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Who, with an ounce of business sense, pulls out of a deal with no idea of what legal claims will arise, and with no idea of the price of a replacement deal? PM Luxon and Finance Minister Willis.
The PM was elected on the basis that his previous career as CEO meant he had a much greater business acumen than Labour's leaders - that...
rmacculloch
Jun 30, 20242 min read
News Flash: Grant Robertson says NZ is booming and going into a surging surplus right now. Didn't you notice?
Just a short while ago in mid 2022, this is what former Finance Minister Grant Robertson and incoming Vice Chancellor to Otago University...
rmacculloch
Jun 29, 20241 min read
Did Labour's Hipkins & National's Willis & Bishop bust the Ferries & break NZ's State Highway 1 System Linking North & South to pay for pork-barrel-politics cycleways in their own electorates?
Contrary to popular belief, NZ always did have the money to pay for state-of-the-art rail-enabled ferries linking the North & South...
rmacculloch
Jun 28, 20242 min read
Why the Public wants Boot-camps for Young Offenders and how NZ's MainStream Media missed the point
The Main Stream Media has been hammering the PM & Coalition on proposals to introduce what our journos call "boot camps". OneNews located...
rmacculloch
Jun 27, 20243 min read
Is Ardern now bigger than Jesus? Her message is "Love your neighbour". Where have we heard that before?
The Beatles had to make it in America to make it big. And, of course, they did. Nothing much has changed. To make it big, to become...
rmacculloch
Jun 26, 20243 min read
Who does NZ call when its Ferries, Planes & Electricity Supplies Break? Lawyers & Accountants, of course.
The Board Chair of Kiwi Rail, David McLean, is a lawyer. He did a Bachelor of Law degree at Victoria University. The CEO of Kiwi Rail,...
rmacculloch
Jun 25, 20241 min read
Seymour should've never politicized Pharmac by making National's Biggest Fundraiser, Paula Bennett, its Chair.
I thought the ACT Party was meant to stand for meritocracy, something that has been missing in this country the past six years. I though...
rmacculloch
Jun 25, 20242 min read
Yes, Mike Hosking, NZ's Infrastructure is a Mess and who's to blame? You and your mate, John Key.
It's best Mike Hosking sticks to being a radio host, rather than go on about how to make NZ more prosperous. Even though the previous...
rmacculloch
Jun 24, 20243 min read
Shouldn't Charities Hold Diversified Investments, so they don't risk being decimated, like the Tindall Foundation?
In 2022, the Tindall Foundation, which owns around 21% of the Warehouse, a publicly listed company, had nearly all its capital invested...
rmacculloch
Jun 24, 20241 min read
UK Labour Will Win & NZ Labour will copy its ideas about raising funds to rebuild public services in NZ Election 2026, which will include wealth taxes.
The front page news in the UK is that, "The Labour party has been drawing up options for how it could raise money through extra wealth...
rmacculloch
Jun 24, 20242 min read
Ardern laughs off as ridiculous the awful effect on school children of being online, on screens, during her Covid lockdowns. New research from the London School of Economics proves her wrong.
During her time at the Kennedy School at Harvard, where former PM Ardern is spending her life in exile waiting for the extreme divides...
rmacculloch
Jun 22, 20242 min read
Has the New Zealand Parliament and our MPs become Irrelevant to our Future?
Here are six reasons why our present National-ACT-NZ First government, although voted in by a majority of the Kiwis, has become...
rmacculloch
Jun 22, 20242 min read
Our PM wants "A-lister" big business folks to be his mates. Pres. Roosevelt made J.P. Morgan his enemy to save US capitalism. Has Luxon chosen to stand in the way of free markets in NZ?
Last year's election was a "cost-of-living" election. National's Chris Luxon was elected on the basis of his promise to reduce it. When...
rmacculloch
Jun 20, 20243 min read
Have Swarbrick's Greens actually had zero environmental impact, and simply just thrown thousands into poverty?
What has been the greatest source of greenhouse gas emissions in NZ these past six years? The CO2 expelled in hot air from the Greens &...
rmacculloch
Jun 19, 20242 min read
Is PM Luxon on a Trade Trip to Japan or a Corporate Welfare Trip? The curious case of Tāwhaki Aerospace.
Newsroom's Emma Hatton reported today that Tāwhaki Aerospace, "got millions of [taxpayer] dollars it wasn’t eligible for". She says, "The...
rmacculloch
Jun 18, 20241 min read
Labour's Former Head of Health NZ, Rob Campbell, lectures us (incorrectly) about Economics & the Pointlessness of National's Social Investment Method
The former Head of Health NZ, Rob Campbell, has written a treatise on the new Coalition's "Social Investment" approach, labelling it...
rmacculloch
Jun 18, 20243 min read
Why did Luxon invite big monopoly firms on his Japanese trade trip - and outfits that don't even trade? He should be helping small NZ business.
What was NZ Trade & Enterprise thinking? Its announcement, "A NZ business delegation, led by Air New Zealand and ASB Chair, Dame Therese...
rmacculloch
Jun 17, 20242 min read
Is Professor Michael Baker at Otago University rewriting NZ History between 2020 and 2022 in the Media?
Never one to be out the news for long, Professor Michael Baker has penned an article for the (deservedly) bankrupting Newshub. Apparently...
rmacculloch
Jun 15, 20242 min read
There is no Pākehā GDP, nor Māori GDP. The Government has published statistics that are wrong. NZ does not have two economies - only one.
I've been thinking - ever since the Leader of Te Pāti Māori said that the new National-ACT-NZ First Coalition wrote a Pākehā Budget for...
rmacculloch
Jun 14, 20243 min read
Otago University Plummets Down the World Rankings, falling in the 2025 QS Survey released today. It is not in the top 1% as it continues to falsely claim.
Otago University is recruiting students based on a false claim on the front page of its advertising & Website that it is in the "top 1%"...
rmacculloch
Jun 5, 20241 min read
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