It’s my first Christmas here and it’s culturally unsettling to hear all the carols promoting winter and snow when everyone is in shorts and the temperature is in the mid 20s. The other thing is those… (View Post)

I’d be interested in what you consider a “reset” and what such a thing looks like. The fundamental problem remains we want European or even Scandinavian level public services on American levels of ta… (View Post)

As we are establishing, it may be hard to be humble but it’s harder to be in Government these days in most countries. Now you can simply look at polls or favourabilty ratings and make assumptions on … (View Post)

Afternoon all from a damp Aotearoa :) Terrible economic news here this morning with GDP down 1% in the three months to September following a 1.1% drop in the three months to June. Worth mentioning at… (View Post)

NZ evening news led on Vanuatu where the true scale of the disaster is only now beginning to emerge. New Zealand, Australia and Fiji are leading the immediate rescue and relief efforts. The road netw… (View Post)