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Pundit is an online current affairs and culture blog hub—entirely Kiwi-made—offering you a smart take on what matters in New Zealand and around the world.
The Yes Prime Minister — Pundit
20 hours ago · This transcript of a recent conversation between the Prime Minister and his chief economic adviser has not been verified.
Welcome to the new Pundits. All aboard! — Pundit
Mar 15, 2017 · A few things are changing around here... but all in a good way. Just check out our new pundits Dear loyal readers (and any fickle folk floating by), The observant amongst you may have noticed that yesterday our list of contributors on the left hand side of the page changed. Some of the folk who have written for Pundit in the past have moved onto other things and, happily, a bunch of new folk ...
About Us - Pundit
About Us Pundit is an online current affairs and culture blog hub—entirely Kiwi-made—offering you a smart take on what matters in New Zealand and around the world. Founders Tim Watkin (former deputy editor of the Listener, blogger for the Guardian in Britain, producer for TV’s Q+A, The Vote and The Nation, and now Executive Producer of Podcasts at RNZ) and Eleanor Black (former deputy ...
The Proposed Regulatory Standards Bill — Pundit
Jan 31, 2025 · Do its Property Right Provisions Make Sense? Last week I pointed out that it is uninformed to argue that the New Zealand’s apparently poor economic performance can be traced only to poor regulations. Even were there evidence they had some impact, there are other factors. Of course, we should seek to administer effectively a system of high quality regulations. However, the proposed Regulatory ...
Back on Track? — Pundit
Jan 17, 2025 · The state of the current economy may be similar to when National left office in 2017. In December, a couple of days after the Treasury released its 2024 Half Year Economic and Fiscal Update (HEYFU24), Statistics New Zealand reported its estimate for volume GDP for the previous September 24 quarter. Instead of the expected trivial fall of 0.1 percent on June, the economy appears to have ...
Daily Digest — Pundit
Jun 26, 2015 · Nepalis protest slow delivery of aid; North Korea's nuclear reactor may be operational again; Japanese PM appeals to US to back TPP, citing 'deep regret' over World War II; French soldiers accused of sexually abusing refugee children from Central African Republic; another US presidential candidate announces run for White House; and more
Politics - Pundit
ACT leader David Seymour spoke of generational change in his state of the nation speech. Yet this government is built more for tweaking than transformation, so what’s a determined change-maker to do?
The Wing Parties’ Economic Policies. — Pundit
Dec 19, 2024 · It is difficult to make sense of the Luxon Coalition Government’s economic management. This end-of-year review about the state of economic management – the state of the economy was last week – is not going to cover the National Party contribution. Frankly, like every other careful observer, I cannot make up my mind. Certainly Christopher Luxon and Nicola Willis are doing things, but ...
How has the New Zealand economy been doing? — Pundit
Sep 27, 2024 · Stagnation and Contraction In this column I use the less familiar measure of GDP per capita instead of the GDP measure favoured by the commentariat. I became familiar with it when I began doing international comparisons because of the population differences between countries, while I depended upon the measure while working on New Zealand’s economic history because of significant population ...