The
"P" Word
23 July 08
Mike Moore
In a
rare moment of candour, the Minister of Police confessed
we are losing the battle against methamphetamines,
commonly known as P. It
is a chilling admission, and it’s true.
A South Auckland mayor said if we get rid of P, we
will get rid of gangs. Dead
wrong. P is a
relatively new evil, gangs existed well before P became a
huge money-spinner for the gangs.
More
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Legal
Empowerment for the Poor
16 July 08
Mike Moore
Look at the worst places to
live in the world – Burma,
North Korea,
Zimbabwe. What have they in
common? No
democracy, no human, civil, commercial and legal rights.
When governments deny you your rights, then they
have the worst outcomes for ordinary people.
The elites always do well.
Equality under the law, the fact that the sovereign
is accountable to the law, are fundamental to man’s
progress. More
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Mike
Moore needs some reminders of Labour’s past
9 July 08
Michael Littlewood
In his rush to judgement (The Politics of Retirement, 18 June 2008, nzcpr
midweek), Mike Moore slides by some inconvenient
truths about the last 30 or so years of
New Zealand
’s superannuation history. More
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Clark
for UN Human Rights Role?
2 July 08
Murray McCully
The
announcement that New Zealand has declared its candidacy for
membership of the United Nations Human Rights Council raises a
number of interesting questions. Like why are we doing this?
And what do we hope to achieve? More
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High
Noon in Geneva, Again
25 June 08
Mike Moore
Agriculture has always been the deal-breaker or
deal-maker in world trade talks at the World Trade
Organisation. Ministerial
trade talks have often collapsed, because governments have
not been able to agree.
Unlike other Ministerial meetings, WTO talks are
real, between contracting parties, backed up by a binding
disputes system, and agreements need to be ratified by
Parliaments. More
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The
Politics of Retirement
18 June 08
Mike Moore
After
nearly a decade out of power, it’s easy to forget how
dreadful, cynical and short-sighted the National Party has
been in the past, especially in regard to the treatment of
retired New Zealanders. They
have done it again, with waffle on KiwiSaver. More
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Big
Ideas to Super-size New Zealand's Economy
11 June 08
Dr Don Brash
Don Brash outlines a 10-point plan to increase our living
standards. He says implementing it would take courage, but
none of it is politically impossible and the results would
be remarkable.
More
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Science,
Politics & Climate Change
4 June 08
Dr Ron Smith
Science does not proceed on the basis of consensus.
The history of science is full of cases where a
minority (or even single individuals) turn out to be right
and the majority turns out to be wrong.
More
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"Bunkham",
Populism & Demagogic Politics
28 May 08
Mike Moore
Politics should be more noble than a checklist of fears
and promises to targeted sectors, to be ticked off during
an election cycle. One of the tragedies of NZ politics is
how the real promise of Winston Peters, who had much to
offer NZ, has been wasted. More
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ACTs
Pledge to New Zealand
21 May 08
Rodney Hide MP
We need a change of government, sure. But that's not
all we need. Not by a long shot. More important than
a change of government, we need a change of direction.
That's where ACT comes in... More
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A
Moral Question. What do you do?
14 May 08
Mike Moore
Dictators hardly ever quit.
They can’t. They
may be prosecuted or worse.
Those who replace them may take revenge.
How do they live, who pays them when they retire or
run? That’s
why many steal millions of dollars and park the money
overseas for a rainy day.. More
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Reforming
Auckland Local Government, a submission
30 April 08
Dr Michael Bassett
The 1989 structure was the best that was politically
achievable at the time (29 territorial authorities into 7,
with a regional body) but weaknesses have shown up with
the structure and especially at the regional level where
the voice is weaker than intended at the time. That
regional voice needs to be strengthened. More
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Food
for Thought
23 April 08
Mike Moore
What has been the most successful 50 years of alleviating
poverty in human history is threatened.
What’s happening, what’s new?
Nothing is more important than food.
In 12 months, corn and rice prices have doubled,
wheat price tripled, soy beans up by 87%, and global food
reserves are at their lowest levels ever.
