Leftist Kiwi Writes Infrastructure, New Zealand Affairs, Parliament, Political Parties, Politics

Maintaining existing infrastructure is just as import as new projects

Waiho/Callery River confluence near Franz Josef. A very high risk landslide damburst risk. Photo taken from immediate vicinity of Alpine Fault (R. Glennie) An article in The Press today resonated with me in ways I did not expect. Henry Cooke, writes of how the Infrastructure Commission has convinced politicians to stop with shiny new projects. … Continue reading Maintaining existing infrastructure is just as import as new projects

Leftist Kiwi Writes A.C.T., Green Party, N.Z. Labour Party, N.Z. National Party, New Zealand Affairs, New Zealand First, Parliament, Political Parties, Politics, Social Development, Superannuation, Te Pati Maori, The Opportunity Party

An attack of common sense? Significant support for making Kiwi Saver compulsory

Can Parliament agree on making Kiwi superannuation compulsory? (R. Glennie) After decades of nonsense politicking at the cost of hundreds of billions of dollars in superannuation savings, has New Zealand had an attack of common sense? Last week, National made a stunning announcement that I never thought I would hear from the main conservative party … Continue reading An attack of common sense? Significant support for making Kiwi Saver compulsory

Leftist Kiwi Writes Economy, Environment, Fresh water, New Zealand Affairs, Resource Management Law

The environmental emergency facing New Zealand: Part 1

Poutu dam on the Tongariro Power scheme. Numerous rivers have been diverted for this scheme (R. Glennie) In this two part series, I look at what I consider to be an environmental emergency facing this country. It comes as the existing Government all but declares open war on one of New Zealand's biggest assets. The … Continue reading The environmental emergency facing New Zealand: Part 1

Leftist Kiwi Writes A.C.T., Ministers of the Crown, N.Z. National Party, New Zealand Affairs, New Zealand First, Parliament, Political Parties, Politics, The Opportunity Party

Atlas Network: The trojan horse infecting New Zealand

Atlas Network website, depicting them(?) as crusaders for freedom. (Atlas Network) Decades ago, a young David Seymour - before he became Leader of the A.C.T. Party - and two ideological heroes of his attended a forum in Canada. One was former Minister of Finance Ruth Richardson, most notorious for her Mother of All Budgets in … Continue reading Atlas Network: The trojan horse infecting New Zealand

Leftist Kiwi Writes New Zealand Affairs, New Zealand First, Parliament, Political Parties, Politics, The Opportunity Party

Past thoughts of being a political leader in New Zealand

Forming a political party was not quite a Eureka moment for the author (Chat GPT). I once had an idea for a political party many moons ago. It was a time when I was starting to find out the limitations of the big parties in Parliament, the realisation that the glacial pace of change for … Continue reading Past thoughts of being a political leader in New Zealand