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rmacculloch
Oct 30, 20243 min read
The Australians Make it Official: Labour Leader Hipkins, aided by his henchmen in the MainStreamMedia, Wrecked NZ's Economy by Ordering Vaccines Late & Destroyed Trust in our Government
Days after this Blog released its Two Minute Covid Inquiry , which argued Labour Leader & former Covid-19 Minister, Chris Hipkins,...
rmacculloch
Oct 29, 20242 min read
The NZ Herald & Radio NZ Misled the Nation by asserting "65% of Kiwis Support Capital Gains Tax". The survey they used shows around 90% oppose it.
The Herald & Radio NZ owe the nation an apology. Their reporting has hit new lows. No wonder people don't trust the Main Stream Media....
rmacculloch
Oct 29, 20243 min read
Maybe NZ's Minister of Justice is Right. When Parliament Can't Make Laws, the people have no choice but to take the Law into their Own Hands.
Not so long ago, the Labour Party's Deputy PM Sir Michael Cullen stated in no uncertain terms in Parliament that sovereignty was ceded in...
rmacculloch
Oct 27, 20243 min read
Labour's Colonial Plans for NZ Election 2026 Revealed: it will be fought UK-style over the level & types of taxes to "rebuild public services".
We like to do self-congratulatory back patting from time to time at this Blog. Why? Since we believe we get most of our economic...
rmacculloch
Oct 26, 20242 min read
Back to Basics: Private Charities, Tutors & Mathematics Challenges are Beating the State on Maths Education.
Those of us in the trade have long known that the quality of maths education in NZ was in decline, before it became news headlines and a...
rmacculloch
Oct 26, 20242 min read
Mr Bean - oops, RBNZ Governor Orr - is in Washington - lecturing on how to conduct monetary policy.
Labour's former Ministers and appointees are on a roll. Grant Robertson has returned to Otago University, where he spent much of his...
rmacculloch
Oct 25, 20242 min read
A Two Minute Covid Enquiry
Lets do a Covid Inquiry in two minutes, unlike the NZ government, which is onto its second, after years of time. In 2020, before vaccines...
rmacculloch
Oct 25, 20241 min read
Is this the Worst-Taste Halloween Outfit Ever Worn (at Billionaire Nick Mowbray's Party)? Will "envy" taxes go up because of it?
Should we get capital and asset taxes in NZ, the reason will probably be because people read the Herald's "Society Column", and see the...
rmacculloch
Oct 24, 20242 min read
The PM, Justice Minister and Attorney General now say they agree with all Three of ACT's Treaty Principles. So why wont National support the Bill?
Its the strangest thing. In the past weeks, the PM, Attorney General & Justice Minister have unambiguously signed up to the First, Second...
rmacculloch
Oct 24, 20242 min read
Did ANZ's CEO Mislead Parliament's Select Committee about it probably being NZ's "biggest importer of capital" & making "middle of the road" profits?
My accounting has become a bit rusty, so readers in the profession can judge this Blog for themselves. The Chair of ANZ Bank (who used to...
rmacculloch
Oct 23, 20242 min read
Has Former NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern been Engaging in Foreign Interference in the US Election?
An almighty row has broken out in the United States as Donald Trump's campaign has filed a Federal Election Commission (FEC) complaint...
rmacculloch
Oct 23, 20241 min read
IMF October 2024 Report Issued Today Ranks NZ's Stagnant GDP as 184th out of 195 countries in the world
The IMF has reported how much GDP is growing in 195 countries across the entire world. New Zealand is stagnant, at 0%, whilst nearly...
rmacculloch
Oct 21, 20242 min read
Finance Minister Willis, Pharmac Chair Bennett & Regulation Minister Seymour Should Answer Multiple Sclerosis NZ
Evaluating spending and regulation decisions on the basis of objective criteria is a good thing. The standard tool in economics to do so...
rmacculloch
Oct 19, 20242 min read
Does King Charles Not Care about Poor Samoan Villagers? Does his personal comfort & security trump their lives & livelihoods, which are dependent on their lagoon. Where's his compassion?
Reports out of Samoa suggest that salvage work on the Manawanui will stop whilst King Charles is staying at the Sinalei Beach Resort and...
rmacculloch
Oct 19, 20243 min read
Is Sir Ashley Bloomfeld Arguing in the NZ Medical Journal that this Nation should be Turned into a Police State for the "Next (Inevitable)" Pandemic?
In the latest edition of the NZ Medical Journal, former Ministry of Health employee, Ashley Bloomfeld, who was head of our health system...
rmacculloch
Oct 18, 20241 min read
Law firm partner who wrote legal letter threatening Auckland University with defamation on behalf of Foodstuffs is also a lecturer .. at Auckland University
Amusingly, when my (now retired) colleague, Tim Hazeldine, wrote at article about the Foodstuffs - Countdown duopoly, Auckland University...
rmacculloch
Oct 17, 20243 min read
The Great Treaty Debate. Why its words are self-contradictory (in so far as they address Statehood, Sovereignty & Government) at least for an Economist.
Our previous blog about the Treaty of Waitangi Sovereignty Debate spurred much comment on social media sites. Many readers insist that...
rmacculloch
Oct 16, 20243 min read
"The Mood" of NZ's (Weak and Inbred) Boardrooms reflects on their own ineffectiveness, which has cut productivity, not on our MPs quality.
The Mood of the Boardroom Survey & recent remarks by some of this nation's CEOs reflect on the (dubious) quality of New Zealand's...
rmacculloch
Oct 15, 20242 min read
Forget PM Luxon: The Biggest Capital Gains-Wanna-be-Tax-Dodgers in NZ are Labour & Greens own MPs.
The Labour Party is trying to lay the foundation for capital and asset taxes in NZ. To build their case, in cahoots with their mates in...
rmacculloch
Oct 14, 20244 min read
Race activists in NZ should get over themselves & accept we'll never know whether "sovereignty" was ceded in the Treaty of Waitangi. What even is it?
What does the Treaty Debate, especially regarding the question of whether Sovereignty was ceded or not, have in common with the OJ...
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