A 100 million people in the poorest countries have
been pushed further into poverty... More
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The Good;
the Excellent; and the Bad
16 April 08
Mike Moore
China has only become integrated into the global economy
over the past 20 years, the results for China, stunning,
hundreds of millions of people lifted out of extreme
poverty. This lifts living standards worldwide, has kept
global inflation down, and stretched families’
purchasing power. In part, this is why the last 10 years
has seen the most sustained economic growth in history... More
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It's
Now or Never - almost, at the WTO
9 April 08
Mike Moore
No-one was confident we would launch a new trade round
when Ministers met in Doha when I was Director-General of
the World Trade Organisation.
We managed a launch because, in the end, there was
so much in it for everyone.
The World Bank suggested, at the time, abolishing
all barriers could lift the global economy by almost US$3
trillion, and lift 320 million people out of poverty. ... More
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The
Middle East - Work in Progress
1
April 08
Mike Moore
The Middle East conjures up dark pictures in Westerners’
minds, the agonies of Palestine and Iraq.
That’s like judging all of Africa because of
Dufar, or all of Asia because of North Korea.
There’s more to the region and the Muslim world
than that... More
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China
Revisisted, China Revisitng the World
26 March 08
Mike Moore
I
just made my 20th visit to China.
China will not change the modern world, it already
has. They have
taken more than a million people a month out of extreme
poverty over the past 20 years, lifting hundreds of
millions out of poverty, and now generate wealth, jobs and
growth everywhere. More
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Reflections
on Political Courgage
15 March 08
Rodney Hide MP
Speech to the ACT Conference, 15 March 2008. "Ladies
and gentlemen, our goal is not just to change the
Government - our goal is to change the direction of our
country; not just to replace the captain and crew of the
ship of State, but to change where that ship is headed..."
More
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Reflections
on Political Courgage
5 March 08
Mike Moore
Sometimes you need to oppose the majority, try to survive
and create a new majority.
Politicians in corners don’t often lie, their
compromise is to say nothing.
I’ve had a number of mute politicians confide
that they agree with my attacks on the Electoral Finance
Act. Martin
Luther King, Jr. said, “Our lives begin to end the day
we become silent about things that matter.” ... More
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An
interview with John Boscawen, campaigner against the
Electoral reform Bill
27 February 08
NZCPR
director, Muriel Newman, interviews John
Boscawen about his high profile opposition to the Electoral Reform Act... More
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Dissent
J’Accuse
20 February 08
Mike Moore
Dissent is the
lifeblood and oxygen of progressive politics.
It always has been.
We social democrats trace our history of dissent
back through the centuries as we wrung concessions out of
the powerful and privileged... More
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Prime
Minister's Statement to Parliament
12 February 2008
Helen Clark PM
It's a privilege for me as Prime Minister to present this
annual statement to Parliament on our government's
priorities for the year ahead. 2007 was a year of progress
on many major government initiatives... More
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A
Funny Year?
6
February 08
Mike Moore
2008 is an important year for us all, not only because
it’s election year but because, internationally, many
great issues will come to the forefront. More
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State
of the Nation Address
30
January 08
John Key
This
time a week ago we were saying goodbye to our country's
favourite son.... More
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and the Prime Minister's speech
in reply >>>
A
Banana Republic - Without the Bananas
21
January 08
Rt Hon Mike Moore
New Zealand’s constitutional arrangements; a
republic, will soon be on the political agenda, here’s why,
and why it’s dangerous... More
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Poverty
Is Not Inevitable
16
January 08
Rt Hon Mike Moore
Why is it that
countries that should be wealthy, that have resources,
have continued to under-perform?
Poverty is a man-made thing so we can fix it.
What’s the common denominator in success and
failure? Open economies
always do better. More
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Christmas
Thinking
26
December 07
Rt Hon Mike Moore
It’s often said that elections are decided by
discussions over the Christmas barbeque before election year.
Erratic Christmas weather will provoke discussion about
climate warming. It’s
fascinating that New Zealand’s record of emissions is higher
than many who have not signed the Kyoto Agreement.
The record is the opposite of the rhetoric.
More
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