Beware the ‘Ides of March’
Open letter to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and all coalition MPs.
NZ Politics
How to Improve School Lunches
If the state must usurp parental duties and feed the nation’s children, it should at least try and retain an educational flavour. Below is a list of menu options that would be guaranteed to teach the kids something.
The Problems With Wellington’s Water
A case study in infrastructure failure and incompetence.
News Briefing: 5 March 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards FERRIES, TRANSPORT Jo Moir (RNZ): Government's iRex ferry cancellation costed at $300 million - for now Thomas Manch (Post): Breaking Cook Strait ferry contracts to cost Govt $300m (paywalled) No Right Turn: A complete fiasco Georgina Campbell (Herald): Nicola Willis told to
Why Is Luxon So Bad in the Media?
Luxon’s inept media performance has something to do with his inept management of his staff.
Oh! He Does Have a Set of Balls
Now we know why he was always playing pocket billiards... he was trying to find his nuts.
Face of the Day
Luxon told Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking if parents continue to be dissatisfied with the lunches, they should pack them themselves.
When Principles Sink In Legalism
Most reasonable people would have no difficulty deciding that Mrs Hawkins’ entitlement to compensation for harm and wrongdoing far outweighs that of her daughter’s murderer, but that’s not how the system works.
Neither Pharmac’s CEO, nor Chair, Can Prescribe Drugs in NZ
It’s not the small fish in NZ who are problem: it’s the big fish who should’ve never got the jobs they’re sitting in and won’t go.
Fight
The hearing is set down for three days starting 10 March. It’s one of many small steps on the way to ensuring we never so readily slip into tyranny again.
News Briefing: 4 March 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards WELLINGTON WATER, INFRASTRUCTURE Bryce Edwards (The Integrity Institute): Wellington Water – A Case Study in Infrastructure Failure and Incompetence Andrea Vance (Post): Why ratepayers are paying the price for Wellington Water failings (paywalled) Tom Hunt (Post): Reports light a bomb under Wellington Water, city and
Hey Bish, Did You Bother to Ask Aucklanders About Your Plans?
It’s hard to take anyone who wears brown shoes with blue suits seriously.
Taking Flak for Undermining Trump’s Peace Efforts
Luxon’s insistence on backing Ukraine without consideration of the broader political shifts could prove to be a significant miscalculation.
The PM and His Mates Have Left NZ With No Allies or Defence
NZ now has no allies and no money to protect itself. Maybe we’ve uncovered the problem – a failure of intelligence sitting in the Beehive, from a centre-right government that’s meant to stand for security above all else.
It Seems Nothing Is Safe From the Treaty
We have to bring an end to industry bodies having the power to impose political and cultural beliefs on professionals, who submit because they have to in order to obtain a licence.