Politics Archive
Has Simon Bridges trickled to the right of David Seymour and Jordan Williams?
Given he's regarded as a leader from the pragmatic centrist side of the National Party, it was puzzling to hear Simon Bridges this morning apparently endorse trickle-down theory.
Politics podcast: waka jumping, fuel taxing and rumour mongering
Back once again with the renegade bluster, the Gone By Lunchtime team climb many flights of stairs in the cause of NZ political discourse.
But where was the roar? Watching the Hillary Clinton show in Auckland
There was no sign of the promise she'd 'let her guard down', and flashes of Sarcastic Wine Mom aside, Hillary Clinton offered little more than platitudes at Spark Arena.
Government’s health budget must look to the future of care
The health sector needs significant investment, but where is that money going to come from? Grant Thornton’s Pam Newlove says the government needs to look to the private sector.
Seven ways of looking at the Clarke Gayford rumours
National-aligned smear campaign? Idiot Aucklanders? How to explain the way the story exploded ...
The waka-jumping bill: a bad solution to a non-existent problem
From Green leader Jeanette Fitzsimons urges MPs to chuck the legislation on the fire
What the shit is going on with those Clarke Gayford rumours?
The Herald has reported that untrue things are being said about Jacinda Ardern’s partner. Here’s what we know so far.
Judith Collins is right: Jacinda Arden is an inveterate virtue-signaller
The country is changing. And in contrasting herself from her predecessor and advocating for this change, the PM is wielding her awesome and terrible powers of virtue-signalling.
Koreans around the world see through the cartoonish takes from western media
Hyper-sensalitionism clouds the true gravity of the moves towards reconciliation on the Korean Peninsula, write two Korean New Zealanders.
New poll reveals the post-election political battleground
UMR survey shows National largely resistant to the Labour surge, though Jacinda Ardern's party has made inroads among centre voters, writes Stephen Mills Between June 2017 and February 2018 Jacinda Ardern …
Pull the other one. Of course NZ must launch an inquiry into banking
We must follow the Australians' lead and scrutinise our industry, writes the head of a KiwiSaver provider
Could one handshake herald peace at last for Korea?
Last night North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean president Moon Jae-in pledged a new era of friendship between the two countries. Is peace finally about to come for the people of Korea?
Why have Thompson & Clark been allowed to keep spying on us, in your name?
The list of state agencies using these private investigators to spy on lawful protesters continues to grow, and it is an assault on democracy, writes Frances Mountier.
Defying the sceptics, the three-way coalition is holding up well – for now
Despite National’s attempts to paint it as a coalition of uneasy bedfellows, the Labour, Greens and NZ First alliance has held up rather well so far, writes Jason Walls for interest.co.nz.
Are public private partnerships the answer to our transport network woes?
Why the government is looking into public private partnerships to build infrastructure – and what the other political parties think.
The Germans can’t stop talking about Jacinda Ardern’s pregnancy either
The prime minister's whistlestop tour of Europe saw her meet the German chancellor in Berlin yesterday. And the local press were gushing
Why the ban on foreign homebuyers is so very dumb
On Tuesday, economist Eric Crampton argued prohibiting foreign buyers will do nothing to alleviate the housing crisis. Today, he lays out all the other reasons why the ban makes no sense.
Guyon Espiner: What is Winston Peters’ foreign policy, anyway?
To outsiders New Zealand foreign policy must look like a riddle wrapped in a mystery, perhaps clear only to the enigmatic deputy prime minister and New Zealand First leader Winston Peters.
The foreign buyer ban is an abomination. Bad in principle, worse in practice
The prohibition on foreign property buyers is the worst kind of populist, fear-based policy-making, argues economist Eric Crampton.
Live blog: Barry Soper in human rights row after being BANNED from US stopover
Stay tuned for updates as top Kiwi broadcaster lashes back at Donald Trump.
The truly killer app literally kills, and NZ has a role to play in fighting it
NZ needs to join those countries that have called for an international prohibition on autonomous weapons and to work with them to make it happen, writes Thomas Nash.
Bombing Syria will never bring peace. NZ must stand up against ad hoc violence
This campaign breaches international law, and bring further, irrevocable suffering to an already traumatised people.
All the things National MPs think are virtue signalling
Revealed: National MPs think about virtue signalling a lot
Where’s the evidence that the government has thought through the exploration ban?
The fact that the ban on new offshore oil and gas exploration permits was announced so quickly – and with seemingly so little research – should worry us all, writes Jenée Tibshraeny.
