NZ Shows How Not to Run a Census
Two millennia ago, Augustus counted his empire because he wanted to know what he ruled. In 2028, New Zealand will count itself because the parties could not agree on how to stop.
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Beyond the Boats Invading Our Mother Country
The only souls still possessed of political zeal are those whose fervour is the fervour of the wolf. What they see is a flesh-and-blood civilisation, meaty and unguarded, to be looted for the survival of their own mangy pack. I mean the commies, of course: the Greens, Labour,
A Super Policy
Seymour may have devised the policy as an alternative to compulsory saving, but I think he has a winner for the retired.
The Battle Over the Waitangi Tribunal
When the Treaty of Waitangi settlement process was introduced by Norman Kirk’s Labour government in 1975, it was framed as a means of dealing with ongoing injustices. The Waitangi Tribunal was established as a permanent commission of inquiry to investigate contemporary claims that the Crown had breached the Treaty.
Warrantless Border Searches of Americans’ Cell Phones
The Supreme Court held that the government’s acquisition of certain geofence location data constitutes a Fourth Amendment search. The institute argues that those same constitutional principles should not disappear merely because a person crosses an international border.
Standing Against the Myanmar Junta
The revolution in Burma demands neither humanitarian aid nor neocon style intervention from Australia: what is needed is solidarity and a commitment to individual sovereignty, a market economy, federalism, and liberal democracy.
Creating New Zealand With a Buzzy Bee and Lake Wakatipu
British colleagues may see an interesting New Zealand toy. Kiwis see childhood, relatives, old houses, noisy wooden floors and the possibility that one is still sitting in a cupboard at Mum’s place beneath several things nobody has touched since the Clark government.
‘It’s the Peaceful Solution’
Frenchwoman calls for mass deportations after days of rioting.
Why Didn’t My Generation Change the World?
Some surprising facts about the Baby Boomers.
Crown Asset or Financial Fiction?
If we don’t stand up and demand real structural change now, we are flat out robbing our children’s future to pay for today’s political PR stunts, and the taxpayers will be the ones sent straight to jail without passing GO.
Beware of Russia in October
Poke the bear at your peril and do not be surprised if, when the leaves have fallen and the roads have turned to mud, something very unpleasant comes back.
MAD and the Lessons of Berlin and Cuba
The deployment of a navy nuclear armed sea-launched cruise missile is an added theater capability that can deliver deterrence and help keep the peace. It is supported by the US Navy and funded by Congress.