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Bryce Edwards Dr Bryce Edwards is the Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.nz The mini-sausage budget was launched by Finance Minister Nicola Willis yesterday with her argument that “What New Zealanders care
In recent times there has been a lot of talk in the media and elsewhere – actually it is just in the media and Labour Party circles – trying to paint the new Government as somehow “racist”. So let us analyse that to see if there is anything in it: something which
Here is the replay of The Crunch from this week. Enjoy! CASEY COSTELLO: On Her Ministerial Duties And Her Portfolios SHANE JONES: On The Treaty, Nz’s Resources And The Direction Of Government Cam’s Buddies Cam asks his buddies what they enjoyed in the past year, and what they
Tuesday’s Roy Morgan poll was fairly accurate in reflecting the current political mood of the country. It showed the coalition parties on a sound footing with a combined 58 per cent support of voters. National was virtually unchanged at 37.5% (down 0.6%), ACT increased 3.9% to
David Seymour ACT Party Leader I have to be honest with you. The new Government has opened up Labour’s books and discovered a fiscal mess. Prior to the election, Labour was proudly claiming a $2.1 billion surplus in 2027. But Wednesday’s Half Year Economic and Fiscal Update
As I wrote recently, the NZ media greedily snatched the PIJF funding like the cheap whores they are, even though they would have happily put out for Labor for free. “Like the political nymphomaniac hookers they are, they just love doing it anyway: getting paid was a bonus.” And the
Bryce Edwards Dr Bryce Edwards is the Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.nz The Labour Party’s decline continues, according to the latest opinion poll released by Roy Morgan, which shows its support
Well, that’s the year pretty much done, and I’m pretty much done with it too. It’s been pretty tough and also pretty exhilarating. On the political front the year began with the tyrant discovering enough self-awareness to realise she was no longer the country’s saviour,
My, my — what a difference an election or two can make. Last year, it was Australia leading New Zealand on regional defence, with Jacinda Ardern and Nanaia Mahuta undercutting our countries’ traditional allies at every step. Now, it’s New Zealand stepping up to the plate, and Australia taking the
Jeffrey A. Tucker Jeffrey Tucker is Founder, Author, and President at Brownstone Institute. He is also Senior Economics Columnist for Epoch Times, author of 10 books, including Liberty or Lockdown, and thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press. He speaks widely on topics of economics, technology, social philosophy,
Kris Gledhill Auckland University of Technology The new coalition government has made its campaign promise to crack down on gangs a priority in its 100-day action plan. But whether the new “get tough” policy genuinely plugs gaps in existing legislation is very much open to question. The policy was
When is a tax not a tax? When the government doesn’t want to admit that it’s imposing yet another tax. So, they call it a “levy”, a “duty”, or even just a “price”. Because they know perfectly well that if they were thieving yet more of people’s
Bryce Edwards Dr Bryce Edwards is the Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.nz Have political donations and lobbying from the natural health sector led to the incoming government’s decision to repeal the
Influences at work during Covid twisted our thinking using irrational fear and withholding solutions that might have alleviated those fears; in the process revealing the absence of three big-ticket political items: genuine political opposition, a properly functioning fourth estate and academic institutions exhibiting fair and open debate. The pursuit
