A perspective on national security
By Peter Dunne In many ways, the essential story of New Zealand over the last hundred years or so has been our search for security....
Category : Comment
Economy stressed with inflated price for too much stimulus
The latest forecast published by Infometrics reveals our economy has become stretched to breaking point, with demand pumped to unsustainable levels by monetary and fiscal...
A modern-day version of borrow and hope
By Peter Dunne. An elaborate but ultimately irrelevant game of ‘pass the parcel’ is being played out at present about who is responsible for inflation...
It’s land and its wet but is it a wetland?
By Mike Doesburg, partner at Wynn Williams, specialising in resource management and environmental law. The Government’s Essential Freshwater Package had admirable ambitions: halting degradation of...
Protests – you reap what we sow
Picture: Dawn protest around Dunedin Downhill at a mineral conference in June 2019. By Gavin Evans, group editor, Freeman Media. Comment (originally published...
Kaua e whakatauira Maori tena koe
Alan Titchall, managing editor, Contrafed Publishing Maoridom has become a ‘political’ football in recent years and if you need to translate the heading (‘Don’t stereotype...
Stop dragging treaty into policies where it’s of dubious value
By Shane Jones, former Labour MP and NZ First MP. As the Covid virus continues to move through the community, another virus spreads across our...
Freedom camping problem unsolved
By Linda O’Reilly, Tompkins Wake. Since the Freedom Camping Act 2011 came into law, numerous local authorities have tried and failed to introduce fully satisfactory...
Public policy and undesired consequences
Dr Bryce Wilkinson, Senior Fellow, The New Zealand Initiative. This is going to be a busy and difficult year for the Government. It is planning...
Competing for talent in a job seeker’s market
By David Hammond, head of Tribe Leadership Search. Welcome to 2022 from Tribe Leadership Search. We place many of the country’s top leadership across commercial,...