Currency volatility: Which way will the dollar go?
September 30th, 2011
The NZ dollar dipped sharply last week, falling from US82.2c on Wednesday to US78c on Friday, well down on its post-float high of US88.43c …
Archive for September, 2011
Welcome mat laid out for Chinese investors
September 30th, 2011
Visiting Chinese Deputy Premier Hui Liangyu got concrete proof Chinese investment in NZ will be officially welcomed, with the signing of a Memorandum of …
Sir Paul Callaghan bemoans NZ lowly position
September 23rd, 2011
Sir Paul Callaghan, who Trans Tasman believes rates up there among the greatest living NZers, drew 1400 people last week to Wellington’s Town Hall …
Play of the week: Politics, impure politics
September 23rd, 2011
Why might a Govt legitimately introduce retrospective legislation? The idea sends constitutional purists – who admittedly tend not to get much excitement in their …
In the lobby: News from the frontline
September 16th, 2011
The Govt’s Criminal Procedure (Reform and Modernisation) Bill is in trouble. ACT is opposed to some of its provisions and Justice Minister Simon Power …
Play of the week: Covering the waterfront
September 16th, 2011
It’s been a few days now since anyone last suggested the Rugby World Cup would create a kind of politics-free zone.
Stop laughing, now.
This was …
Economic debate: Are we better off under National?
September 9th, 2011
If the opinion polls are our guide, most of us feel sufficiently well off under National – or confident we will be – to …
Uphill struggle to secure post-Kyoto deal
September 9th, 2011
Tim Groser is back on the road attending a Ministerial meeting in Pretoria laying the groundwork for the UN climate change conference in Durban …
Duncan Cotterill