Guest Post: Conflicts of Interest

A guest post by a reader on Kiwiblog:

This opinion is expressed without intimate knowledge of Cabinet rules or the rules around conflicts pertaining to electoral donations if such exist. It is a “pub-test” analysis which goes looking for and finds what the average bloke might consider hypocrisy and bias.

The Opposition (by which I mean the Media) and the parliamentary parties not in government (Labour and the Greens) have been agitated much about conflicts of interest they perceive in the current Government. Many stirring words have been written about:

Guest Post: KiwiSaver – is it ‘working’?

A guest post on Kiwiblog by Michael Littlewood.

So, John Horner of the Financial Markets Authority thinks that KiwiSaver’s reaching $100 bn “…is something to celebrate; for a relatively small country like New Zealand, it represents a coming of age of KiwiSaver.” (FMA 24 September 2024 here). Others in the financial services industry praise KiwiSaver while some call for higher minimum contributions or even for it to be made compulsory. So, is $100 bn saved through KiwiSaver that big a deal?

Guest Post: Cultural Revolution in the West

A guest post on Kiwiblog by Peter Lynn:

Over time, a technocratic ruling elite has established in Western countries. By the 21st century, their influence has become substantial. Members of this elite are overwhelmingly city based, generally university educated, and have become to an extent hereditary by family connections, shared culture and institutional preferences.

Guest Post: Whats the Politics of Israel’s attack on the Iran ‘consulate in Syria?

A guest post by John Stringer on Kiwiblog:

I teach WWI, WWII and the Cold War. As an historian and classicist, I follow war, both historic and contemporary, with interest.

Motivations for the Iranian ‘consulate’ attack in Syria by Israel this week, might include:

Guest Post: Will the Trump Lawfare succeed? Part 1

Posted on Kiwiblog by Kiwi in America

If the left leaning Mainstream Media globally is to be believed, former US President donald trump could end up in jail for many years after multiple indictments for various offences. An indictment is an American term meaning being charged with an offense of some kind. An indictment does not indicate guilt and in the context of the prosecutors doing the charging, Trump's opponents are engaging in what is called lawfare which is a single word description for politically motivated legal cases.

Guest Post: “When we bring Hitler back…”

A guest post on Kiwiblog by Kara Isaac:

“Hey Jew Jew.” The words came from the 12-year-old boy standing in front of my son as they lined up at school waiting for their turn at a game. “When we bring Hitler back we're going to kill you twice.”

They were dropped with casual disdain and a smirk. The same kind of smirk he had used the week before when the teacher stepped out of the classroom and he took the opportunity to do a Nazi salute with an accompanying “Heil Hitler!”