National politics – finance ministers
By Peter Dunne. In our system of government, the Prime Minister is often described as “primus inter pares”, the first among equals, or the chair...
Category : National Politics
Billions in debt and nothing to show for it
Bruce Cotterill, company director, adviser to business leaders, and author of the book, The Best Leaders Don’t Shout. Originally published in November 2021. Sometimes we...
Central administration versus local democracy
By Peter Dunne. The government’s plan to overhaul the regulatory and supply arrangements for the nation’s three waters looks to be close to dead in...
Partnership platitudes
By Peter Dunne. Just three weeks ago [early October 2021] the Minister of Local Government received the interim report of the Future for Local Government...
China – more diplomacy and less taniwha
Peter Dunne, ex leader of United Future and a minister in former National and Labour governments. The Government is right to resist attempts to turn...
Treat us as adults please
By Peter Dunne Originally published in March 2021 (during the country’s fourth lockdown). Over a year into the Covid-19 crisis there is an unnatural air...
Call for more pro-active contact scanning
By Peter Dunne (a precis of a comment published January 28, 2021) following new ‘community’ Covid detections and 18 days before Auckland went into another...