Australia-NZ Relations Drifting Further Apart
November 27th, 2008
Senior Ministers are becoming increasingly concerned at the drift between Canberra and Wellington over major policy as the Rudd Govt charts its own course …
Archive for November, 2008
Economic Debate – What Are The Real Economic Problems?
November 27th, 2008
John Walley, chief of the Manufacturers and Exporters Assn, has cause to wail about short-term spending and bank bailout plans dominating the election campaign, …
Currency Worries As Economy Re-Balances
November 27th, 2008
The precipitous plunge in the NZ dollar, as carry trades desert the Anzac currencies, has tilted the economy back in favour of the export …
Key Sets Priorities For Incoming Ministers
November 13th, 2008
One of the first tasks John Key is setting his new Ministers is a line-by-line review of Govt spending. This will be entrusted to …
Economic Debate – What To Do About The Economy?
November 13th, 2008
There wouldn’t be much room for Sir Roger Douglas’ ideas in the new Cabinet, if it remains committed to a centrist path, even if …
New Technique From Key – Portfolios To Be Clustered
November 13th, 2008
John Key will establish a Ministry, with teams of Ministers clustered in related portfolios. Example: Bill English as Finance Minister will also be Minister …
Campaign Winners And Losers
November 6th, 2008
Winston Peters: Harder to kill than Rasputin, but his number looks up. Often truculently silly (eg the helicopter business). So no win, or No, …
What’s The Post Election Role For Treaty of Waitangi?
November 6th, 2008
The Maori Party which initially had high hopes of making a clean sweep of the seven Maori electorates, is now finding the contest much …
Economic Debate – Where To After The Election?
November 6th, 2008
The Clark Govt has made our economy less vulnerable to the global slowdown by improving its finances over the past nine years (at the …
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