Jim Bolger has received fulsome accolades for a long life of public service. He is a quintessential New Zealand figure. Deeply rooted in the provinces, likeable and pragmatic, sharp and prepared to put in hard yards to win a position, at first glance he was…
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Stand by for the latest culture war skirmish. Sean Plunket is deeply upset at the notion that he should be subject to fairly minimal standards and is theatening to sue the Broadcasting Standards Authority and its members. The cause is the BSA indicating to him…
One thing that has bothered me over recent months is the challenge of finding good data or articles about crime. I have a sense it must be up even as police are pulling back from mental health calls, and failing to even look at thousands…
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Brian Easton says we cannot attain a sustainable Scandinavian-type quality of life while keeping the existing tax system in place New Zealand has ‘Scandinavian ambitions in terms of quality of life, but a US attitude to tax’: Lara Clark. One of the most perceptive remarks…
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The Government has announced a halving of the country’s goal for reductions of Methane gas emissions. This was an utterly predictable announcement but nevertheless deeply disturbing. The Government has halved the target methane reduction for farming. And it has announced that there will be no…
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These are a few random comments as I start to work out what happened in the latest Local Government election. First up turnout was appalling. It was predicted that the dumbing down of the mail system and the increasing proportion of the population who do…
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Spare a thought for National's MPs. The latest Curia Poll results suggest that a quarter of them could face the loss of their seats. Not only that but depending on electorate results Nicola Willis and Chris Bishop could be out of Parliament. And the party…
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In recent days former Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters has gone into battle with blogger Martyn Bradbury. I am not sure why Martyn should be picked. He has attempted to create a job out of harnessing left wing anger but he does not do it…
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