Chris Bishop and Simon Court announced principles for the RMA replacement, and they generally look very good (but not perfect). Some key aspects: The new system will be based on the economic concept ...

Within hours of the 156 page Independent Police Conduct Authority report coming out on 18 February everyone seemed to have an opinion on it. There seemed to be an immediate consensus that it was a thr ...

AKA: Our actual spending to try and improve things is tiny! AKA: The current government is a very long way from keeping their promises to reduce the spend on bureaucracy. 1. Our government education ...

Fascinating to compare the tariffs imposed by Donald Trump on two countries. Country A Has zero tariffs on US imports Has a Free Trade Agreement with the United States Imports ($34.6 billion) twice as ...

In 2017, the geniuses of the Labour Party decided to have an experiment. They said, let's cut the prison population by 30%. Someone (hopefully) said, you mean by reducing serious crime by 30%? But the ...

The White House released a list of countries and the tariff rates they charged the US. It was clearly wrong as NZ has an average tariff of around 1.7% on US imports and the list said 20%. I thought it ...

The Government is accelerating Local Water Done Well for the Wellington region to provide greater transparency at Wellington Water and ensure it is delivering value for money for ratepayers, say Local ...

A submitter known only as “Amy” has schooled the Commerce Commission on a regulatory change that could, she says, cause her parents grief. The commission said earlier this week that it is assessing wh ...

Edelman reports on their annual trust survey in institutions. The net trust for each institution (60+ is trust, under 50 is is distrust) is: Business 54 NGOs 53 Government 45 Media 35 What is ...

The article, released on Friday and written by Otago University Professor Nick Wilson, researcher Dr John Horrocks and George Thomson, discusses the growing international concern around impaired ...

The founder of The Spinoff, Duncan Greive, says he has been put on notice of a potential defamation claim from news publisher Stuff after a stand-off – stemming from an exclusive report last December ...

The University of Sussex has been fined a record £585,000 by the higher education regulator for failing to uphold freedom of speech. Hopefully that will change the incentives somewhat. Prof Roseneil, ...