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Education: budget’s big winner
Education is a big winner in this year’s budget, with an extra $511m earmarked for new initiatives over the next 4 years. An additional …
Talks to set timetable for NZ Afghan withdrawal
Crucial decisions on the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan are expected to be framed at the ISAF conference in Chicago called by President Barack …
Economy: mixed signals in latest data
Economic data this week pointed to encouraging trends in some sectors, less favourable in others. The National Bank’s monthly survey reported business confidence has …
Peters tries to embellish super gold benefits
Nice try, Winston. NZ First leader Winston Peters got himself a quick news bite with his call to the Govt to apply a 10% …
NZ experience duplicated in the UK
Meanwhile, in Britain last week the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee has strongly criticised budget cuts to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. …
Is Sky City deal still on track?
Is the Govt’s appetite for a deal with Sky City waning? When the proposal was first announced, John Key enthused about the jobs a …
Critical for NZ to seize Agri-Business opportunities
NZ is world class in a number of facets along the agri-business supply chain, and in the delivery of perishable products in distant markets. …
NZ in joint US military exercise
US military aircraft are exercising in NZ this week for the first time since the 1994 Anzus impasse. A USAF C-17 and a US …
China representation beefed up
The Govt has moved to beef up ailing parts of its official engagement with China by appointing former Deputy PM and Commonwealth Secretary-General Sir …
With 60m people and regime-change gathering pace in Myanmar, NZ mustn’t be left behind as nations queue up to seize opportunities there. This is …
Duncan Cotterill