We need more useful rich. New Zealand’s rich are endlessly fascinating, but as wealth concentrates ever tighter we are poorer. The wealthiest New Zealand are about 40,000 people out of about 5.5 million of us. 70% of all the shares in our sharemarket are owned…
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National's 100 days action plan is frankly performative nonsense. They were elected on a platform of helping the squeezed middle. So far they have studiously avoided them. The topics for urgent action in Parliament were to get rid of fair pay agreements, something that could…
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Wanaka banned single-use coffee cups this year. The purpose of everyone in New Zealand is to keep Wanaka pure. In Wanaka when you buy your third free trade single source coffee, they bring you the Guyanan slave you're about to set free, and a selfie.…
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Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
It is Christmas time and the eternal debate about who wrote the best Christmas song ever is being debated yet again. For me there is only one possible contender. I have always been a fan of the Pogues. They were an interesting combination of traditional…
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