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A
Smack in the Face of Democracy
21 June 2009
Muriel Newman
The extraordinary political
posturing over the upcoming Citizens Initiated Referendum
on the smacking law is breathtaking in its absurdity. More
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The
Real Story of the Anti-Smacking Referendum
21 June 2009
Larry Baldock
With the
announcement last Monday by the Chief Electoral Officer
that that they were beginning the process to hold a
Citizens Initiated Referendum, the debate surrounding the
controversial Anti-smacking law once again fired up...
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A New Documentary In An Old Tradition
16 June 2009
Dr.
Ron Smith
A
new documentary, on the supposed environmental crisis of
climate change had its New Zealand premier in Hamilton on
June 5 and
there seems no doubt that it will appear everywhere soon,
since there is a large amount of both money and moral
fervour behind it. ...
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Is
Maori Disparity a Myth
14 June 2009
Muriel Newman
Over the years claims of a growing disparity between
the socio-economic outcomes of Maori and non-Maori have
dominated the rhetoric of Maori ethnic politics. The existence of this so-called “gap” has been
blamed on...
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Who
are indiginous Australians?
13 June 2009
Professor Helen Hughes and Mark Hughes
In
1967 Australians overwhelmingly supported a referendum
that altered the Australian constitution in regard to
Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders. The strong support
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Naive
Keynesianism and Other Fallacies
10 June 2009
Roger
Kerr
One
of the most frequently cited statements in economics is John
Maynard Keynes’ observation that “Practical men, who
believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual
influences, are usually the slaves of some defunct
economist.”
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Increased
Need for Welfare Reform
7 June 2009
Muriel Newman
While
socialists have blamed capitalism and the free market for
the global financial crisis, economist Richard M. Salsman
holds “altruism” responsible. He describes
the welfare state as the political ideal
of altruism.... More
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Incentivising
Welfare
7 June 2009
Luke Malpass
The
Key government campaigned on reforming welfare, but as the
recession bites deeper we shall see if John Key and Paula
Bennett are serious or not. This government campaigned on the
welfare state helping people... More
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Opposing
Secret School Registers
5 June 2009
Allan Peachey MP
To
whom is the New Zealand schooling system answerable?
Certainly not to parents and children who are the people
who should matter most. More
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Budget
Spendup Continues
31 May 2009
Muriel Newman
Tax cuts
were a priority when
John Key delivered the Leader of
the Opposition’s speech about the 2008 Budget. Well,
that was last year!
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The
2009 Budget: What's Next?
31 May 2009
Roger Kerr
The
National-led government which came into office seven
months ago inherited a difficult economic situation. Not
only was the international financial system in crisis,
triggering a global recession... More
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The
Budget 2009
28
May 2009
Hon. Bill English
Read
the full text of the 2009 Budget speech... More
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Cooler
Weather Heats up Debate
24 May 2009
Muriel Newman
Earlier
this month a briefing paper for US government officials
and environmental leaders on ways to “re-frame” the
global warming debate in order to build stronger public
support for climate change legislation, found its way into
the hands of the New York Times. ....
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Why
I am a Climate Realist
23 May 2009
Dr
Willem de Lange, IPCC
reviewer
I am a
climate realist because the available evidence indicates
that climate change is predominantly, if not entirely,
natural. It occurs mostly in response to variations in
solar heating of the oceans, and the consequences this has
for the rest of the Earth’s climate system...
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The
Left's Dirty Tricks
20
May 2009
Michael Bassett
Over
the last few weeks evidence has seeped out that
Britain’s Labour Party had started a Dirty Tricks
Department within ministerial offices to smear political
opponents. Gordon Brown has asked the head of Britain’s
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Creating
a Wealth Revolution
17 May 2009
Muriel Newman
As
National faces its first budget our Prime Minister and
Finance Minister must not lose sight of the fact that
families and small businesses are hurting badly. Many will
have voted for National’s tax relief, since the tax cut
promise, to drive economic growth and lift living
standards, was central to their election campaign... More
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Judging
National's First Budget
16 May 2009
Sir Roger Douglas MP
Budget
Day is coming up. Finance
Minister Bill English has promised that this will be a
‘responsible Budget’ - but what does that actually
mean? How can we
tell if a Budget is responsible or reckless?
