OMG diesel just hit $3 a litre in Auckland. 91 Petrol is over $3.15. Anyone wants to figure where inflation gets its rocket fuel from, start there. Add RUC. Every part of our energy-dense life from plastic to tarmac to food to clothes to building…
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This has been one of the quietest by elections I have ever witnessed. Normally by elections are rather dramatic things with quirks and strange events. This one has none of those features despite a host of fringe and weird candidates. They almost inevitably go against…
RNZ's "The Detail" asked are New Zealand's sanctions against Russia working? They aren't, but one detail we learnt that MFAT has 100 staff members assigned to sorting out their complications!! Our sanctions are minor pinpricks and will have absolutely no impact on Russia. Their full…
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This week National and Christopher Luxon have been talking publicly about which human rights they could trash for gang members. Generally Luxon is pretty good at delivering the same old cliches time and time again. But every time he strays into slightly more specific comments…
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In late May this year Auckland Council determined that it would sell the Henderson Valley Film Studios. Relax. Auckland Council is trying to dig itself out of an enormous COVID-related financial hole, and anything not delivering immediate core outcomes is priced up. That’s not the…
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In a little-publicised piece on the Otago Daily Times, we get just a little reveal of the scale of rage against Prime Minister Ardern and against policies favouring the Treaty of Waitangi. Two nights ago there was a public meeting in the South Otago Town…
There was some drama yesterday in the Beehive. Kris Faafoi and Trevor Mallard announced that they will be resigning from Parliament. Faafoi's resignation was transmitted pretty clearly when he gave up the Mana seat last election. His is the best way to end your parliamentary…
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Just under a month ago I wrote: Business NZ has claimed that the proposed Fair Play legislation breaches International Labour Law. And that the International Labour Organisation agrees with it. But its claims appear to be on the wrong side of what we could politely…
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