Winning: Green Hydrogen Is a Dirty Word
Angus Taylor said taxpayers’ were forking out for an “empty room” in Fiji when power bills were up by a record 40 per cent and a record number of households were on hardship plans.
Politics
Everything about politics
China’s Shills All Come for Winston
Clark and Brash have spent years insisting we must never upset China. They treat any criticism of Beijing as dangerous. Peters said out loud what many New Zealanders think.
Back in the USSR
Do you think that New York Mayor Mamdani’s socialist government grocery stores will work like those in capitalist countries or like those in the defunct Soviet Union?
A Skeptical Guide to UBI
As Milton Friedman once said, “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.”
Climate Scenarios Are Exactly That, Not Tools
The lesson from this interview is neither to minimise climate risks nor to exaggerate them. It is to use climate science responsibly. Communities deserve planning that is scientifically robust, legally defensible and fair.
Paul Henry’s Silly Game and Labour’s Predictable Meltdown
Paul Henry played a dumb game and gave a dumb answer. Labour turned it into a full-scale moral panic. One of those is funny. The other is just sad.
Luxon Slams Jones as ‘Crass’ While Grovelling to Modi Over Doomed India FTA
Shane Jones is speaking for the forgotten Kiwis who are sick of being lectured and ignored. Luxon can keep bowing to Modi if he likes. The rest of us will watch his poll numbers do the same.
Wayne Brown’s Fundraiser Meltdown: Gangsta Mayor’s Tall Tales Exposed
Do not expect any accountability. My prediction is simple. Wayne Brown will brazen it out, bully anyone who dares speak against him and his council will roll over as usual.
The House of Temperance
We increasingly lack in public life a true sense of honour among those who are meant to serve us, not rule over us. There is nothing sober about a government that allows itself to become deformed through the tendency to tyrannical rule.
Alice in Hydrogen Land
When you see excited chats about the glories of hydrogen in the media, bear in mind that hydrogen as a fuel was created as a political response to the politically induced problem of the huge variability of solar and wind.
Prebble’s Poll Puzzle: Winston Still Holds the Cards in a Muddy Election
The only politician who can sit back with any real confidence right now is Winston Peters. Everyone else still has an election to win and the cards have not finished falling.
Are Ireland’s Streets Really ‘Safe’?
Three murders in 24 hours expose the gap between official claims and brutal reality.
What Losing the Local Paper Means
The loss of local media has bigger impacts than most people realize.
Who Does Government Procurement Really Serve?
Governments love holding productivity summits. They commission reviews, establish taskforces and release glossy discussion papers asking why productivity growth has stalled. Perhaps they should begin by reading their own procurement policies.
Michael Laws Returns to the Fray: NZ First Gains a Sharp Tongue and Sharp Mind
The establishment media will no doubt dredge up every old controversy to paint him as a loose cannon. Ignore the noise. Laws has the skills, the audience and the political nous to make a real difference.