Unless we understand some fundamental economic
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Reactions
to the Plan for Auckland
13
May 2009
Owen McShane
Given
that all the great cities in the world are made up of a
multitude of local governments it seems that
mega-amalgamation is unlikely to be the correct solution
to whatever problem Auckland is deemed to have. Paris has
1300 local councils and most people seem to like it. More
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The
Rising Price of Power
10 May 2009
Muriel Newman
Many
people have been shocked to learn that the Department of
Conservation has received more than $8 million dollars in
cash payments from state energy companies, in return for
withdrawing their opposition to projects with significant
environmental effects... More
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Windpower:
Foolish Energy
10 May 2009
Bryan Leyland
In New
Zealand we are told that windpower is economic compared to
alternatives, that the unpredictable short term
fluctuations can easily be covered by our “abundant
hydropower” and ... More
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Reactions
to the Plan for Auckland
6
May 2009
Michael Bassett
It’s my guess that no more
than about 40 people out of 1.4 million Aucklanders are
vehemently opposed to the plan for re-structuring the
city’s... More
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Time
to Modernise Education
3 May 2009
Muriel Newman
According to the Ministry of
Education in their briefing to the incoming government,
“The system continues to under-perform for a significant
minority of students. Major challenges remain. A
significant minority of students struggle to obtain core
skills in areas such as literacy and numeracy...."
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Conspicuously
Politically Incorrect
3 May 2009
Allan Peachey, MP
During
2004 I wrote a book “What’s up with our schools?
a New Zealand principal speaks out”, published in
2005 by Random Press... Nothing
that I have seen or heard in four years as a Member of
Parliament has changed my view... More
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Breathing
space available on climate change policy
29
April 2009
Roger Kerr
Several
recent developments are altering the context in which
climate change policy is being framed. The Ministry for
the Environment reported this month that New Zealand is
likely to be in surplus with respect to its Kyoto
obligations in the period to 2012, rather than in deficit.
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Zombie
Science, Zombie Politics
26 April 2009
Muriel Newman
According
to the principles laid down by Dr Bruce Charlton
anthropogenic global warming is zombie science. It is
based on a false hypothesis that the increase in
human-induced greenhouse gas emissions is causing
dangerous global warming. More
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Kyoto Realities
25 April 2009
Christopher Horner
The New Zealand government
is discussing various forms of a “global warming” tax
to pay for an alleged, looming Kyoto liability. What they
apparently have not informed the public is that this
rationale, or rather excuse...
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Global
Warming: A classic case of alarmism
23
April 2009
Dr David Evans
The
global temperature has been rising at a steady trend rate
of 0.5°C per century since the end of the little ice age
in the 1700s (when the Thames River would freeze over
every winter). More
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Reflection
& Accountability
19
April 2009
Muriel Newman
It
is a time for reflection; to ask why it is that New
Zealand has done so badly in recent decades; to ask why
our politicians who are so eager to assume responsibility
over our lives are so reluctant to admit their failures... More
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Opportunities of
a Lifetime
Speech, Sir Ronald Trotter Lecture 2009, 7 April 2009
Stephen Jennings
I am going to speak about the accelerating economic
convergence taking place globally as the living standards
of the 5 billion people living outside the historically
rich part of the world rapidly catch up with income levels
in the West... More
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How
the Labour Government Robbed You Blind
16
April
2009
Sir Roger Douglas MP
Labour
and National Governments between 1996 and 2009 robbed New
Zealanders of more than $30 billion. That is the transfer
that has taken place from the private sector to the
Government...
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Should
New Zealand Stand Firm?
12
April 2009
Muriel Newman
On
Friday 3rd April 2009 the Australian Government
endorsed the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples. This move fulfilled an election
promise made by Kevin Rudd.... More
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NZ
should stay put on UN Indigenous declaration
11
April
2009
Sara Hudson and Luke Malpass
Recently
Prime Minister John Key was caught musing over whether New
Zealand should follow Australia’s lead and sign up to
the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Let us all hope that he doesn’t.
