Turning a Blind Eye to Child Prostitution
The conversation is dominated by the New Zealand Prostitutes Collective (NZPC), a lobby group whom the government relies on overwhelmingly for information regarding any issue related to prostitution.
Business
Can the Bureaucracy Love Science?
“Dissent is the very essence of science” declare employees of NIH – but groupthink and replicability crises reign. Dr Bhattacharya knows first hand what happens when curiosity meets bureaucracy. Can he change that culture?
She’s Back and So Is the Austerity
It’s as if she’s been wheeled out as a kind of ready-made austerity dispenser, a convenient tool to guilt and whip the already battered, overtaxed and overcharged people of New Zealand.
Bodies on the Altar of Science
At the very least, based on logic, rationality, and decency, we should be transparent. This should ensure truly informed consent, labeling medicines, for instance, as having been derived or not through procedures or experiments on unconsented humans.
A Paean to Profit
The left simply does not understand the vital relationship between investment, innovation, risk and profit.
The Bureaucrats Who Are Crying Wolf
Why the Regulatory Standards Bill terrifies the Wellington priesthood.
Deep-Sea Mining Next Arena for US
The US cannot afford to stand aside and leave the field to China. The game is on.
Oh Dear: “Trickle-Down”, Again
Trickle-down economics deserves recognition – as economics’ most successful bogeyman. Forever attacked, never defended, because there’s nobody home.
The US-China Cold War Heats Up
Agroterror and spy games. US authorities foil a chilling and dastardly plot in America’s heartland.
China’s Strengths Aren’t That Strong
China’s productivity growth is weak, its exports still rely on foreign inputs, and its AI sector is driven more by policy than by independent discovery.
The Commerce Commission Targets the Supermarkets
Van Heerden said the commission’s preference is for the industry to voluntarily change its practices. “If they don’t, we’ll have to consider our other alternatives.”
Who Will Feed Paris?
In his time, Bastiat – like Alexis de Tocqueville – had already understood that socialism “send[s] civilization back.”
Tourism on the Up
Figures from the International Visitor Survey show international tourism contributed $12.2 billion to the economy in the year ending March 2025, up 9.2 per cent on the previous year.
Woke Is a Risk, Not a Strength, Corporations Admit
Woke is broke: the corporate world is finally waking up.
Pride Week Infects 200 New Zealand Schools
This isn’t about hate. It’s about honesty. And if the only way these programmes can survive is by pretending there’s no criticism, lying about protest threats, and dismissing concerned parents as “bigots”, then maybe it’s time they were pulled out of schools altogether.
This Is Daylight Robbery in Hi-Vis
Don’t expect the cone cartel to fold anytime soon. There’s still plenty of gold in them hills and the taxpayer tap’s still flowin’.