Mind-Blowing Naivety
Hond is wasting his time with this activism when his obvious career lies as an entertainer.
NZ Politics
Call In the Bailiffs
How the NZ Government’s Green Investment Fund turned itself into an unpleasant predatory lender and debt collection agency.
NZ Politics Daily: 18 December 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards ECONOMY, COST OF LIVING Thomas Coughlan (Herald): More tax, fewer services - Treasury’s forecasts a grim warning to MPs and New Zealanders (paywalled) Luke Malpass (Post): A bigger recession for each Kiwi than the GFC (paywalled) Jo Moir (RNZ): HYEFU revealed: Nicola Willis deploys
Vain Posturing Puts NZ in Real Peril
If we are not careful we, like Britain, will be paying a heavy price for our politicians’ vain posturing.
They Are Out of Control
There are solutions. The way councils manage projects seems to be designed to make everything cost at least twice as much.
The Need to Make Bigger Cuts
The government has been fiddling around the edges; the opposition are living in cloud cuckoo land as they moan about cuts.
Te Pāti Māori’s Gravy Train Exposed – And They’re Spitting Tacks
We are one people, one vote, one law and one flag.
My Response to the Expert Opinions
The tabling of the Gene Technology Bill at this time speaks volumes about an industry determined to ignore risks and override precautionary voices.
NZ Politics Daily: 17 December 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards ECONOMY, COST OF LIVING Giles Dexter (RNZ): HYEFU preview: Pre-emptive blame game ahead of opening of the books Brian Easton (Pundit): Foreshadowing HYEFU 2024 Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Government reveals whether Nicola Willis will ‘shift goalposts’ on surplus target or ditch multi-year capital
Puberty Blockers Are a Hot Topic
The NZ Govt is finally talking about puberty blockers and asking the people to weigh in – by Jan 20 2025.
Is Bovaer an Innovation or Intrusion?
My talk with ChatGPT matches my first thoughts and worries about Bovaer when I first read the good reports about this and how it will save the planet from methane.
It Is the Māori Party That Is Doing This
What NZ is currently experiencing isn’t just a reaction to the Treaty Principles Bill.
Tick Tock
The cost will continue to be passed to future generations and then future generations beyond that etc, until it blows up in everyone’s faces.
This Is a Confusing Picture
Local Chinese New Zealanders have just presented a petition to parliament asking for an inquiry into foreign interference. Their concerns are not a figment of imagination.