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Wairarapa
Combined Chaos
9
April 2009
Owen
McShane
The
Wairarapa Combined District Plan (One plan) sounded like a
good idea back in 2002 when it was first proposed, but six
years and over $1million later, is Wairarapa going to gain
anything from it?...
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Back
to the Drawing Board
5
April 2009
Muriel Newman
The
findings of UMR Research about New Zealanders’
living preferences are completely at odds with the demands that have
been set down in the newly released report of the Royal
Commission on Auckland Governance.... More
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Beyond
Amalgamation – Did anyone expect this?
5
April
2009
Owen
McShane
Many
of us are scared this global depression will lead to the
abandoning of free trade and a rash of protectionism –
like the last one did. We should
be more afraid that this global depression will lead to
the widespread adoption of fascism – like the last one
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The
Report of the Auckland Royal Commission
2
April 2009
Michael Bassett
The
Royal Commission was hamstrung in part by a requirement in
its Terms of Reference to pay heed to the Local Government
Act 2002. That Act entrenched into law a number of flakey
Labour fads that need revisiting.
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Ideas
Matter
29
March 2009
Muriel Newman
Whether
we are talking about freedom or oppressions, democracy or
dictatorship, free enterprise or communism, ideas have the
power to shape nations and profoundly impact on the daily
lives of citizens..... More
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Crimestoppers
29
March
2009
Lord
Michael Ashcroft
Crimestoppers
has been an extraordinary success in the
UK; I set it up over 20 years ago, have been involved with
it ever since and am extremely proud of being the Chairman
of the Trustees of a charity that is...
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Time
for Clarity
26
March 2009
John Boscawen ACT MP
All
parents should have the fundamental ability to bring their
children up as well rounded, law abiding citizens in the best
way they see fit - a right that was taken away by Labour’s
passage of Sue Bradford’s Anti-Smacking law...
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A
High Priority Promise
23
March 2009
Muriel Newman
In
the seventies, the famous writer and philosopher Ayn Rand
described the pervasive danger of the welfare state. She
could have been writing about New Zealand today.... More
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Welfare
Reform in a Recession
22
March
2009
Lindsay
Mitchell
During
a recent radio interview I was asked, is this a bad time
to be talking about reforming welfare? No, I replied with
little hesitation. There is no bad time to be trying to
reform welfare...
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The
Collapse of the NZ Herald
19
March 2009
Michael Bassett
In case you hadn’t noticed
it, the New Zealand Herald, the paper that used to claim
to be the country’s premier paper of record, has
abandoned this aspiration and seems intent on becoming a
mere British-style tabloid...
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The
Path to Energy Rationing
15
March 2009
Muriel Newman
The 2009
International Climate Change Conference was held in New
York last week. It drew together over 700 attendees
including world-leading climate scientists, legislators,
researchers, policy-makers, and... More
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No
Progress in the Climate Change Debate
15
March
2009
Hon
Václav
Klaus, President of the Czech Republic
When preparing my today's
remarks, I took into my hands - looking for an inspiration
- my last year's speech here, at the Heartland Institute's
Conference. It did not help much...
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Ten
Lessons for the Recession
12
March 2009
Sir Roger Douglas MP
This recession will end. We can control how
quickly it will end and how fast we will grow once it has
ended. We can continue down the redistribution path. But
that is a path to poverty. Alternatively, we could aim to
increase our productivity and stimulate economic growth.
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Putting
the Public Interest First
6
March 2009
Muriel Newman
With
the economic crisis delivering more bad news each day, we
must keep reminding ourselves that change brings
opportunity. The return of frugality and thrift is good
for discount businesses... More
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Climate
& Politics: advice for the committee
6
March
2009
Dr Ron Smith
The Finance and Expenditure
Select Committee inquiry into the emissions trading scheme
will be mainly concerned with examining the potential
impact of envisaged climate change mitigation measures on
the New Zealand economy and the future well-being of New
Zealand citizens...
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Real
Job growth
5
March 2009
Sir Roger Douglas MP
The
problem with the job summit is that it is likely to be a
distraction when New Zealand needs to look to the dollars,
not concentrate on the minor issues that is, the cents.
