Integrity must be proven, not assumed. Andrew Hoggard’s case is a wake-up call: it’s time to shift from box-ticking to true accountability, ensuring that our ministers serve the public interest first and foremost – and are seen to do so at all times.
It would be naïve to think that the supermarket giants will roll over. The lobbying machine is already moving. This is where Willis’ resolve will be tested.
A paradise sacrificed to greed masquerading as virtue. Big Wind’s gospel of growth has delivered division and decline. The village, once a bastion of mateship, now simmers with anger and grief. Volunteer groups have faltered, trust has been eroded, and a creeping despair has settled in.
RBNZ independence ended on 31 March, 2025, the day she did the bidding for Big Monopoly Banks.
The union has now received a threatening letter to sue for damages on behalf of a Ms Mark-Shadbolt, who has demanded they remove in its entirety the comments on this taxpayers’ rip-off.
Musk’s “digital town square” is likely to become even more powerful.
Part of restoring trust is candidly admitting mistakes and failures. As the saying goes, trust arrives on foot but leaves on horseback – it will take time and consistent effort to win back the confidence that has been lost.
Developing countries in Africa and the Caribbean must pivot away from the reparations narrative and instead focus on strategic economic policies that drive industrialization and technological adoption.
You never hand money to an addict. Surely. Unless you are MSD. It is a crazy state of affairs. The state is using massive resources to stamp out the supply of P while simultaneously funding a large part of the demand.
Willis took over responsibility for the supermarket delegation this month and will announce decisions taken by Cabinet to incentivise and encourage a third player into the market.
There is a vast architecture and edifice of piffle in place designed to prop up gender ideology. Right at its base is one simple idea: men are women. But no new arrow in a flowchart, no additional bullet, no number of silly charts can make it so.
The US took over a bankrupt French project, backed an independence movement, and paid a $25 million ransom to get the marvel finished.
At what point in the process of violent overthrowing does an oppressor get considered oppressed?
But assuming rationality in human behaviour is always a huge miscalculation in ignoring the reality of our more common irrationality.
It is time the coalition put the interests of New Zealand first by abandoning net-zero policies in order to focus on economic growth.
