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It is Friday, 13 October and I am not writing about the coalition talks. We would have hoped to have a new government by now. Read more
Foreign investment is an important subject in the coalition discussions, with New Zealand First pushing hard to restrict foreign property sales. Chief Economist Eric Crampton talks with Mike Hosking about the effects on the economy if there will be a major concession done in this area. Read more
For those of us who think elections should be about policies and not about politics, MMP presents a special kind of purgatory. It is one day short of a fortnight since the election but are we any closer to knowing the result? Read more
We do not know what government will form after party negotiations move past the Phoney War stage. But we do know the problems facing any incoming government. Read more
A solipsist is a person who believes that only they exist. For a solipsist, the external world only exists through their perception of it. Read more
When I am commenting on the New Zealand election, I have an unfair advantage. Having grown up in a country that has been practising MMP for almost seven decades, I am well versed in it. Read more
Once it was a colour combination frowned upon in the world of fashion (or so I am told). But apparently haute couture has moved on. Read more
A popular myth is that NASA spent millions of dollars producing a writing pen for the Apollo space programme. The space pen could write in zero gravity and would not leak combustible graphite into an oxygen rich space capsule. Read more
New Zealanders are lazy patriots and even worse politicians. In last week’s election, a bit more than a fifth of us held onto our vote and hoped for the best. Read more
Dr Eric Crampton talks on Radio NZ about the growing online support for National to form a coalition with the Green Party in order to rule out dealing with New Zealand First. Read more