Willis Wants Budgets to Be ‘Lolly Scrambles’
Her pre-budget speech is out-of-touch Wellington jokey silliness.
Business
Trump’s Declining Approval: Worrisome or Illusory?
This high-risk, high-reward presidency is being severely tested.
Claire Bleakley on the Gene Tech Bill
She is asking for the bill to be withdrawn and rewritten or amendments put into existing legislation: the Hazardous Substance and New Organisms Act 1996.
Is This America’s ‘Suez Moment’?
This month we witnessed the same pattern. After Liberation Day, the US stock, bond, and currency markets all crashed (and gold surged to $3500 as a result). Substantial foreign pressure mounted.
This May Be as Good as It Gets
NZ and Australia face a complicated puzzle when it comes to supermarket prices.
They Want a Licence to Kill
The average number of sunshine hours in New Zealand is above 2,000 per year. In the United Kingdom, it averages around 1,350.
Turning Around New Zealand News for a Few Million Dollars
Calling on all investors to fire the going-nowhere, lost, Herald board.
How the Harvard Drama Continues to Escalate
Histrionics and hypocrisy. The craziness continues at the Crimson.
Regards Free Trade, Did NZ Get Conned by the European Union?
Our trade agreement with it cost our government $280 million a year.
RFK Jr Attacked for His Stance on Psychotropic Meds
Why are these legislators so adamantly defending what is widely acknowledged as the rampant over-prescription of psychiatric drugs? Could it have anything to do with their deep ties to Big Pharma lobbyists?
Health NZ Team Knows Next to Nothing About Healthcare
The PM and finance minister have done nothing to shake up the inbred culture of Wellington’s civil service. All the talk about the need for innovation and restoring NZ’s mojo, yet it’s the same types in charge.
Te Pāti Māori’s Ongoing Financial Accountability Issues
If Te Pāti Māori continues down its current path of delays, omissions, and nonchalant defiance, it risks far more than a warning – it risks legal penalties and, more importantly, a tarnished reputation in the eyes of the public.
China, Throw Down your Wall
Give freedom to your people. Doing so will eliminate America’s trade deficit with your nation and end the tariffs.
America’s Last Stand: China’s Smart Battery Dominance
This IPO represents a strategic catastrophe. It enables China’s geopolitical ascent, legitimizes corporate espionage, and compromises America’s technological edge.
