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Changing tack on the fast track
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Changing tack on the fast track
There has been both praise and criticism for Cabinet’s proposed changes to the controversial fast-track legislation announced this week.
Editorial
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The electricity generation game
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The electricity generation game
All across the nation’s spa pools, electric-vehicle chargers, clothes-driers and heated towel rails, the cry goes up: not another power crisis, they yell.
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Ko back in command
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Ko back in command
Cool Lydia Ko can certainly convert clutch plays with her class and composure.
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Fair policing matters
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Fair policing matters
Those who have been following years of criticism over aspects of policing will not have been shocked at last week’s revelations from the Understanding Policing Delivery project.
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Turning a tone-deaf ear to reality
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Turning a tone-deaf ear to reality
Do as I say, not do as I do.
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Banking on bank competition
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Banking on bank competition
They huff and they puff, but they do not blow the house down.
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As transparent as mud
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As transparent as mud
It is hard not to be cynical about the impact we might expect from the recently released report from the Helen Clark Foundation.
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State Highway 6 (and others) revisited
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State Highway 6 (and others) revisited
When it comes to a battle between humans and nature, the latter will always, eventually, win.
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Funding Three Waters
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Funding Three Waters
The Three Waters nightmare for ratepayers and water and sewage users remains, despite this month’s announcement on a path to the future.
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Poor communication continues
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Poor communication continues
When former minister for disability issues Penny Simmonds was badly handling the fallout from her ministry’s spending decisions in March, we described the situation as a master class in dreadful...
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GE or not GE no longer the question
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GE or not GE no longer the question
The elephant in the room that is genetic modification (GM) and gene editing (GE) has finally been recognised. And not only recognised, but warmly welcomed, cheered and made space for at the table.
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A vulnerable juncture
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A vulnerable juncture
Such is the economic slowdown and low business confidence that the Reserve Bank on Wednesday let the monetary sails out just a little.
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More collaboration, less combat
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More collaboration, less combat
So-called conviction politicians can be refreshing amid the wishy-washiness from career politicians who are content to flow whichever way the latest focus group or opinion poll dictates.
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Holding the power(ful) to account
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Holding the power(ful) to account
Every handful of winters, a combination of events propels the words "spot prices" and "wholesale market" back into our vocabulary.
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Olympic wonders to behold
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Olympic wonders to behold
It is au revoir to a rousing Paris Olympics. If an Olympic games were ever going to inspire New Zealanders, these were the ones.
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New Zealand’s Midas touch
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New Zealand’s Midas touch
New Zealand’s finest couch potatoes might be forgiven for phoning in sick today, exhausted after an exhilarating Olympics-watching weekend.
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Beware the visitor from Porlock
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Beware the visitor from Porlock
Those who remember studying Samuel Coleridge’s Kubla Khan may also recall the jarring and rather abrupt ending.
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Making it count
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Making it count
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon displayed his and National’s style when announcing plans to introduce "structured" mathematics in primary schools a year earlier than planned.
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A tale of three countries
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A tale of three countries
On a clear day it is possible to see across the English Channel, from one world to another.
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A southern star shines
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A southern star shines
A week ago most southerners would have struggled to explain what kayak cross was, let alone discuss its finer details.