Ice, Mice, and Men
In February 2012, Gareth Morgan trapped ten of New Zealand’s top experts on the region in a boat with 40 ordinary Kiwis for a month. Together with Geoff Simmons, he grilled them about the issues facing our southern waters
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Around half of Kiwis admit they are baffled about how to eat healthily. Think about that. That is one in two people. Half the nation. There is no better indication that the modern [...]
08 Apr 2013
A couple of years ago Air New Zealand’s April Fools prank was the launch of a new ‘pay what you weigh’ fare. This year Air Samoa made that concept a reality by charging its passeng[...]
04 Apr 2013
Those ascribing the boom in Auckland house prices increasing to immigrants from Kolkata rather than Kaiapoi, have sunk into the gutter as they grasp for culprits to blame. Winston [...]
25 Mar 2013
It’s decades overdue but at last the government guarantee on deposits at banks has been shown not to be cast-iron. The decision taken in Cyprus to impose a one-off 7% tax on all ba[...]
18 Mar 2013
Resorting to stuffing their cows with palm kernel in response to the drought-induced shortage of pasture, is just the latest instance of a New Zealand dairy industry that continues[...]
13 Mar 2013
Last weekend I was I interviewed by Tony Veitch about the Phoenix, my first interview about the Phoenix since Ricki Herbert moved to the technical adviser role. The interview cover[...]
07 Mar 2013
Tax and Welfare reform
It is tempting to call the National Government’s Social Security Amendment (Benefit Categories and Work Focus) Bill the most irrelevant sideshow in the circus that is tighter[...]
23 Sep 2012
Environment, conservation and climate change
The Cats the To Go campaign has touched people in many countries around the world. In particular it has sparked massive debate in Australia, where the Australian Geographic has cov[...]
Economics
Guest post by Bernard Hickey There’s a tipping point for any pragmatic policy-maker where the facts change to such an extent as to render any existing strategy redundant. Dep[...]
11 Nov 2012
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