Spare a thought for Christopher Luxon. He thought that through his dominant personality and his huge intellect as shown by his extraordinary grasp of corporate speech he would be a natural as Prime Minister. Sixteen months in and it is clear that his time in…
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A fascinating expose from Michael Hudson on the causes and implications of the recent rise in the price of gold. When Nixon took the US dollar off the standard in 1971 you could get an ounce for $35. Not now; Hudson explains why. There are…
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Trump’s opening bid for peace towards Ukraine was that the United States would gain access to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals. According to reports, United States officials in discussions with their Ukraine counterparts in Munich were commercially minded and largely concentrated on the specifics of exploring…
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Karen Chhour has been under some pressure in Parliament recently. Last week Labour's Willow-Jean Prime asked Chhor some very direct questions about the number of young people who had attended the Government's youth boot camp who were back in custody or who had reoffended. Chhour…
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Earlier today I sent a missive off to point out a little flaw in a new and updated Beehive page. Like all things from this current government, it was long on flashiness and extremely light on the functional details. It also doesn't appear to have…
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Chris from Marketing's latest gimic to lead us to economic nirvana is a tourism campaign for Australians to entice them over the Tasman sea. The chosen marketing phrase is "everyone must go". It is being funded by $500,000 from the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism…
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