Espiner: Well, it wasn’t a great weekend for Labour Party candidates in the local body elections and presumably not a wonderful weekend either for their most high-profile backer, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. She gave ringing endorsements for Labour-aligned Wellington candidate Paul Eagle and to Auckland mayoral hopeful Efeso Collins
Recently PayPal updated its terms and conditions. So what? you ask. Well, about that. On the heels of its censorship spree in the UK – that received backlash so great it got the attention of lawmakers – PayPal is rolling out a new agreement that gives itself more censorship powers and the
Bryce Edwards Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Probably the most corrupt and broken part of the New Zealand political system is the role of corporate
Conor English Chelsea Rapp, Chair, New Zealand Game Developers Association Information Opinion Australia is setting out to steal one of New Zealand’s most promising and innovative sectors – interactive media. Video games and apps are one of our biggest digital exports, earning over $300m each year, putting the sector up
This is about one thing: whether an employer should be able to dismiss an employee for a personal opinion expressed outside of work. This isn’t about Evelyn’s particular speech, it’s about the fact that she has the right to express her opinion on this issue, or any
Craig Bannister newsbusters.org Craig Bannister is an blog editor for CNSNews.com. Following Tuesday’s news that billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s original offer to buy Twitter had been accepted by both parties to the deal, prominent conservatives began tweeting complaints that they had suddenly lost thousands of followers
A Government website telling tourists not to book flights to New Zealand is appalling and must be fixed, National’s Tourism spokesperson Todd McClay says. “The Immigration NZ website is informing tourists that the delay in issuing visas is so bad that they should not book their flights to New
Mark Freeman The closure of the Marsden Point oil refinery in April this year is a serious security threat to New Zealanders, according to an independent report into the closure. Operation Good Oil is a summary report and public awareness campaign by three citizen researchers. The closure poses “a very
Peter Murphy cfact.org Peter Murphy is Senior Fellow at CFACT. He has researched and advocated for a variety of policy issues, including education reform and fiscal policy, both in the non-profit sector and in government in the administration of former New York Governor George Pataki. He previously wrote and
Gordon Lightfoot whakatakitimes.nz Information Satire START AGAIN Vodafone, a very well known telecommunications company with a very recognisable name and logo, have decided the best strategy now is to trash all of that and start from scratch. The phone and internet providers have given up the rights to their
Austin Petersen fee.org Austin Petersen is a pundit, entrepreneur, and host of the Wake Up America show which airs Monday-Fridays from 7-9am at WakeUpAmericaShow.com There’s an old saying that still holds true: You have to spend money to make money. The first time you experience having extra
Kontrast.at scoop.me The social democratic magazine Kontrast.at covers current political events, both in Austria and in the rest of the world. We view society, state and economy from a progressive, emancipatory point of view. Kontrast casts the gaze of social justice on the world. The world’s
Karl D. Stephan mercatornet.com Karl D. Stephan received the B. S. in Engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 1976. Following a year of graduate study at Cornell, he received the Master of Engineering degree in 1977 and was employed by Motorola, Inc. and Scientific-Atlanta as an RF
Dr James McDowall ACT Immigration spokesperson Two recent surveys, NZ Herald’s Mood of the Boardroom and BusinessNZ’s Survey of Business Opinion, show that the biggest issue facing New Zealand businesses is skill shortages and immigration. The Government should adopt ACT’s proposals to make it easier for businesses
Speech to Financial Services Council Conference It’s my pleasure to be speaking with you today, leaders of New Zealand’s financial service providers. Since I became National’s Finance Spokesperson I’ve really enjoyed meeting many of you and I’m looking forward to getting to know more of
