My father always used to think that everyone in New Zealand wore grass skirts and threw spears. He wasn’t joking. That was the view often presented to the world when royalty or dignitaries came here. He had a clear memory of the Prince and Princess of Wales in a
Jon Miltimore fee.org Jonathan Miltimore is the Managing Editor of FEE.org. His writing/reporting has been the subject of articles in TIME magazine, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Forbes, Fox News, and the Star Tribune. Bylines: Newsweek, The Washington Times, MSN.com, The Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller,
The Minister of Finance is poised to gain new powers over bank lending, with economists warning the surprise move challenges the Reserve Bank’s independence. […] So far the Government has given little detail about how the powers would be used, other than that the Deposit Takers Bill will propose allowing
Ilan Noy Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Nguyen Doan Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Ilan is the Chair in the Economics of Disasters and Climate Change at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. His research and teaching focus on the economic aspects of natural hazards, disasters,
Simon Black sovereignman.com James (aka Simon Black) is an international investor, entrepreneur, and founder of Sovereign Man. His free daily e-letter Notes from the Field is about using the experiences from his life and travels to help you achieve more freedom, make more money, keep more of it, and
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour “The Government’s deposit insurance scheme is the kind of moral hazard madness that led to the GFC,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “This is the socialisation of banking. “The Minister of Finance is saying 93 percent of bank customers don’t care about
It’s obvious that Australia needs to urgently adopt gender-based employment quotas in order to address the growing gender imbalance in our workforce. As the economy begins to struggle out of the self-inflicted disaster of the Wuhan plague, it’s clear that one half of the population is being left
John Ling wealthmorning.com John is the Chief Marketing Officer at Wealth Morning. His responsibilities include marketing, customer service, and compliance. He is an experienced investor and portfolio manager, trading both on his own account and assisting with high net-worth clients. In addition to contributing financial and geopolitical articles to
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past month or so, you’ll have been deafened by the outraged screeching of women. Well, not all women: just the tiny coven of permanently-outraged frightbats. Despite being amongst the wealthiest, most privileged people in the land, these shrieking fishwives
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour “ACT welcomes the news that migrant families who have been cruelly separated for far too long will be reunited, but 1500 empty MIQ rooms shows there’s no reason both them and desperately needed workers can’t be here now,” says ACT Leader David
April 16th, 2021. My last letter from the North was about the death of a town. I have just received the results of the quarterly regional economic survey for the southwestern region. It underlines how deep the recession is and the future doesn’t look good for St. Austell and
Peter St. Onge mises.org Peter St. Onge is a Mises Institute Associated Scholar and a Fellow at the Montreal Economic Institute. St. Onge received his PhD from George Mason University and was a 2014 Mises Institute Research Fellow. For more content from Dr. St. Onge, subscribe to his newsletters
Owen Jennings I remember my father talking of surviving during the great 1929 depression. Meals consisted of what they could grow – often a carrot, a spud and an onion. No credit at the local shop. No new clothes, no car, homemade everything. People knocking on doors asking for food and
National’s Economic Development spokesperson Todd McClay says Amazon’s announcement that they will make films and TV series in New Zealand is a vote of confidence in our entertainment and film production industry. Mr McClay is calling on the Government to release all advice on the extra economic benefits
