NZ Politics
The Tip of the Iceberg
I believe that prevention is better than cure, so why do the children growing up in countries at the top of the ranking of child wellbeing thrive while our children struggle to survive?
Peters Plays the Media Like a Fiddle While Luxon Sits on His Hands
Luxon can tut and call the comments offensive. He cannot afford to do much more. That is the reality of MMP and Peters is playing it to perfection.
It’s Not Just Nz’s Job Market
The ‘butter chicken tsunami’ is swamping job markets around the world.
The Gold Standard Shake-up
What was the NZ Govt's contribution to Gavi during Covid and what role does NZ ex Prime Minister Helen Clark play in Gavi now?
Labour’s Capital Gains Tax Is Actually a Tax on Inflation
Labour governments tend to boost inflation. Chris Hipkins now wants to tax inflation as well.
An Attack on the Open Society
When a prime minister treats the defence of female private space as planetary eccentricity, the open society is already yielding ground. The cost is paid by the very girls and women the liberal order was supposed to protect.
Outgoing Commissioner Calls for Bigger Benefits
Claire Achmad has no understanding of behavioural economics. Or any other kind of economics.
Will We Be Pākehā Freeloaders?
‘Why should you pay for these old, Pākehā dudes, living large on the pension your taxes are funding? You’re from Mumbai, Shanghai or South Auckland and they never did anything for you.’
Left Wing Violence Gets Another Free Pass
A society that cannot bring itself to condemn political violence and intimidation with equal force, regardless of the ideology of the perpetrators, is not serious about democracy.
They Are All Terrible, but Pick One.
Kiwis are being asked to vote in the November 26 election and some don’t trust any party.
The Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS)
If our leaders genuinely care about the future of this country, they would stop pandering to the climate change tsars and start focusing on the actual prosperity of the country.
Luxon Swallows His Own Foot, Then Chokes on the Other
You cannot go around telling the people who keep the economy running that they need to grow up, then reverse ferret yourself the moment the headlines turn ugly. The apology does not land as sincerity. It lands as calculation.