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Carers or teachers? Why early childhood education matters

My journalist-trained colleagues on Pundit probably will wince at my opening with such a hackneyed cliche, but everything changes when you have children of your own.read more

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2010: A political year of half-measures

And just like that, it was over. 2010: A pretty miserable year done and dusted. Sadly, dust was an all too literal part of the year, what with the Canterbury earthquake and our need to learn more about...

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Sometimes an emergency really is just an emergency

I (and others) have had occasion to criticise the Government's (indeed, the entire Parliament's) response to natural disaster in the past.read more

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Necessitas non habit legem

Here is what I understand to be happening at present on the seas far off the East Cape. A seismic testing vessel, the Orient Explorer, is under contract to Brazilian petrol giant Petrobras to conduct a...

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What are you prepared to sacrifice for our kids?

What price are we willing to pay to make children safer in this country? For all that the timing of the government's green paper conveniently saves National from having to come up with any hard policy...

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The (creaky) rise of the Grandpa State

This time three years ago, a two-word phrase seemed to be gaining unprecedented coverage in New Zealand: Nanny State.read more

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If it's just a symbol, why do you care?

I suspect the sudden threat by the Maori Party to "reconsider its relationship with National" if partialy-privatised (sorry ...read more

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A press release we will never see

Minister of Revenue, Peter Dunne, has today announced new measures to prevent, detect and catch corporate tax evasion.read more

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Why the rush to sell Mighty River? Politics.

Whatever side of the politics you sit on asset sales, no-one except the government thinks this is a good time to sell. But they’ve already banked the $7 billion they expect from the sale. They need it...

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Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it

I have but three words to say to those who think that the announced agreement between Sky City Casino and the National Government, complete with regulatory concessions that will permit the casino to...

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Put me on the board! Put me on the Cadillac board!

Some things sell on their merits alone. Icebreaker. BMW. Wooing Tree Pinot Noir. Sure, they may throw in the occasional discount or sweetener to clear inventory or get over a flat patch, but on the...

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Here’s what to do about inequality

A recent UMR poll found 50% of us are 'very concerned' about growing inequality, 37% are 'somewhat concerned', and only 13% 'not concerned at all'. Seven out of ten of us believe the gap between rich...

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We’ve always been at war with beneficiaries

The Government has introduced a Bill which retrospectively changes the Social Security Act 1964 so as to nullify Crown liability to beneficiaries. It is generally accepted that retrospective...

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Quick thoughts on the foreign trust lobbying affair

Revelations that the PM's personal lawyer was active in lobbying the Government not to tighten the rules on the sort of foreign trusts fingered in the "Panama Papers" present, as they say, poor...

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Perhaps Judith Collins needs to slow down just a wee bit

Via RNZ comes a story about Police Minister Judith Collins taking issue in the House with the Police issuing speeding tickets to people who are breaking the speed limit.read more

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The only thing stopping you is yourself

On today's RNZ's Morning Report, John Key poured cold water over Wintson Peters' confident assertion that NZ would have an election early in 2017 because the National Government was struggling to hold...

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If it's just a symbol, why do you care?

I suspect the sudden threat by the Maori Party to "reconsider its relationship with National" if partialy-privatised (sorry ...read more

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A press release we will never see

Minister of Revenue, Peter Dunne, has today announced new measures to prevent, detect and catch corporate tax evasion.read more

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Why the rush to sell Mighty River? Politics.

Whatever side of the politics you sit on asset sales, no-one except the government thinks this is a good time to sell. But they’ve already banked the $7 billion they expect from the sale. They need it...

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Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it

I have but three words to say to those who think that the announced agreement between Sky City Casino and the National Government, complete with regulatory concessions that will permit the casino to...

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