Not Even the RBA Likes Labor’s Budget
Leaked internal notes torpedo Albo and Zippy’s housing hokum.
Economy
A Speech Not Music to My Ears
If they are unhappy about it then they should sing for their supper elsewhere.
Budget 2026
The rating agencies made it clear that while the budget shows prudent short-term management, it falls short of the more ambitious structural reform needed to put New Zealand’s finances on a truly sustainable long-term footing.
Flying High on Other People’s Money
More than $600,000 in campaign funds spent on Bernie Sanders Oligarchy tour.
This Is Only the Tip of a Large Iceberg
If you think National is rolling back co-governance, you are being conned. Isn’t it time for New Zealand to wake up?
Willis Buys Breathing Room and Leaves Labour in a Fiscal Chokehold
Willis has not fixed everything but she has stabilised the ship and forced the opposition to show their hand.
Worse than Whitlam, Better for New Zealand
For once the money might flow east across the Tasman.
Willis Delivers Election Budget With Bank Tax Hammer, Winston Wins Big and Surplus Promises
National has shown they can manage the books better than Labour but the new bank tax is a reminder that fiscal discipline is still a work in progress.
To Grow New Zealand Families
The Kiwi cradle. Why we need a ‘Grow NZ Families’ revolution.
Taxpayers’ Union Drops Bomb: Ardern’s 2019 Wellbeing Budget Would Deliver 13.5 Billion Surplus Today
This budget is the test. Will Nicola Willis pass it, or will she keep pretending the spending party never happened? Kiwis are watching.
Ancient Rome’s Benefits Doom Loop
This article is about the Roman Empire. However, the author wants to make clear that any resemblance in this article to any modern politicians, their decisions, vote-seeking, economic ignorance, stupid suggestions and the mess they might have contributed to getting us into, is entirely coincidental.
Bracket Creep: The Stealth Annual Tax Increase
If politicians or bureaucrats want higher taxes, let them say so openly. Let them introduce the legislation, debate it, and face the voters. Until then, bracket creep remains what it has always been: a stealth increase in tax, quietly feeding the beast.
We Should Pity the Young
The category conspicuously absent from Woke’s hierarchy of victimhood.
The Public Service Isn’t a Welfare Scheme
Some quick thoughts on the public service reforms.