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Freedom to Earn
ACT party ACT’s goal is to make New Zealand the most attractive place in the world to work and do business. We want opportunity for all New Zealanders and having the best tax system is part of achieving that goal. Compared with the rest of the developed world New
A Handbook for Our Difficult Times
George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four has been selling extremely well in today’s troubled times. Even though it was first published 70 years ago we still are able to heed its warnings and to see the very things it describes happening in our own countries today. Last week Australian
Global Greening Another Triumph for Economic Development
It’s a plain fact that almost all of the recent global spike in carbon dioxide emissions can be sheeted home to two main offenders: China and India. China is also responsible for a recent resurgence in ozone-destroying gases. Almost all of the plastic polluting our oceans originates in Asia.
Wisdom
Learn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal. Impatience breeds anxiety, fear, discouragement and failure. Patience creates confidence, decisiveness, and a rational outlook, which eventually leads to success. Brian Adams This piece of wisdom was brought to you
Cullen Still Targeting ‘Rich Pricks’ – Still Wrong
ACT party “Despite being turfed out of office more than a decade ago, and having faced a humiliating defeat on the issue of a capital gains tax, Michael Cullen still wants to tax successful New Zealanders harder”, ACT Leader David Seymour says. “Cullen wrote to the NZ Herald today attacking
Backtrack on the Book Hit & Run
http://120.138.20.16/WeekOnDemand/ZB/auckland/2019.06.20-08.30.00-S.mp3 Listen to Part one from 8:55 onwards http://120.138.20.16/WeekOnDemand/ZB/auckland/2019.06.20-08.45.00-S.mp3 Listen to Part two here.
Not All Teachers Are Cardy Wearing Lefties
I am a teacher. I know that we do not get a lot of love on Whaleoil but not all teachers are cardy wearing lefties who want to see everyone hold hands and sing kumbaya. In fact, some of us are quite conservative in our politics and as such read
And Someone Suggested He Was Leadership Material?
The Minister of Forestry was asked a question in the house about land use conversion. After being flippant with his responses he finally used some data. Todd Muller: Is he concerned that the regulatory impact statement for the zero carbon bill assumes 20 percent of New Zealand pasture land is
Risks from Exploration Ban Come to Pass
Well, well, well… no, that was not intended as a pun. The fact that we have closed down future oil and gas permits has already started to have an effect on the economy, at a time when things are definitely turning downwards. The departure of Chevron and Equinor from New
Read the top five posts from yesterday
This post is to provide you with the links to the top five most read posts as the vast majority of our readership do not comment and the post with the most comments is not always the most popular post. Our What’s Hot post and Must Read posts up
Yet Again We Were Ahead of the Game
Yet again we were ahead of the game. Do you remember this image that we posted as a Satirical image of the day? It shows Air New Zealand chief executive Christopher Luxon parachuting into the Botany electorate of ex-National MP Jami-Lee Ross. Only a few weeks after we strongly hinted
