Iran is paying heavily in human terms for this war. In the coming months, the rest of the world is likely to be paying heavily at the petrol pump, and at the checkout counter.

Oil and gas prices have surged since the war on Iran began. The real surprise is that oil prices haven’t risen as much as you’d […] ...

Repeatedly though, Christopher Luxon told RNZ this morning that it is up to the US and Israel to tell us whether their attacks on Iran are in breach of international law. Given that diplomatic ...

In the past week, Israel has reverted to slaughtering civilians, starving children and welshing on the terms of the peace deal negotiated earlier this year. The IDF’s current offensive seems to be ...

Reportedly, the on again, off again debate between Ruth Richardson and Nicola Willis may be on again. Fabolous. Nothing can help us better understand a wildly contentious issue than having someone ...

As mentioned, new taxes are being contemplated, but these are only user pays taxes, levied on consumers. Higher taxes on high incomes, or a wealth tax, or a windfall tax on the excessive profits by ...

Mother’s Day, Father’s Day…there are a couple of other occasions when shopping is mobilised to express love and appreciation. (Black Friday panders to more basic instincts.) The wonder is that ...

In the wake of Winston Peters lame response to the US attack on Venezuela, its almost enough to make one yearn for the good old days when Murray McCully was our Foreign Minister. Here’s the gist of ...

For months, the economic recovery has been said to be imminent, and the forecasters at the banks keep promoting that message, even though the former predictions of good times in 2025 have now been ...

In the wake of the IPCA report, it is easy to understand why the politicians have been so willing to endorse terms like “cover up” and “ corruption.” It is convenient to explain what went wrong in ...

If something isn’t really broken, no wonder people feel suspicious when government promises to “fix” it to the potential benefit of corporate interests. In 2011 ...

So asset sales are back on the agenda, and will be dependent only on the coalition government getting re-elected next year. Yikes. Right wing governments are forever selling off the assets created by ...