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Showing posts with label Dr Michael John Schmidt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dr Michael John Schmidt. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Dr Michael John Schmidt: Pragmatic Water Management

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In my previous article “WCC’s Actions Are a National Moral Hazard”, the objection to transferring water assets was framed in moral and ethic...
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Sunday, April 5, 2026

Dr Michael John Schmidt: WCC’s Actions Are a National Moral Hazard

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At the heart of the Wellington City Council’s (WCC) decision to transfer water assets to a new, externally governed entity lies a fundamenta...
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Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Dr Michael John Schmidt: Christmas in the Colonies

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Dear all, Thanks for reading the columns I have written in 2025 and for the helpful comments. In celebration of Christmas and the New Year, ...
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Friday, December 19, 2025

Dr Michael John Schmidt: Why the Quiet on This?

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Australia’s renewable energy sector has recently been jolted by the discovery of asbestos in the imported components of wind turbines. The m...
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Thursday, November 20, 2025

Dr Michael John Schmidt: Luxon’s Cosplay Will Lead to Failure

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I’ve written two prior essays on this: one dissecting the structural incoherence of NZ’s proposed social media legislation and another diagn...
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Friday, November 14, 2025

Dr Michael John Schmidt: Unity Was Never the Starting Pointxxx

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If Māori leaders want to build something lasting, they’ll need to change their attitudes and allegiances. They’ll need to build trust betwee...
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Thursday, November 13, 2025

Dr Michael John Schmidt: This Will Mean More Victims, Not Fewer

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NZ’s social media crackdown New Zealand is poised to follow France and Australia down a regulatory cul-de-sac – one paved with good intentio...
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Saturday, November 8, 2025

Dr Michael John Schmidt: He Is Only a Manager

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Luxon is no leader. Christopher Luxon did not create New Zealand’s demographic bind – but in response he has chosen to fall back on what he ...
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Friday, April 25, 2025

Dr Michael John Schmidt: What if the tariff strategy fails? (Trump tariff strategy, part three)

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The concept of realpolitik was introduced by Ludwig von Rochau in the mid-19th century which describes: * a pragmatic approach to p...
Friday, April 11, 2025

Dr Michael John Schmidt: Trump’s tariff strategy explained (part two: ‘Looming Disaster’).

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Recently we have seen a wave of historical illiteracy wash through the ‘economics community’. Comments like ‘this tariff strategy is reckles...
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Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Dr Michael John Schmidt: Trump’s tariff strategy explained.

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Listening to various people talk about Trump’s “tariff strategy” (TTS) – including some who are supposedly very knowledgeable – it’s becomin...
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Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Dr Michael John Schmidt: The ‘Michael Plan’.

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Trump has mooted that Gaza should be redeveloped – a motion for which he has been mocked and many conspiracy theories have sprung up about h...
Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Dr Michael John Schmidt: Martial application.

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I began writing an article on Christopher Luxon’s failures: specifically, his inability to gauge the public sentiment that brought the coali...
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Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Dr Michael John Schmidt: Chinese cooking.

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The China Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is by now notoriously associated with corruption. Here are a three notable examples: 1 Malaysia’s 1...
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Friday, February 7, 2025

Dr Michael John Schmidt: Good riddance to USAID.

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A comment from my circle of TDS sufferers criticised Trump and Musk’s decision to defund USAID, claiming it ‘proves’ Trump is a heartless th...
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Thursday, December 19, 2024

Dr Michael John Schmidt: We’re Copping It – Climate Fraud

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About a week ago, I wrote an article called Who’s Copping It, highlighting how New Zealand is allocating $235 million NZD to COP initiatives...
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Thursday, December 12, 2024

Dr Michael John Schmidt: Who Is Copping It?

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According to Stuff , the “NZ climate change minister celebrates COP29 carbon market deal” .(1) I don’t see why: it is a calamity and the coa...
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Friday, December 6, 2024

Dr Michael John Schmidt: Free speech under fire in the UK.

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You may have noticed the lack of a Letter from the North recently, so I hope the following explains. It is very difficult now to understand ...
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Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Dr Michael John Schmidt: Māori privilege and media paradox.

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It’s ironic that TV1, RNZ, and similar media outlets so strongly support the current hīkoi process opposing David Seymour’s call for a discu...
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Thursday, November 14, 2024

Dr Michael John Schmidt: Ignoring government policies with impunity.

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On 10 November, I went to the LinkedIn employment section and saw the following role advertised.
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