Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Warning Long read: 1976 words The New Zealand First donations scandal trial began in the High Court this week. And it’s already showing why
Peter Jacobsen fee.org Peter Jacobsen is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Ottawa University and the Gwartney Professor of Economic Education and Research at the Gwartney Institute. He received his PhD in economics from George Mason University, and obtained his BS from Southeast Missouri State University. His research interest
Clemence Rusenga Gernot Klantschnig Neil Carrier University of Bristol Simon Howell University of Cape Town Clemence Rusenga holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He researches on land and agrarian development in Africa, and the nexus between cannabis and development in Africa. Gernot Klantschnig
This government has a terrible record of fixing anything, in fact in most cases they make things demonstrably worse. This makes one wonder just precisely how they think they can fix the supermarket industry. Let’s look at the track record of NZ governments – present and past. The Resource Management
TV1 News has led with the story about the resignation of Breakfast host Kamahl Santamaria for at least the last 4 days. I cannot imagine, when China is running rampant in the Pacific and the war in Ukraine is taking a worrying turn, why this story is the first item
Xiujian Peng Victoria University Dr Xiujian Peng is a Senior Research Fellow in the Centre of Policy Studies (CoPS) at Victoria University (VU). Before joining VU, she held positions as Senior Research Associate at the University of Adelaide and Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Population Research, Renmin University of
I do enjoy living in the country; never much liked cities: all those people and traffic and homeless tramps in doorways. What a bore! Give me dirt roads, trees, livestock, fresh air and marvellous scenery any day of the week. Even better is living in the country in the deep
Clark said the clear message to supermarket retailers was to be prepared to change quickly to increase competition, and be ready for regulation. “The duopoly needs to change, and we are preparing the necessary legislation to do that.” The Commerce Commission’s report had found supermarkets were making $1 million
When Grant Robertson admitted that his latest handouts will result in over 80 per cent of New Zealanders now being on some form of government benefit, he said it with an element of pride. It is disgusting to watch this government turn a nation of mostly hard-working, decent people into
As you will know, Elon Musk is in the process of buying Twitter. This naturally has caused panic in the Titterverse. Blaze Media explains: During a presentation to woo investors, Elon Musk laid out his plans for what actions he intends on implementing when he takes over Twitter. Musk reportedly
Is the “Disney Effect” the beginning of the end for corporate wokeness? The Mega-Mouse has lost tens of billions in value in the wake of devastating leaks about its plans to insert LGBQWTIA+ (or whatever the Alphabet People are saying these days) “representation” into all of its products for kiddies,
As the inflation monster continues to grow and rob your savings, the Reserve Bank is starting to think about how they are going to slay the beast they helped to create. They ratcheted up the OCR by 50 basis points yesterday to 2 per cent. We are certainly going to
Buzz In my last article, I sent out a warning to those operators that make up NZ’s RSE Scheme. I concluded by writing this: Call me psychic but the unions will be next to speak. That will be their tactic. They will convince the RSE workers that they must
The fallout has started. Construction companies are starting to go to the wall. Every time a downturn hits, one of the first signs is the collapse of building. Construction companies often have tight margins and once payments from clients start to be delayed the whole house of cards begins to
Jordan Schachtel brownstone.org Suddenly, everyone is talking about monkeypox, the smallpox-like disease that has surfaced in recent days in both Europe and the United States. Health authorities in the two continents have thus far identified only a few dozen cases. And while there’s no reason for concern at
Peter Jacobsen fee.org Peter Jacobsen is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Ottawa University and the Gwartney Professor of Economic Education and Research at the Gwartney Institute. He received his PhD in economics from George Mason University, and obtained his BS from Southeast Missouri State University. His research interest
