National Decline In 2024
New Zealanders lack confidence in Christopher Luxon to lead us through these challenges. His own caucus sounds increasingly sceptical. New Zealand politics could look very different by the end of next year.
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NZ Politics Daily: 24 December 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): National decline in 2024 Dave Armstrong (Post): What’s on the box: just more of the usual madness (paywalled) Heather Roy (Post): The year of the dignity recession (paywalled) Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Minimum wage increase less than MBIE
NZ Politics Daily: 23 December 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT Matt Nippert (Herald): Regulator to deregister Waipareira over political donations (paywalled) Luke Malpass (Post): A grim end to a very tough year (paywalled) Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): The year in politics (paywalled) Brent Edwards (NBR): Act Party’s ’triumphant’ year in government (paywalled)
NZ Politics Daily: 20 December 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards ECONOMY Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On Why We Can’t Survive Two More Years Of This Matthew Hooton (Herald): Luxon Government guilty of profligacy not austerity (paywalled) Brian Easton (Pundit): The Wing Parties’ Economic Policies Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Roger Douglas disappointed with Act, praises NZ
The ACT Party’s Highly Influential Year
The only serious restraint on Seymour’s power will be his fellow minor party leader Winston Peters. Christopher Luxon and National seem to find themselves repeatedly outmatched by him.
The Best and Worst of 2024
One thing for certain is that President Trump is a great friend of Israel and has declared that he not only wants American-Israeli hostages back, he wants them all given back.
Thinking Smart and Dumb About Flat Earth
By introducing a false binary, you can easily steer people to the next logical conclusion, like redirecting a river.
NZ Politics Daily: 19 December 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards FAST TRACK, MINING Fox Meyer (Newsroom): ‘Luxon Hustle’ targets foreign tech and infrastructure investors Fox Meyer (Newsroom): Zombies given new life as fast-track passes into law Eva Corlett (Guardian): ‘Dark day for New Zealand’: outcry as bill to fast-track controversial mining projects is approved
This Judge Needs to Be Sacked
A drunk dud judge attacks Winston Peters at a private function, and she’s in charge of the Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Court!
NZ Politics Daily: 18 December 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards ECONOMY, COST OF LIVING Thomas Coughlan (Herald): More tax, fewer services - Treasury’s forecasts a grim warning to MPs and New Zealanders (paywalled) Luke Malpass (Post): A bigger recession for each Kiwi than the GFC (paywalled) Jo Moir (RNZ): HYEFU revealed: Nicola Willis
The Need to Make Bigger Cuts
The government has been fiddling around the edges; the opposition are living in cloud cuckoo land as they moan about cuts.