While the participants at the summit will take a
micro-look at how we might artificially-create a few jobs
over the short-term... More
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Tackling
the Tough Issues
1
March 2009
Muriel Newman
As
the government progresses it’s so-called “razor
gang” line-by-line review of government expenditure, it
will be interesting to see whether those controversial and
costly policy areas, that are clearly long overdue for
reform... More
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Rethinking
stop violence programmes
28
February
2009
Stuart Birks
On 16
February Principal Family Court Judge Peter Boshier gave a
speech to a hui in which he questioned the value of
stopping violence programmes
(Boshier, 2009)... More
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A
New Comic Era
25
February 2009
Mike Moore
The truth is so rare and
painful in politics, it’s so valuable it must be
rationed. That’s
why satire and comedy are so important because it’s the
best way to explain the absurdities of life.
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Time
to face the truth
22
February 2009
Muriel Newman
Ironically
it has taken the South African Rugby Union (SARU) to
expose the fact that racism exists in New Zealand. Sadly,
in these politically correct times, anyone who dares to
comment on this dark national secret risks... More
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The
Maori Seats in Parliament
22
February
2009
Professor Philip Joseph
Some
little while ago, I was invited to contribute to a study
on the social and economic progress of Maori.
It was suggested that I might examine the Maori
seats in Parliament. A moment’s hesitation and I said
“yes”... More
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In Praise of
Changing Your Mind
18 February
2009
Mike Moore
The hardest thing in
politics is to change your mind, it’s embarrassing to
switch horses, it’s ungainly, and makes a politician
vulnerable to attack.
The great economist, Lord Keynes, was once
challenged at a media event...
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Three
strikes and you're terminated
15
February 2009
Muriel Newman
In
the very same month
that the National Government is planning to restore our
election year freedom of speech by repealing Labour’s
disastrous Electoral Finance Act, they are planning to launch
an attack on our freedom on the internet. More
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New
government fails to defend internet freedom
14
February
2009
David Farrar
Most
businesses in New Zealand will be unaware of this, but by
the end of the month they will be at risk of having their
Internet access terminated, if they are accused of repeat
copyright infringement. They do not have to be found
guilty. They do not need to have been infringing
themselves. More
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The rise of the
Reserve Bank Act
11 February
2009
Hon David Butcher
This
week's guest piece is a letter written by The Hon David
Butcher, to Bryan Gould. Although it was written in 1995,
it outlines the risks associated with politial
interference in the economy and ...
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Is
National doing enough?
8
February 2009
Muriel Newman
Socialism
never rests. It harnesses the very worst of human emotions
to demonise the virtue of self interest as greed; it
perpetuates the fallacy that wealth is only accumulated at
the expense of others and the myth that ... More
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Don’t
assume our problems are due to “Free &
unregulated banking”
8
February
2009
Dr Don Brash
In recent
months, we’ve all been treated to a steady diet of
sermons from those who would have us believe that the
international financial crisis is all the result of the
banking industry being “free and unregulated”...
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Liquidity
Traps and Fiscal Rescues
4 February
2009
Roger Bowden
Now
that President Obama has got his stimulus package through
Congress, it’s time for our own, due out this week. By
now, we’ve seen pretty much what’s on offer
internationally...
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Reviewing
the Minimum Wage
Muriel Newman
The Government has announced that it will hold an
employment summit at the end of February to gather ideas
to help New Zealand cope with the global economic crisis.
In announcing the summit, the Prime Minister said... More
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The cruel dark side of the
minimum wage
31 January
2009
Phil O'Reilly
One
of the tenets of economics is that an increase in the
price of something causes less of it to be purchased. It’s
a tenet that’s central to the minimum wage debate.
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Summits-peak
disappointments
28 January 09
Mike Moore
Remember the drama of the
G20, the group of the Top 20 industrialised nations, and
their summit in
Washington
,
D.C.
to address the needs of concerted global action to address
the global economic crisis?
