Disease X and the Rolling Revenue
Healthy social conditions and an end to dangerous gain of function research are the best ways to protect against infectious diseases.
Business
Here’s the Supermarket Duopoly Defamation Threat Letter
I thought it wise to get the story straight from the horse’s mouth, so asked Hazledine what had gone on. He says he was passed the lawyers’ letter and considers the defamation claim to be ridiculous – an attempt to “chill discussion” of the Foodstuff merger.
Is NZ’s Food Safety Authority Failing the Impartiality Test?
This second call for submissions opened a month ago, yet neither Australian nor New Zealand MSM have covered it.
Time to Break up the Supermarket Duopoly
An embarrassing big con is being sold to New Zealanders. Hopefully the politicians and public soon learn to look beyond the duopoly’s plea to only have tweaks made to their dominance and then genuine reform can come.
Paying With Your Face
What will convince consumers to use facial recognition payment technology?
Grocery Report Paints ‘Concerning Picture’
The commission supports reviewing the Fair Trading Act to impose stricter penalties for pricing inaccuracies, aiming to protect consumer rights and improve market competition.
A Brief Peek Into Tomorrow
In the world of pharmaceutical hegemony, doctors have given up on changing lifestyles, gaslighting the victims as weak-willed and putting any attempt to change habits into the too hard basket.
How Do CFOs Really Feel About Business Outlook in NZ?
Forty-one per cent met or exceeded their revenue growth targets in 2024, and 37 per cent achieved or surpassed their profit growth targets, indicating resilience despite rising costs.
JAG loses her RAG
The Greens might be with us physically but mentally they’re somewhere else.
Unions and the Workers Who Inspired Labor Day
Workers’ rights weren’t always what they are today.
How Genghis Khan Is Driving Your Grocery Bill Higher
In FTC chair Lina Khan’s mind, lawfare is always and everywhere the answer. And somehow we are all supposed to become more prosperous because of it. That’s capitalism in the 21st century, folks: the federal government will sue its way into prosperity.
Praxeology and Robert Malone’s ‘Surveillance Capitalism’
The ultimate responsibility for guarding against deception and manipulation and for achieving such personal moral progress rests with each individual.
The Oceans Are Overflowing, They Say
Give us a trillion dollars, says UN’s Guterres.
MPox Madness Dwarfed by Dark Realities
For the time being, we have access to information and the ability to make informed choices. Now is the time to get ready to resist.
The Fast Track Approvals Bill
Chris Bishop and Shane Jones took a good idea and turned it into a dog’s breakfast.
Hipkins Is Working Hard to Destroy Confidence
“He’s telling energy companies, ‘don’t come here, don’t invest in exploration, don’t tap into local deposits, because if you do, we’ll shut you down’.”