First, Twice, Again, Sort of…
This post is inspired by Charles Chauvel’s post earlier today especially his point 3. When our PM arrives in Copenhagen he will declare two world firsts for NZ. The first first will be our ‘all gases...
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The countdown is on…
The General Election maybe over a year away, but last Friday Phil Goff launched Indian Newslink’s official election page. As pictured above, a number of Labour MPs were on hand for the launch,...
View ArticlePPP – Put Party Politics aside
Public Private Partnerships seem to be an obsession of the National Party but I think they would have more success if they concentrated on PPPs of another kind – ‘Put Party Politics’ aside. Speaking in...
View ArticleNational’s empty rhetoric is good for one thing
On our regular radio show (on Radio Chinese Voice AM936) the Minister for Ethnic Affairs Pansy Wong and I engage in a Q & A session with listeners. I made the point recently that under her watch...
View ArticleStrike action compounds Chinese concerns
Anyone who is engaging with the Chinese constituency nationwide will appreciate their disappointment at the performance of the NACT Government which culminated in yesterday’s PPTA strike. 280,000...
View ArticleThe born-to-rule brigade
The Pansy Wong saga has highlighted an on-going trend in the way this National government operates. They certainly do practice what they preach in terms of “self-help/help yourself”. It seems they’re...
View ArticleNational Party Blues
At the National Party’s Conference Party on Saturday night Natties were supposed to dress up in 1930′s gangster costumes (very appropriate I thought) and they hired some of NZ’s best to play for the...
View ArticleMessage to women – the numbers say it all
Continuing a well established pattern the latest National list continues to sideline women. Are there no competent women out there who share National’s philosophy? If we compare the National and...
View ArticleTINA’s back
Since Labour announced its Work and Wages Policy, there’s been the editorials repeating the “TINA” (There is no Alternative) lines of yesteryear and arguing for trickle down. Then there’s those who...
View ArticleThe One Percent
Our economy is stagnant under National. Or worse. Like an opossum in headlights, the Government continues to chart the same economic course. It is not clear whether this inertia is due to a lack of...
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