Is Permissioned Access Still Money?
One unverifiable dispute locked me out. If permission to pay with my own money can be blocked, what does owning it mean anymore?
Business
The Importance of Medieval Rats to Pandemic Profit
Those directing global health policy now have corporate bottom lines to consider, and have proven they can pull any sort of Medieval trick out of the bag to achieve it.
We’re Losing the Human Touch in Food
The most revolutionary step our nation could take – for its farmland and its health – would be to increase the number of farmer-caretakers. We need more people growing our food, not fewer.
This Could Be a Strength In 2026
NZ’s low productivity is often blamed on businesses staying small.
The Monopoly in Behind MMH
Entrusting millions of Kiwis’ health records to a one-man monopoly was a disaster waiting to happen and we’re all waking up to the cost of that mistake.
How Chavez ‘Stole’ US Oil, Assets
The ICSID ruled that Venezuela should pay Exxon Mobil’s subsidiaries a total of $1.6 billion in compensation for its breaches. To date, the vast majority of the settlement has not been paid.
Release the Pfizer Contract Goes to Court
Erika Whittome filed this matter in an effort to get transparency and accountability for the people of New Zealand because there appears to be a new allegiance to Pfizer’s commercial interests, instead of transparency to the New Zealand people.
We Are Importing Timber From Other Countries
Removing local supply for furniture, flooring, cladding, joinery, and structural applications does not eliminate demand – it displaces it offshore.
2026 and Causes for Optimism
Both these articles give cause for optimism. The first discusses optimism from a political standpoint; the other, from the advantages New Zealand offers for those who chose to live here.
Will NZ-India Trade Deal Survive NZ Parliament?
Labour now holds the fate of New Zealand-India trade deal.
The EV Bubble, or What’s Left of It, Popped This Week
The lesson, yet again, is that in trying to artificially make EV’s cheaper, Big Government has made all cars more expensive.
An Open Letter to Health Insurance Companies
Due to rapid changes in health policies and procedures, the time has come to consider the facts in the light of up-to-date comprehensive health data rather than simply relying on prior viewpoints.
This Is Only Going To Get Worse
Once in a while, you can find a customer service representative in one of these call centers that can communicate effectively and that has been properly trained. But that is the exception to the rule.
An Open Letter to Simeon Brown
Is not the real problem, who, if truth be told, is actually neglecting Māori?
