The PM is right: his government is an incompetent "cock-up", but it's not particularly corrupt
Several years ago, at an event organized by the founder of 42 Below Vodka, Geoff Ross, someone in the audience asked me why so many...
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rmacculloch
- Mar 27
- 2 min
The Great Banking Cover-Up Exposed by DownToEarth Kiwi hits the Herald
This blog has long argued it was evasive of the Reserve Bank to blame the private Banks for high profits and throw its weight behind a...
rmacculloch
- Mar 27
- 2 min
The PM and Teachers' Union did a Dirty Deal which threw Kiwi childrens' maths education under a bus
The PM & Transport Minister are portraying critiques of our school maths education as a right-wing beat-up. Nothing is further from the...
rmacculloch
- Mar 24
- 2 min
Minister Wood just went and insulted the views of The Royal Society Te Apārangi
Today the PM & Transport Minister Wood came out against the National Party's recently-released education policy which, as Newshub report,...
rmacculloch
- Mar 22
- 2 min
Guest Post by Dr Hylton Le Grice CNZM, OBE who supports several of Rob Campbell's health plans
Specialist Surgeon, Dr Hylton Le Grice (CNZM, OBE), who did his post-graduate surgical education in London & USA, worked in both public &...
rmacculloch
- Mar 22
- 2 min
Was Rob Campbell fired because he wanted to make the Kiwi Health system work more efficiently?
Although the PM spun the sacking of the Chair of Health NZ, Rob Campbell, as being due to his political comments on social media, from...
rmacculloch
- Mar 17
- 1 min
TV3's AM Show on NZ's GDP drop and our record current account deficit
They don't call it the AM show for nothing. This morning I did TV3's breakfast show together with former Finance Minister Steven Joyce....
rmacculloch
- Mar 15
- 3 min
The CEO of our Tech Institutes, appointed under PM Hipkins, wants academics out of public debate
Stuff reports that Peter Winder, Chief Executive of Te Pūkenga, the national organization that runs the NZ's 16 institutes of technology...
rmacculloch
- Mar 13
- 2 min
The Health Minister (and Newshub) Miss the Point on the Problem at the Heart of Media Influence
Newshub report, "The Health Minister [Ayesha Verrall] is in another political neutrality mess after Te Whatu Ora paid for a puff profile...
rmacculloch
- Mar 9
- 1 min
The Gov't is considering spending megabucks on "studies" to tell it why Bank profits are so high
This blog is comedic. Newshub report that "Banks are back under the microscope as the Government faces mounting pressure to investigate...
rmacculloch
- Mar 8
- 2 min
Let's put the game the Government & Public Service Commission are playing out there on the table
Those who I mix with in the academic world know much about the biased appointments that have been made to civil service positions related...
rmacculloch
- Mar 8
- 2 min
Does the Government Hate Wealthy People?
Wasting taxpayers money on consulting fees has featured in National Party Leader Luxon's "State of the Nation" speech. He's got a point....
rmacculloch
- Mar 6
- 2 min
Did NZ's School Children Just Get Used for Party Political Electioneering Purposes?
I endorse youngsters trying to make the world better by protesting against the authorities. Heck, this blog, which is read by former...
rmacculloch
- Mar 1
- 2 min
Ashley Bloomfield's no-evidence-of-left-or-right-in-our-civil-service doesn't apply to economics
Former Director-General of Health, Ashley Bloomfield, said today, regards Rob Campbell's partisan comments about the National Party's...
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