyang, suppress speech. Rulers like Russia’s Vladimir Putin or China’s Xi Jinping cannot tolerate truth, as it can threaten their hold on power.
Golden Question: Is Democracy Dying?
What the people want is not what (or who) the people are getting.
Rational Objections to the 2024 NZ Plan Update
The embedding of exploitative pandemic ideology across all health and government services must be removed, and replaced with robust, scientifically sound and ethical policy.
Dear Elon, 1,000ppm of Carbon Dioxide Is Safe
Joanne Nova A prize-winning science graduate in molecular biology. In the interview with Donald Trump, Elon Musk tried to argue that we ought to be limiting carbon dioxide because we are too close to 1,000ppm, where people get headaches. Not to put too fine a point on it,