The cabinet reshuffle on Thursday will be spun as business as usual. Do not believe it for one second. The meetings, the leaks, the grumpiness in Auckland and the raw numbers in caucus tell their own story.
We’ve been fooled by false narratives before, including me, but the reality is clear. Mining done right drives growth, jobs and regional revival.
How exactly I was supposed to incorporate ‘Māori and Pasifika perspectives’ into my courses on ancient Greece is still something of a mystery to me. But the important thing about these expectations is that they seem to fly in the face of academic freedom.
Childish and churlish: that’s the calibre of the man who wants to resume the prime ministership come November.
Public trust, once diminished, is difficult to rebuild and recent years of police misconduct should have woken our lawmakers up by now. It is essential that parliament takes the time to get this right.
The Post, which is already only a ghostly echo of what it used to be, will fade away. Moving to Christchurch won’t save it and anyone who says it will is either in denial or dishonest.
Today’s left-leaning newspapers scribblers and broadcasting dribblers need to keep in mind the sage advice coming from the Acumen Edelman barometer. But, in reality, how likely is that?
Either there was a massive conspiracy to deceive the minister in charge or that minister is lying.
New Zealand deserves better than these numpties. Hipkins hides, Luxon dithers and Willis schemes. The fuel crisis won’t wait for their games.
We need to recreate a ‘buy Kiwi’ mindset. This extends to every field of life. It will help prepare us for an uncertain future. The government has to facilitate this process rather than turning a blind eye as our Kiwi resources are sold to overseas interests.
The map is wrong because it points to a destination that describes 2020 and does not describe 2026. Using it will generate the wrong expectations in citizens, the wrong reassurances from officials and the wrong policy responses from a government reaching for familiar tools in unfamiliar territory.