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The
cold winds of 2008
25
January 2009
Muriel Newman
2008
was the coldest year this century. This is not an
aberration as the global warming industry would have us
believe. The world has been on a cooling trend since 1998
and there is now growing scientific evidence that
governments around the world should plan for colder not
warmer temperatures. More
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Yet
another "moment of fateful decision"
25 January 2009
Christopher
Monckton
Gore
and his unthinking followers have made a
fundamental error of political judgment: they have assumed
that, precisely because climate science is so complex,
they can get away with fabricating and then exaggerating
the imagined “threat” of “global warming”... More
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The
Current Situation
14 January 09
Sir Roger Douglas (ACT MP)
“The
most challenging problem that faces the government is how
it should respond to the worldwide financial meltdown
which has already turned into a worldwide recession. I
suspect this crisis is likely to be different from any New
Zealand has had to face since World War II – much worse,
longer and deeper than... More
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Getting
our house in order
18
January 2009
Muriel Newman
It
is difficult to comprehend just how dark the economic
clouds that are bearing down on New Zealand really are.
The problem is, that with New Zealand going into recession
early last year our economy was already on a downward track... More
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New
Zealand, It’s Time to Be Measured
17
January 09
Paul
Newfield
This
is traditionally a time of year when we commit to new
personal goals. The energy and sense of perspective we bring back
from summer holidays, combined with the ticking over of
the calendar, put us in the right frame of mind for
resolutions...
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Time
for Action
11
January 2009
Muriel Newman
The
next few months will be critical for the new government.
It’s a time when the expectations of change must be
honoured. For many, that change can’t come soon enough!
We simply cannot have another nine years like the last...
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Social
pathology: disaster or goldmine?
11
January 09
Theodore Dalrymple
Whenever we try to assess the meaning and significance of particularly
horrible cases, such as that of Nia Glassie in New Zealand
or Baby P in Britain, it is important to bear in mind that...
some people have always
done terrible things to others...
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Speech
from the Throne
21
December 08
Prime
Minister, Rt Hon. John Key (Delivered
by Governor General.)
"The driving goal of the new Government will be to grow the New Zealand
economy in order to deliver greater prosperity, security
and opportunities to all New Zealanders. It will be going
for growth because…" More
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New
Employment Law Good for the Country
14
December 2008
Muriel Newman
Such
was the uproar over a law change to introduce a
grievance-free trial period for new employees, that you
could be forgiven for thinking that the new National
Government was outlawing the trade union movement!
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Back
to Basics for New Zealand Labour Markets
13
December 08
Richard
Epstein
When I
first visited New Zealand in July of 1990 at the
invitation of the New Zealand Business Roundtable, one
mission stood out above all. My job was to find some sensible way to stem the
ever increasing tide of regulation.. More
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The Class
War
11 December 08
Mike
Moore
Election cycles drive up the
feeling that it’s time for a change and new governments
get honeymoons. Both
are at work in NZ now. The
size and magnitude of Labour’s defeat has not sunk in. More
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Out
of the Shadow
7
December 2008
Muriel Newman
New
Zealand is now emerging from nine years of creeping
socialism. During those nine years, we have been told that
the state knows best how to run our lives - and our
country. Whether it is what we eat.... More
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The
Changing of the Guard
7
December 08
Karl du Fresne
In
the first party leaders’ debate on TV One during the
election campaign, Newstalk ZB political editor Barry
Soper tackled National leader John Key on the subject of
the 1981 Springbok tour...More
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Rogernomics
is not a Dirty Word
4 December 08
Gerry
Eckhoff
The return of Sir Roger Douglas to the New
Zealand Parliament should be welcomed. Regretfully, his return has
been greeted with some ridicule and even vitriol by those
who choose to ignore that we once lived in a fools
paradise. If all that was done
back then was so wrong, why ....
