Why We Need DOGE
This goes beyond just financial mismanagement. If we had something like DOGE this racket could have been picked up much earlier and saved us all a billion dollars.
NZ Politics
NZ Election 2026 Will Be a Close Call
Choosing between Labour’s proven loser and National’s travelling salesman.
News Briefing: 18 March 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards HEALTH Paula Penfold (Stuff): ‘Quite frankly nonsense’: $2m contractor responds to Stuff investigation Georgina Campbell (Herald): Health NZ refuses to release rent costs for Lower Hutt sick baby unit that doesn’t exist Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Front Page: Government criticised for ‘pathetic’ bowel cancer
You Stepped on a Landmine and Now You Are Whining About It
The school lunches debacle was a landmine left by the teacher unions and Labour and David Seymour decided to play hopscotch in the minefield.
The Truth Will Set Us Free
No government has the right to take away our food choices. There is a growing body of science on our side and a lot of time-honoured wisdom to remind us that in the final analysis truth alone triumphs.
Famous US Economists Are Looking Like Hypocrites
Their approach has also become the policy of NZ Labour, which has been heavily influenced by this group of ‘big names’.
Public Service Integrity Under Brian Roche
Integrity in the public service is not just about intentions – it’s about systems, safeguards, and public trust. Right now, those safeguards appear weak.
Peters’ Sacking of Phil Goff
Next time you hear people scoff at Trump and his knowledge (or lack of it) on Europe just reflect on how different the outcome may have been if Britain had stayed aloof and watched Hitler and Stalin bash each other to death.
We Must Eliminate Woke in NZ
National needs to take stock of why Labour failed, if it is to avoid the same fate. And they need to do this quickly – before their credibility is sucked into a vortex from which Christopher Luxon will find it difficult to recover.
News Briefing: 17 March 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards CONSERVATION, ENVIRONMENT 1News: Q+A: Shane Jones: Cameras on fishing boats is 'state surveillance' Andrea Vance (Sunday Star Times): The orange roughy and a ‘cautionary tale of over-exploitation’ (paywalled) Julia Gabel (Herald): Law firm Russell McVeagh says Mt Messenger wildlife permit ruling
The Violence of Te Pāti Māori
Another violent episode and the silence of the lambs to challenge it.
Face of the Day
The board, who catastrophically failed to discipline the retiring governor, are now charged with shortlisting candidates for his successor. Mr Orr can now take the time to finally complete that PhD. I understand Otago has an excellent economics department.
Economic Nationalism, Bitcoin and SEZs
If the power for the North Island were produced from geothermal plants with Bitcoin mining as the guaranteed buyer, there would be no limit to how much energy we could produce to bring prices down and boost other heavy industry.
Landslides Have Hit Milford Sound Before
If it happened today, the impact would dwarf White Island.
A Former Trustee of Dilworth Trust Responds
Why single out Dilworth for such a suggestion?