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Like Canada, the case exists for NZ to join the European Union (opens the original)
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Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney (left) listens to Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as they arrive for a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra in March. Photo / David Gray, AFP It’s easy to love Europe, at least as a tourist. Sure, it’s expensive, but where isn’t on the Kiwi peso? Last year, my family and I had one of our best holidays ever in France: baguettes, bordeaux, Monet and Manet. History and civilisation are everywhere. Soon enough, we’d love to do Italy. Back i
I’m sorry, commentators are wrong about economic recovery being on its way (opens the original)
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Commentators have been predicting an economic recovery for New Zealand for some time. Photo / Getty This week Liam Dann and Sam Stubbs have written reasoned pieces on why things are getting better and economic recovery is on its way. Even a fortnight ago I would have readily agreed, and was considering a similar column. But now, given what is happening offshore, they’re wrong. Indeed, just a little biddy while ago I would have argued that after an overly long period of stagnation New Zealand was
I know from grilling Jacinda that tax is a potent topic. Corporate tax cuts should be next (opens the original)
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Tax can be exceptionally potent politically. In the right hands, it’s a lethal sword. When Dame Jacinda Ardern was mooting a capital gains tax, I came up with new angles to grill her on it in Parliament every day for weeks. She hated it. I instructed everyone in National that there were to be no speeches, press releases, no nothing, other than about the capital gains tax (CGT). We dominated Labour in the polls at that time, and the bogeyman tax died a quick death. Tax is a defining issue at this
I envy the South Island's growth rate, but it’s a political puzzle for any future Govt (opens the original)
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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Labour leader Chris Hipkins both spoke at last week's South Island Election Conference in Christchurch. Photo / Anna Heath In my darker moments, when I am worrying about the end of the world, my mind quickly turns to the high desirability of owning a remote sheep station in the South Island with an even remoter underground bunker, purpose-built to survive the AI drones, the robot soldiers and World War III when it comes. Only I (okay, and Peter Thiel and Kim
Energy is the lifeblood of the economy – we are at risk of bleeding out (opens the original)
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Stepping out of the office the other day, I happened upon a group protesting against what they saw as a looming data centre Armageddon. I had half a mind to stop and explain to them that, regardless of any impact data centres might or might not have on water resources, local democracy, or the electricity grid, they really had nothing to fear. That’s because under current energy market settings we’ll be lucky if a single new data centre is built in this country, let alone the wave of investment t
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