The crash will be massive when it comes
A trillion dollars of borrowing in 95 days. That is beyond scary. Hell that even exceeds the Greens’ ambitions! The post The crash will be massive when it comes first appeared on Kiwiblog .
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Calorie counts on alcohol long overdue
The Press reports: Public health advocates are taking one labelling win – all alcohol drinks will soon have calorie counts printed on their labels – and they’ve now got a new challenge: getting cancer warnings labels on liquor. Consumers may have already noticed that some of the alcoholic drinks they buy now show an “energy […] The post Calorie counts on alcohol long overdue first appeared on…
General Debate 23 August 2026
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Guest Post: If you rent your property short-term, tell the council and pay your rates
A guest post by James Doolan: If you own a second property, rent it regularly through Airbnb and have not told your council about the commercial use, this opinion piece is directed at you. You may regard the omission as harmless or perhaps you’ve realised that the chances of being identified are low. Deliberately withholding […] The post Guest Post: If you rent your property short-term, tell the…
Don’t believe Donbasification
Kate Truska writes: I come from Sloviansk, in Ukraine’s Donetsk region. For anyone who has followed Russia’s war against Ukraine since 2014, the name will probably be familiar. Sloviansk was where armed men led by Russian citizen and former FSB officer Igor Girkin seized government buildings in April 2014, and where one of the first […] The post Don’t believe Donbasification first appeared on…
Religious beliefs are not innate or immutable.
Alan Ringwood writes: There is nothing new about religions seeking to shut down criticism and opposing views. It’s a story as old as religion itself. The question is to what extent the state should step in to outlaw and criminalise anti-religious speech. Basically none, unless to calls for violence. Religious beliefs are in a different […] The post Religious beliefs are not innate or immutable.…
General Debate 22 August 2026
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Lucy Rogers on Senior Sergeant Vaughan Perry
Lucy Rogers writes at The Good Oil: As readers may recall, in February 2025 the IPCA published a report about my arrest on 25 November 2023, finding that, while I was silently and peacefully counter-protesting an anti-Israel march on Queen Street, police officers wrongfully assaulted me, wrongfully took my sign off me, wrongfully arrested me […] The post Lucy Rogers on Senior Sergeant Vaughan…
Welcome to the dark side, Kiri
Radio NZ reports: Former Labour cabinet minister Kiri Allan has come out swinging against the public service saying it is bloated, slow, and overpaid. … Allan said there were “exceptional people” throughout the public service and her comments weren’t an attack on individuals, but on the system. She said in the private sector, the incentive […] The post Welcome to the dark side, Kiri first appeared…
Te Pāti Māori tries to defeat the point of MMP
Radio NZ reports: Te Pāti Māori have made their election strategy clear: give us your candidate vote to get more Māori in Parliament, and give your party vote to the left bloc. This is the first time I can recall that a parliamentary party has not campaigned for the party vote. TPM are trying to […] The post Te Pāti Māori tries to defeat the point of MMP first appeared on Kiwiblog .
General Debate 21 August 2026
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The all powerful TOP Board
Pleased to see at least one journalist asking tough questions of TOP. It is alarming that the party leader doers;t even know her own party’s rules, especially one as important as the board being able to over-rule the caucus. I guess this is what you get when a party leader is not a long-standing member, […] The post The all powerful TOP Board first appeared on Kiwiblog .
How much land tax will you pay?
TOP has proposed a 1.75% tax on the value of urban land (except Maori communal land) and 0.5% on rural land. It is worth noting that land values have been declining for the last five years, so TOP’s policy is to tax you on an asset that is declining in value! Urban Av land value […] The post How much land tax will you pay? first appeared on Kiwiblog .
The Attorney-General gets it in one
Attorney-General Chris Bishop had made a hugely important speech. He politely but firmly pushes back against the courts making law, rather than interpreting law. He notes: So what does it mean to say that, of the three arms of government, Parliament is sovereign? The answer I want to expand on, is that Parliamentary sovereignty means […] The post The Attorney-General gets it in one first appeared…
General Debate 20 August 2026
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Dear “Chippy”: Why only 15% of voters want you as PM
(Not that the media even seem to but notice that aspect of the polls). I have lived and worked in Auckland, primarily in Education, from 1998 until now (with a 6 year gap when I was in the BoI, which co-incided with your covid response). I will try and keep this reponse to points. “Chippy” […] The post Dear “Chippy”: Why only 15% of voters want you as PM first appeared on Kiwiblog .
Who will pay in the Battle for TSB?
Jim Tucker writes: Toi’s money has come from profits made by the TSB bank, not only from clients living in the region, but nearly half from people living elsewhere (who don’t get any say). If the case goes beyond the first full High Court hearing and the losing side decides to fight on in the […] The post Who will pay in the Battle for TSB? first appeared on Kiwiblog .
General Debate 19 August 2026
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