What Business Is Lobbying For
The Herald’s “Mood of the Boardroom” report is invaluable reading for those that want to know where the current coalition government is headed.
NZ Politics
NZ Politics Daily: 9 October 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards FAST TRACK, MINING, ENVIRONMENT Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): The SFO will be kept busy monitoring the Fast Track Act list Jamie Ensor (Herald): Fast-track approvals projects raise conflict of interest questions, Govt maintains ‘robust’ process followed Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Will the 149
The US Election and NZ’s Foreign Policy
New Zealand might continue to align itself more closely with the United States. But it would come at a cost.
On the News From Auckland University
The only surprise about the news from Auckland University is that it has taken them this long to create a compulsory Māori course.
Is Health NZ’s Chair, Lester Levy, Fit for the Job?
Changing the deck chairs by flying in a new man whose background includes advice on City Rail Link, PenLink, Wellington Town Hall and Pūhoi-to-Warkworth road to sort out NZ healthcare doesn’t wash.
NZ Politics Daily: 8 October 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards FAST TRACK, INFRASTRUCTURE Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Government won’t say how fast track conflicts of interest were managed RNZ: Shane Jones calls Fast Track Bill conflict fears politically motivated Gary Taylor and Shay Schlaepfer (Newsroom): The fast-track bill: the good, the bad and
TVNZ Is Circling the Drain
The world media is going digital so, in order to compete, TVNZ cancels their online digital presence. If TVNZ was a dog we’d put it down.
US Court Rules on Fluoride Toxicity
Calls for an immediate halt to New Zealand’s water fluoridation schemes.
An Account of Sex Ed and School Toilets
A heart-to-heart with a 12 year old girl and her mum on what’s going on in her intermediate school.
There Is a Better Way
The NZ Treasury’s lack of imagination threatens our future. It has no faith in economic magic and its message of doom is based on incorrect economics.
The Government Money Tree and New Hospitals
A-plus appetites coupled with huge senses of entitlement usually mask D-plus levels of understanding about government and the resources at its disposal.
Did Peters Back the Wrong Horse
Even Muslims are seeing Israel as the major player in the Middle East and, to some, they are the chief defender of civilised values. Netanyahu is now being called King of the Middle-East by Muslims on social media.
The NZ Judiciary on Trial
NZ cannot afford to have activist judges effectively privatise our entire coastline to tribal interests to exploit for their own benefit. We would urge everyone concerned about the future of our coastline to send in a submission before the 15 October deadline.
NZ Politics Daily: 7 October 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards FAST TRACK, INFRASTRUCTURE Anneke Smith (RNZ): Critics express alarm at list of fast-track projects Glenn McConnell (Stuff): The details for each of the 149 projects on the ‘fast track’ list Richard Harman (Politik): Bishop answers the call (paywalled) Luke Malpass (Post): Why fast
I Suppose That’s One Way to Find the Reef
The Navy parked their survey boat on top of a reef they were there to survey. I guess that’s one way of finding it.