The Anatomy of Welfare Dependency in NZ
All government social service contracts for the able-bodied should not only be tied to measurable outcomes that reduce state dependency, but lucrative race-based funding streams must be eliminated as well.
Economy
A Call to Action to Support Food Producers
As New Zealanders fill their shopping baskets in the coming months, it’s worth remembering that our food security depends on the resilience of those who produce it. And with a nation to feed, giving up simply isn’t an option.
Much Hangs on How You Vote on 12 October
Hamilton City Council is only one council being subjected to this kind of blackmail. Other councils are facing it too.
NZ’s Most Valuable Asset
Our over-65 pensioners aren’t a burden: they’re holding New Zealand together.
Collins Silent on NZ Satellite Mission
Experts say the public was misled about ongoing technical issues, including problematic thrusters and repeated system failures.
The PM’s New Line
This is an adjustment – a new explanation – because the economy is not improving anywhere near as fast as he had hoped or it needs to. At half-time National is struggling to make a real difference to voter’s lives. That’s what the polls are saying.
Retired Couple Face 70% Health Insurance Increase
Rebecca Styles, investigative team leader at Consumer NZ, told Chris Lynch Media the increases are part of a wider trend across the industry.
Update on the IHR Amendments
More money will be channeled to ever-growing bureaucracies whose sole function, whose only reason for existence, is to identify theoretical threats that can be used to close economies, remove the livelihoods of others, and extract more of their remaining wealth.
How Councils Made You a Guarantor Without You Knowing
Your council is quietly guaranteeing other councils’ debts. Discover how local governments are gambling with your rates – and your sovereignty.
New York May Get Government-Owned Grocery Stores
History shows that’s never a good idea.
Apartheid Funded by the Taxpayer, Run Like a Family Business
Whānau Ora should be dismantled. This isn’t empowerment: it is exploitation of the system by those lucky enough to sit at the top. The people it was meant to help never see the benefit. The insiders make sure of that.