OPINION: As Trump’s tariffs spark a nosedive in share markets, NZ would be wise to start making more of its own stuff.
The Conversation
Trump’s tariffs shine a light on New Zealand’s supply chain vulnerabilities. Is it time to revisit the idea of ‘import replacement’?
E-Tangata
“This isn’t policy-making — it’s political theatre, aping the aggressive strategy of a certain foreign leader to mask an ideological obsession with removing Indigenous and Te Tiriti-based rights in our country.” — Joshua Koko on Winston Peters' Trumpish war on "woke DEI".
Point of Order
Bryce Edwards writes - Food Safety Minister Andrew Hoggard – a former farming lobbyist turned Act Party MP – is facing intense scrutiny over potential conflicts of interest. Recent revelations show how Hoggard’s own sister, Kimberly Crewther, lobbied his office to oppose tougher infant formula regulations, raising questions about where his loyalties lie. Hoggard insists…
Newsroom
Today from The Detail: Legislation designed to simplify the country's resource management laws has now become more complex than the multitude of statutes it originally replaced. So it's up for debate, again.
www.thepost.co.nz
In the words of the German literary movement of the late 18th century, we are living in times of Sturm und Drang, of tumult, turmoil, and upheaval.
Newsroom
NZ First's leader gives his state of the nation speech, with a rhetorical flourish wafting from the halls of power he's just walked in Washington. Tim Murphy listens in
RNZ
Analysis - Most New Zealanders support the country meeting its international climate targets, according to a poll commissioned for the environment ministry.
RNZ
Analysis: Peters heads home from Washington DC armed with fresh intel on what the new US administration is thinking, and the impact it might have on New Zealand and the wider Pacific.
bowalleyroad.blogspot.com
Speilmeister: Christopher Luxon ’s prime-ministerial pitches notwithstanding, are institutions with billions of dollars at their disposal...
Point of Order
Lisa M. Katerina Asher, Catherine Sutton-Brad and Drew Franklin write - New Zealand’s concentrated supermarket sector is back in the spotlight after Finance Minister Nicola Willis said she was open to offering “VIP treatment” to a third international player willing to create competition. However, New Zealanders hoping for a foreign hero to break up the…
The Conversation
The Leadership Capital Index measures political performance in ten areas. It shows both major party leaders struggling for traction. See if you agree – and have your say.
Point of Order
Rob MacCulloch writes - Finance Minister Willis was asked whether she wanted to change legislation to force the Reserve Bank of NZ to cut capital requirements that are currently being imposed on our Big Banks. She replied, “Whether or not I need to do that is something I’m taking advice on”. Finance Minister Willis was…
RNZ
The PM's got plenty on his plate right now - the economy, health, housing, Trump, and school lunches. Now the media are also hinting he might not be in the top job for long - but based on very little.
E-Tangata
“Social workers still have the power to just go in, willy nilly, and take children away, largely based on whānau not being able to afford to feed their kids — not abuse.” — Paora Moyle.
E-Tangata
“Despite producing enough food to feed 40 million people annually, Aotearoa allows its most vulnerable tamariki to go hungry. Food insecurity here is one of the worst in the OECD, and disproportionately affects Māori and Pasifika children.” — Dr Madeline Shelling.
NZ Herald
Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson has opened up about her experience with breast cancer, which came during one of the most difficult periods in the...
Peter Davis NZ
The turmoil at the federal level in the United States is all too evident in our daily broadcasts. But is a smaller scale version of it unfolding in New Zealand? It's low key, more observant of legal niceties, but there are some parallels - and concerns.
bowalleyroad.blogspot.com
“ Bugger the pollsters!” WHEN EVERYBODY LIVED in villages, and every village had a graveyard, the expression “whistling past the graveyard”...
Point of Order
David Farrar writes - A reader inquired if the support lost by the major party of Government since the election is a record. I didn’t think so, but have now gone and checked the data. This compares the 1st 1 News poll of the middle year of a term against the last election result. 2008:…
The Conversation
On the eve of the sixth anniversary of the Christchurch terror attacks, New Zealand’s gun control laws are again under review. What can our nearest neighbour teach us?
RNZ
Analysis: New Zealand is being urged to spend 2% of GDP on defence, but is that possible and would it make a difference?
Newsroom
The economic opportunity India presents is obvious. The PM must ask not what India can do for NZ – but what NZ can do for India.
In pursuit of 'fairness' for the US, the president could send his country into recession – and throw New Zealand's hoped-for recovery into reverse.
Pundit
By international standards the New Zealand healthcare system appears satisfactory – certainly no worse generally than average. Yet it is undergoing another redisorganisation.
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