Last week, Hamilton hosted the national economic forum at the University of Waikato. Former governor of the Reserve Bank, Alan Bollard, who now chairs the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission, made a couple of interesting points. The first was that almost none of the 150 “Shovel Ready” projects totalling $2.6
Lifting the Auckland lockdown will be welcome news to all those people who have slogged their way through Level 3 multiple times now, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. But given the Government’s confidence that this outbreak is under control, National sees no good reason why Auckland can’
Hon Judith Collins judithcollins.national.org.nz As Parliament fully resumes, and despite the difficulties of another Covid-19 lockdown again this week, I think it is important to remember that our first responsibilities as New Zealanders are loyalty to our country, its democratic principles, and our Sovereign as Head of
ACT Party Workplace Relations spokesperson Chris Baillie. “Having previously ignored advice and failed to take account of economic conditions, this year the Government must delay the 1 April increase to the minimum wage,” says ACT Small Business and Workplace Relations spokesperson Chris Baillie. “Last night’s announcement of another Auckland
It’s still dark outside as I write this. I couldn’t sleep last night so I gave up trying at 4:00am, got up and thanked my lucky stars that I’m retired, reasonably well off and probably one of the few whose life will barely be impacted by
Grant Robertson and Jacinda are now claiming that they intend to ‘tip the housing market’ in favour of first-time buyers. How exactly they are going to do this is unclear. What is abundantly clear is that they haven’t got a clue how to tip the housing market in any
Jon Miltimore fee.org Jonathan Miltimore is the Managing Editor of FEE.org. His writing/reporting has been the subject of articles in TIME magazine, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Forbes, Fox News, and the Star Tribune. Early in 2007, after winning a second six-year term as president, Hugo Chávez
As the war between the Australian government and Facebook drags on, signs are growing that the Big Tech titan has badly miscalculated. Aside from the horror publicity for Facebook, the Australian government immediately retaliated by pulling all government advertising on the platform. Now private companies are following the government’s
A recent investigation by Newshub has put a much-needed spotlight on suicide rates in the construction industry. Research back in 2019 identified construction as the worst sector for suicides both per capita and by the total number, with over 300 between 2007 and 2017. The Newshub report reveals the rate
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour “Official advice to the Government says an extra public holiday at Matariki could cost almost $450 million,” ACT Leader David Seymour can reveal. “This is a perfect example of the Prime Minister doing what’s popular versus what’s responsible. “The bill is more
I admit I still use Facebook, but only to keep in touch with family and friends overseas. I do, however, subscribe to a Lower Hutt Community page, mainly for local information, particularly if there has been an earthquake, or there is bad weather. However, I have been surprised to see
ACT Party “A completely inflexible Immigration New Zealand seems hell-bent on disrupting New Zealand’s food supply chain,” says ACT Immigration spokesperson Dr James McDowall and ACT Primary Industries spokesperson Mark Cameron. “The Government should be on a war footing right now, shoring up export income from agriculture, but it
