How to Break NZ’s Bank Oligopoly Right Here, Right Now
At no taxpayer cost (and forget the Commerce Commission).
Business
Time to Connect the Dots
Is it merely a consortium of individuals and entities who realized they had a common interest, or is something else behind it all, calling the shots?
A Young Entrepreneur Offers Tips for Trailblazers
I want people to see just how beautiful unconventional education is, not just because of my experience, but because I believe this is the future of education.
A Perfect Storm In Fiji
The interplay between methamphetamine use, HIV and ill-equipped health facilities creates a vicious cycle that perpetuates and exacerbates each individual issue.
This Is a Dual Crisis
If both trends continue, New Zealand could face a shrinking, ageing population, with profound and catastrophic implications for the nation’s social and economic health.
NZ’s White-Collar Crime: Just 1% Are Prosecuted
New Zealand needs to take these sorts of crimes seriously – not only as a deterrent to potential fraudsters, but also for their victims.
This Is Labour’s Divisive Legacy
These dreadful developments were the result of Labour’s unmandated decision to increase tribal control over local government.
Vermont Supreme Court Sacrifices Children to Big Pharma
If this vaccine-cult decision stands, parental distrust of vaccines will extend to ‘public-school hesitancy’ – why send a child to a school that has almost no legal accountability for its actions?
Maui Tenants Forced From Their Homes for Wildfire Survivors
Property owners are profiting.
This Undermines Both Trust in Media and Public Debate
NZME should not pick and choose which opinions deserve a hearing.
Are the Nats Scheming Against Regular Kiwis?
The National Party’s adviser/think tank, the NZ Initiative, comes out as pro-monopoly, anti-consumer.
Union Calls for Action on Energy Pricing
Union officials are urgently seeking government intervention to prevent what they describe as “a significant loss of manufacturing capacity and jobs in New Zealand”.
The ‘Big Four’ Power Companies Are Profiteering
There is good reason to blame the energy companies – they are acting like a cartel to price gouge consumers while failing to invest in the necessary infrastructure.
Big or Small, Labor Hates Them All
Small business, the powerhouse of the economy, is in dramatic decline.