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Paying more to come to NZ
The International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy has certainly risen sharply; from $35 to $100. It was only introduced in 2019.
Editorial
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Stop hospital plan changes
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Stop hospital plan changes
If the coalition government wants southern people to believe it is serious about addressing infrastructure deficits, it could stop mucking around over the Dunedin Hospital rebuild.
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Crossing the line
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Crossing the line
Politicians are often accused of liking the sound of their voices too much and of getting carried away with their own importance.
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Combining southern councils
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Combining southern councils
The optimism of those pushing for local government rationalisation in Southland and Otago is to be admired.
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Not in front of the neighbours
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Not in front of the neighbours
People can put on or subconsciously display different personas for different occasions.
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Kiingi Tūheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero
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Kiingi Tūheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero
The Māori King Tūheitia, who died yesterday, grew into a role he did not expect to get.
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Emotions win elections
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Emotions win elections
Emotions are the key to winning elections because we are emotional creatures. However strongly we believe in reason, the heart rules us more than the head.
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Changing tack on the fast track
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Changing tack on the fast track
There has been both praise and criticism for Cabinet’s proposed changes to the controversial fast-track legislation announced this week.
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The electricity generation game
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The electricity generation game
All across the nation’s spa pools, electric-vehicle chargers, clothes-driers and heated towel rails, the cry goes up: not another power crisis, they yell.
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Ko back in command
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Ko back in command
Cool Lydia Ko can certainly convert clutch plays with her class and composure.
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Fair policing matters
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Fair policing matters
Those who have been following years of criticism over aspects of policing will not have been shocked at last week’s revelations from the Understanding Policing Delivery project.
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Turning a tone-deaf ear to reality
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Turning a tone-deaf ear to reality
Do as I say, not do as I do.
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Banking on bank competition
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Banking on bank competition
They huff and they puff, but they do not blow the house down.
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As transparent as mud
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As transparent as mud
It is hard not to be cynical about the impact we might expect from the recently released report from the Helen Clark Foundation.
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State Highway 6 (and others) revisited
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State Highway 6 (and others) revisited
When it comes to a battle between humans and nature, the latter will always, eventually, win.
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Funding Three Waters
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Funding Three Waters
The Three Waters nightmare for ratepayers and water and sewage users remains, despite this month’s announcement on a path to the future.
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Poor communication continues
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Poor communication continues
When former minister for disability issues Penny Simmonds was badly handling the fallout from her ministry’s spending decisions in March, we described the situation as a master class in dreadful...
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GE or not GE no longer the question
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GE or not GE no longer the question
The elephant in the room that is genetic modification (GM) and gene editing (GE) has finally been recognised. And not only recognised, but warmly welcomed, cheered and made space for at the table.
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A vulnerable juncture
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A vulnerable juncture
Such is the economic slowdown and low business confidence that the Reserve Bank on Wednesday let the monetary sails out just a little.
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More collaboration, less combat
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More collaboration, less combat
So-called conviction politicians can be refreshing amid the wishy-washiness from career politicians who are content to flow whichever way the latest focus group or opinion poll dictates.