New Zealand First Media It is said that the “malady of the ignorant is to be ignorant without knowing it”. And so it has emerged in the commentariat of self-appointed experts on the issue of Electoral Law and its requirements in this country. That law of course has been
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Here’s a question for you, New Zealand: what’s even the bloody point of your Bill of Rights? It is, after all, supposed to set out the rights and fundamental freedoms of New Zealanders – yet, its own text states that it cannot actually repeal, revoke or make ineffective any
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Nepotism is the practice by those with power or influence of favouring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs. Corruption is dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power. Not a lot of difference between nepotism and corruption, is there? But an article recently published online, if accurate, clearly
Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura ESG has been very popular in the corporate world: visit any medium to large business and you can be sure to hear about their ESG credentials. For those unfamiliar with the acronym it stands for Environment, Social and Governance. It is laudable that businesses should
I am going to start with a premise, one most of us here I think can agree upon. The premise is this: the centre-right will win next year’s election because Labour will lose it. I use the premise not just as something we can hopefully agree upon but
Peter C. Earle aier.org Peter C Earle is an economist and writer who joined AIER in 2018. Prior to that he spent over 20 years as a trader and analyst at a number of securities firms and hedge funds in the New York metropolitan area, as well as running
David Farrar has a guest post from Jason Collie, a UK-based Kiwi journalist who has had an interesting, though fruitless, interaction with our Governor-General Cindy Kiro. Grounded Kiwis did a magnificent job winning its court case that the Government breached New Zealanders’ rights by effectively preventing them from
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