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Tag: Politics
Politics – The Great Quango Hunt (26 October 2009)
In 1985, New Zealand’s Attorney General, Sir Geoffrey Palmer, launched the ‘great quango hunt’. He threatened ...
Politics – A Triumph of Ideology Over Common Sense (12 July 2010)
In politics, ideology can be very dangerous if imposed without proper constraint. Nine years of rampant ...
Politics – Zombie Science, Zombie Politics (27 April 2009)
Zombie science, defn: Science that is dead but will not lie down. It keeps twitching and ...
Politics – Shedding Light on the Rising Cost of Power (2 November 2009)
The fact that one man with a forklift was able to take out the power supply ...
Politics – Arming the Police (19 July 2010)
Last Tuesday a routine Police call-out left two Police officers with gunshot wounds and a Police ...
Politics – Is Maori Disparity a Myth? (15 June 2009)
“Mäori continue to experience relatively poorer outcomes than other New Zealanders, indicating that Mäori social potential ...
Politics – One Year On (9 November 2009)
In his book The Vision of the Anointed, economist and senior fellow at the Hoover Institute, ...
Politics – Problem or Fact of Life? (26 July 2010)
"What is happening to our young people? They disrespect their elders, they disobey their parents. They ...
Politics – Too Much Secrecy (29 June 2009)
On Wednesday, eight central North Island tribes will take control of 170,000 hectares of forests in ...