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Communities Under Siege
Communities throughout New Zealand are feeling under siege from regional councils, district councils, and external lobby groups who are not part of their living, working communities. Spatial planning has spawned an avalanche... More about Communities Under Siege
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Is there a Euromess in our own shop?
On the face of it, the euromess is an old story. Populist governments and rampant bureaucrats are expensive indulgences at the best of times. With the global economic hangover we call the global financial crisis (GFC), to ... More about Is there a Euromess in our own shop?
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Sensible sentencing of Urewera four
It was a good day for New Zealand. Justice Hansen sentencing the Urewera four was having none of what he called their “utterly implausible” excuses. Well done, ... More about Sensible sentencing of Urewera four
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Another missed opportunity
Over the days since the Minister of Finance presented his fourth Budget, there has been extensive debate about the details of the Budget’s growth projections (will New Zealand achieve ... More about Another missed opportunity
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The Euromess: Irresistible forces, immovable objects, and economic realities
You’ve got to hand it to the jocks in the financial markets. My German co-author, who knows a bit about such things, tells me there’s already a spread trade going in credit default swaps (CDS). I won’t bore you... More about The Euromess: Irresistible forces, immovable objects, and economic realities
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Paid Parental Leave - time to take a step back
The NZ Herald recently ran a poll asking whether National was right to use its veto to override Labour MP Sue Moroney's private member's bill to extend Paid Parental Leave (PPL) from ... More about Paid Parental Leave - time to take a step back
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Treaty beliefs, in their own words
One unchanging political reality is that review panels are set up to get the outcomes of the interested party. I suggest that the current constitutional advisory panel has been carefully ... More about Treaty beliefs, in their own words
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Why taxes are so high – and set to rise a lot more
During the last hundred years central government taxes per capita rose 20 times faster than consumer prices (from around $660 in 1910 to $13,198 in 2010 in year ended March 2011 dollars, as in the chart below). ... More about Why taxes are so high – and set to rise a lot more
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Foreign Policy in an Interdependent World: A New Zealand Perspective
Address to Centre for Australia and New Zealand Studies, Georgetown University, Washington DC, 12 April 2012 It’s an honour to share some thoughts with you, report on the NZ, ... More about Foreign Policy in an Interdependent World: A New Zealand Perspective
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The great Government green-wash
Deception has always been at the heart of the Emissions Trading Scheme legislation. When it was enacted in great haste by a Labour Government in 2008, the public were told it... More about The great Government green-wash
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Cocktails, Shots, & Drink Recipes Drink in style.
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Daily Video Check out today's videos, they take up our broadband bandwidth but these Youtube clips are particularly worth it!
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