Paying for super; immigration won’t do it
The New Zealand population is ageing and in danger of declining because of our low fertility rates.
That means New Zealand Superannuation is becoming increasingly...
Peters unlikely to stop India Free Trade Agreement
Labour looks like they may support the India Free Trade Agreement, thus sidelining New Zealand First, whose leader last night came out and opposed...
The mother of all farces
The proposed high noon debate over the level of Government spending between the Finance Minister Nicola Willis and her National Party 1990 – 1993...
Reserve Bank purist might make life difficult for Luxon
The new Reserve Bank Governor is emerging as a monetary policy purist.
At a media briefing yesterday, she constantly repeated her definition of the Bank’s...
The peversities of the bureaucracy
The perversities of the New Zealand bureaucracy have been on full display during Scrutiny Week at Parliament.
MPs on the Transport Committee have been listening...
Treasury is at it again
Treasury is at it again, beating the drum on what it says is New Zealand's unsustainable fiscal situation.
But their Minister is sounding more cautious....
Not a good day for the Nats (or Labour)
The National Party part of the Government might have had worse days than yesterday, but it's hard to think when they were.
The day began...
Willis caught in economic and political trap
Sir John Key and the NZME media empire are busy blaming the Reserve Bank for the surprising GDP figures unveiled last Thursday.
The Bank, thanks...
Be careful what you wish for
The Government had another go yesterday at trying to force more competition into a sector of the economy.
The proposals to encourage Costco to set...
Luxon goes it alone
Three statements yesterday; two from the Prime Minister himself and one from his Foreign Minister, suggest the Prime Minister has decided to go it...
Not quite what the PM ordered
The report of the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee will not be the silver bullet that immediately produces a more competitive banking sector, as...
Reserve Bank tells Willis they can’t do growth on their own
The theory is that the Reserve Bank will have kickstarted the economy yesterday with its dropping of the Official Cash Rate to 3.0 per...
The new political bromance
Chris Bishop and Keiran McAnulty, as leaders of their parties in Parliament, go head to head in the debating Chamber every afternoon.
Bishop is the...
Former Nat MP challenges Treasury
In a windowless Parliamentary Select Committee room on Monday, MPs and citizens engaged in a fundamental debate about what the whole purpose of the...
The dangers of cozying up to Trump on tariffs
Even the usually optimistic Trade Minister Todd McClay seems doubtful that he can overturn President Trump’s decision to charge New Zealand exports a 15...
