Alastair Frizzell: The New Snow White is Not All Bad

Sitting in cattle class on an A380 flying back from Sydney to Christchurch I skipped through the entertainment and landed on the new Disney remake of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Reviews of the film have been less than 100 percent positive. The Rotten Tomatoes score is 39%.

Before you read this article I have to declare my hand, I am an old pale stale male, of ex farming occupation with no credentials to foist a film review onto you. The above, however never stopped me from offering my opinion on most topics.

Alastair Frizzell: The Dysfunctional Solar Market

The recent demise of Solar Zero has highlighted some of the problems that exist in the New Zealand solar market. While I do not know the specifics of the Solar Zero failure I would not speculate that the Company may have been stripped of assets, including the hundred and ten million dollars the tax payer bucketed into the company. Solar Zero’s problems indicate wider problems within the industry.

The Government aims to significantly increase solar generation. The chances of that happening are, I believe impossible in the current climate, no pun intended. The reason, our love of bureaucracy and our abhorrence of long-term investments. Let me explain.