The second in a series on superannuation. I’ll get to advice and conclusions eventually, but I am taking it slow to give my thoughts a chance to develop. Keep Reading

The Local Karori free newsletter is not my usual source of political information but, this month, a brief profile of Labour’s Wellington North candidate, and current list MP, Ayesha Verrall, is revealing. Verrall’s comments make clear the demoralising campaign Labour plans, and suggests some of the dangers it poses for all of us who want […] Keep Reading

As we wake on the morning after election night, let's look back at a remarkable few months.  Keep Reading

Why is everyone jumping on the rooftop-solar wagon? Keep Reading

Te Pati Maori are trying to use the Māori seats to engineer overhang seats, to try and lock the centre right out of power - even if they win more votes. Keep Reading

In February 2024 the racist regime breached te Tiriti o Waitangi by disestablishing Te Aka Whai Ora , the Māori Health Authority. The agenc... Keep Reading

The government has cancelled a planned 12c per litre fuel excise increase due in January. Labour has promised no fuel tax increases for a full three-year term. National and Labour are now accusing each other of leaving a hole in the transport budget. Keep Reading

Comment: For the better part of a decade, politicians have sold the public the fiction that we can build things without paying for them. Keep Reading

A previously unseen letter from the Public Service Commissioner discusses reducing the number of Government agencies from 42 to 15 to 20. But Sir Brian Roche... Keep Reading

We’ve entered the topsy turvy in which National is arguing Labour is irresponsible for ruling out a tax. Keep Reading

Forget Matt Damon’s comparatively painless jaunt across the Mediterranean, Campbell vs Hipkins is the year’s most difficult odyssey. Keep Reading

It’s the silly season when campaigning politicians repeatedly display their ignorance. Perhaps the most famous instance was NZ Party leader, Bob Jones, claiming in 1984 that floating the exchange rate would eliminate the government’s fiscal deficit, confusing the public sector with the entire economy with its deficit in the current account of the balance of payments. Keep Reading