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Planning
our Future
30
November 2008
Muriel Newman
Anyone
concerned about the global financial situation in general
and New Zealand’s position in particular should
certainly read the Reserve Bank's first Financial Stability Report, published two weeks ago. More
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Boosting
Prosperity in New Zealand
30
November 08
Daniel
J. Mitchell, Ph.D.
Thanks to
its modest size and geographic isolation, New Zealand
automatically is in a position of having to fight harder
and work smarter to be competitive. The slowdown in the
global economy is going to make that task more
challenging, which puts considerable pressure on John
Key... More
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A
Priority for Change
23
November 2008
Muriel Newman
Nia
Glassie’s crime was two-fold. Firstly, and tragically,
she lived in the same dysfunctional household as a bunch
of boozing, dope smoking, layabout no-hopers who got a
kick out of torturing her when they were bored. Secondly,
she had a woman as a mother who ... More
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Re-defining
Compasion
22
November 08
John
Sax
In the wake of the Nia
Glassie case, New Zealanders across the country are asking
“How on earth did this happen?”
The death of the gorgeous three year old and the
details that have emerged during the trial have left us,
as a nation, shaken to the core and in a state of
disbelief.
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Moving
in the Right Direction
16
November 2008
Muriel Newman
Last Thursday, US
President George Bush launched a vigorous defence of the
free market, stating that the only long-term solution to
the global financial crisis is sustained economic growth...
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Resolve
to Tackle Climate Change Crumbling Internationally
15
November 08
Catherine
Beard
The
resolve in Europe to make meaningful emission
reductions’ is crumbling by the day in the wake of the
financial credit crunch sweeping the globe, bringing with
it fears of a global economic recession...
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The Dog
that Isn't Barking
11 November 08
Mike
Moore
I’ve spent the last
few weeks overseas at Board meetings, various
self-indulgent
seminars and think tanks in Europe, the Middle East, Mexico, and
Canada. I don’t know how anyone can get any work done in
London...
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Where
Welfare Dependence and Public Health Collide
9
November 08
Luke
Malpass
Governments,
no matter how well-intentioned, have limited control over
personal behaviours which ultimately depend upon people
deciding to modify unhealthy habits. More
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Maori
seats give unwarranted influence based on race
1
November 08
Bob Jones
I
dislike the Maori seats, which are both racist and
undemocratic. Introduced as a short-term measure, they
should have been abandoned decades ago.
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The Global
Warming Scam
23
October 08
Vincent
Gray
The Global Warming Scam has
been perpetrated in order to support the Environmentalist
belief that the earth is being harmed by the emission of
greenhouse gases from the combustion of fossil fuels...
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Fred Singer: The
Global Warming Debate
In the past few years
there has been increasing concern about global climate
change... t
this concern is misplaced, human activities are not
influencing the global climate... and very little can be
done about global climate change. More
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Hon Václav Klaus, President of the Czech Republic: From
Climate Alarmism to Climate Realism
This week Muriel Newman met with
the President of Czech Republic at an International Conference on Climate Change in New York. The
President delivered a powerful speech; pointing to realities
that many governments, including our own, choose to ignore. Speech
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Prof David Bellamy:
The global warming myth
Am I
worried about carbon induced global warming? No because there
has been no sign of global warming in NZ since 1955. Yes because
it has become a political football that has lost its foundations
in real science...
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Bev Adair:
Child abuse, my story
I
know how it feels to have a life of apparently no value to
anyone. From my earliest years I lived with violence. I remember
knives, blood on walls, being beaten, being locked up in
cupboards, being molested by my Dad, being used by my mother's
men friends - she put me on show for them. I remember sitting in
the gutter outside the hotel waiting for my mother...
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Dr
Daniel Shayesteh: Islamisation
of the West
A
brief introduction of my background may help the reader to
better understand my comments concerning the plans of Islam for
non-Muslim nations. From early childhood, we learned that
Christians and Jews were unclean and Islam must take over the
world.
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Alan
Duff: Maori
under-performance
The law of
consequence – in other words, taking responsibility for
our own actions – has left the lexicon. Well, where
Maori are concerned it has. There’s always some
professional excuse-monger who leaps up and blames “the
system” or “government” or “Child, Youth &
Family” or “Western culture” on our every failing. More
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Lindsay
Perigo:Nanny State
Nanny State is
vicious, anti-human … and, as we speak, relentlessly
advancing. Who is she, this hybrid of gargoyle and
dominatrix? She is the strident, scolding, snooping
socialist, the control-freak who seeks to regulate every
aspect of our existence. More
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