Tiger For as long as I can remember, conducting business in New Zealand was relatively easy. There were clear rules, if you had a good accountant, saw a gap in the market and were willing to work hard, away you went. The growth in the human resources regulation (and HSE)
December 19th, 2021. A couple of letters ago I suggested that we should get popcorn in, sit back and watch the Boris show. Well, I have ordered popcorn by the shedload to see me through the holiday and into the new year whilst we watch the Johnson administration collapse. Today,
Grant Robertson has announced that the 2022 budget, due in May next year, will include an additional $6 billion in new operational spending, mainly aimed at funding the government’s proposed health sector changes and also at tackling climate change. More money that we don’t have. More quantitative easing.
And here we go again. Lockdowns are again being threatened by the Deputy Prime Minister. One case of Omicron crosses their leaky border and all bets were off for any thoughts of so-called freedom. Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson, in an interview recorded on Friday and aired on Saturday morning,
Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest has made his fortune entirely by literally shipping large chunks of Australia over to the world’s largest carbon emitter, to be turned into gigatonnes of carbon belched from steel refineries. But he totally cares about “saving the planet” from “catastrophic climate change”, donchaknow. It’s
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Remember our Business of the Day – Clairville Bakery? Wairarapa Age has a front-page article stating incorrectly that they are closed to diners. So they replied on Facebook. There is so much to take away (no pun) from what he says. Meanwhile….cronuts! WOW! If you have a great Youtube, Rumble
Elon Musk seems a strange kinda guy, who generates love and hate in equal measure. For myself, it’s a bit of both, depending on what part of Musk’s empire we’re talking about. I despise the fact that most of his money has come courtesy of the taxpayer.
Brad Polumbo fee.org Brad Polumbo is a libertarian-conservative journalist and Policy Correspondent at the Foundation for Economic Education. Celebrities like Joe Rogan, Ben Shapiro, and Elon Musk have fled California for greener pastures in recent years, making headlines. But it’s not just individuals: According to a Stanford study,
I do not want to punish local businesses like bars and restaurants who are doing it tough under this government. They are mandated to check COVID passes, so it is not their fault. I have to admit, I can’t always be bothered though. Struggling on Sunday at a café
David Seymour ACT Leader New Zealanders will be asking themselves why the Government is maintaining the current COVID-19 restrictions now that 9 in 10 adults are fully-vaccinated. Jacinda Ardern promised New Zealanders fewer restrictions once we got to 90 per cent double dose. Now we’re here, but the Government
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In Part 1, The BFD | Freedom’s Just Another Word for…Control I outlined our recent experience at a restaurant and being unable to dine there in the absence of a QR code passport despite having Ministry of Health documentation verifying our vaccination status. As a bit more background, the
