National doesn’t need complex market interventions for a political resurgence – it needs clear, foundational principles. The party could trigger an immediate surge in the polls by drawing a permanent line under race-based funding.
Change the Commerce Commission’s 6.2 per cent weighted cost of capital and the alleged excess profit claim disappears, taking with it the Green Party rationale for state intervention and their plan for ‘Mamdani Marts’ across New Zealand.
A bit of honesty would be preferable to trying to hoodwink the electorate with unworkable policies. You might fool some of the people some of the time but you won’t fool all of the people all of the time.
Outlawing the signal that keeps the supermarket stocked is not compassion. It might be how you get some votes. It’s also how you empty the fridge.
What the reaction to another Sydney Sweeney advertisement reveals about consistency, power, and political double standards.
Someone who plopped down $160,000 on an EV is not a Luddite. He tried, and failed, and now wants an ordinary ICE Porsche.
The Greens and Te Pāti Māori want to tax capital harder. Unfortunately, ordinary New Zealanders own rather a lot of it.
KiwiMart isn’t the end of the story. It’s chapter one. It’s not like it hasn’t been tried before.
The world’s largest renewable energy proposal was planned for the best place on Earth (for renewables) but it still can’t make any numbers add up.
A $21.5 million slap on the wrist for a multinational powerhouse with $70.5 billion in revenue.
Professional regulators need to stay in their lane, and end the forced compliance of political or cultural mandates that have zero bearing on a professional's ability to do their job.
The Supreme Court can wield the Equality Act to bankrupt Next and Birmingham City Council all it likes. But it can't change the fact that difficult and unpleasant bloke jobs will always pay more, says Robin Fellow.
