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Halting the Economic Decline
Sunday, 18 October 2009, 1:14 pm | NZ Centre For Political Research
After decades of making jam as a fundraiser for the local hospice, a Good Samaritan from Kerikeri in the Far North was forced to lay down her wooden spoon and hang up her apron when officials from the local council demanded that she upgrade her kitchen ... More >>
A Threat to Freedom and Prosperity
Monday, 5 October 2009, 4:05 pm | NZ Centre For Political Research
The current Global Warming Debate is not about temperature or CO2 levels. It is an ideological clash between those who want to change us (rather than the climate) and those who believe in freedom, markets, human ingenuity, and technical progress. More >>
A Capital Gains Tax is Not the Answer
Monday, 21 September 2009, 9:46 am | NZ Centre For Political Research
Former Prime Minister David Lange is reputed to have described a capital gains tax as the sort of tax you introduce if you want to lose not just one election, but the next three! And he should know since the Fourth Labour Government considered a capital ... More >>
NZCPR Newsletter: No Maori Seats – for now
Monday, 7 September 2009, 2:36 pm | NZ Centre For Political Research
As was expected, in its report on the Local Government (Auckland Council) Bill released on Friday, the special Auckland Governance Legislation Committee did not recommend separate Maori seats for Auckland’s new super city council. While there was undoubtedly ... More >>
Dealing With Abuse – the way forward
Monday, 31 August 2009, 4:21 pm | NZ Centre For Political Research
While New Zealanders were busy voting on whether parents who lightly smack their children should be regarded as criminals, two toddlers were so brutally abused they died. More >>
The DPB: The unfortunate experiment
Tuesday, 18 August 2009, 1:26 pm | NZ Centre For Political Research
The recent furore over the generosity of income support paid to sole parents on the Domestic Purposes Benefit (DPB) is symptomatic of an undercurrent of discontent within our society. Put bluntly, taxpayers are sick and tired of supporting people ... More >>
No Public Mandate for Indigenous Rights Declartion
Friday, 7 August 2009, 10:25 am | NZ Centre For Political Research
In May, Justice Minister Simon Power explained to the United Nations that the new National-led Government intends to sign the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.[1] The problem for New Zealand is that this is being done ... More >>
Too Much Secrecy
Monday, 29 June 2009, 5:04 pm | NZ Centre For Political Research
On Wednesday, eight central North Island tribes will take control of 170,000 hectares of forests in the Kaingaroa region in the country's biggest Treaty of Waitangi settlement to date. The total cost of the claim is over $400 million of taxpayers' money. More >>
Child Abuse Report Misses Critical Issue
Thursday, 4 June 2009, 2:58 pm | NZ Centre For Political Research
The report on the factors associated with child abuse issued today by the Children’s Commissioner, omits proper mention of one of the most serious factors – namely welfare dependency, says Dr Muriel Newman of the New Zealand Centre for Political ... More >>
Budget Spend-up Continues
Tuesday, 2 June 2009, 10:35 am | NZ Centre For Political Research
“This is the message to New Zealanders: under National, tax cuts are a priority—under National, personal tax cuts are a priority. Most of all, New Zealanders will be able to believe our tax cuts, they will be able to trust our tax cuts. Most of all, our ... More >>
Guest Commentary: "Why I am a Climate Realist"
Friday, 29 May 2009, 10:41 am | NZ Centre For Political Research
In 1996 the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Second Assessment Report was released, and I was listed as one of approximately 3000 “scientists” who agreed that there was a discernable human influence on climate. I was an invited ... More >>
Cooler Weather Heats Up Debate
Thursday, 28 May 2009, 12:55 pm | NZ Centre For Political Research
Earlier this month a briefing paper for US government officials and environmental leaders on ways to “re-frame” the global warming debate in order to build stronger public support for climate change legislation, found its way into the hands of the ... More >>
A High Priority Promise
Sunday, 29 March 2009, 2:37 pm | NZ Centre For Political Research
In the seventies, the famous writer and philosopher Ayn Rand described the pervasive danger of the welfare state: More >>
Putting the Public Interest First
Friday, 6 March 2009, 4:35 pm | NZ Centre For Political Research
With the economic crisis delivering more bad news each day, we must keep reminding ourselves that change brings opportunity. The return of frugality and thrift is good for discount businesses, the slump in the New Zealand dollar is giving exporters ... More >>
NZCPR-Weekly: Tackling the Tough Issues
Monday, 2 March 2009, 12:26 pm | NZ Centre For Political Research
This week’s NZCPR Weekly asks whether the government's line by line review will include areas of policy failure, the NZCPR Guest Commentator Stuart Birks examines feminist influences in the domestic violence area, and the poll asks whether the ... More >>
Three Strikes and You Are Terminated
Monday, 16 February 2009, 9:26 am | NZ Centre For Political Research
This week’s NZCPR Weekly examines a new law to be introduced at the end of the month that threatens our internet freedom, the NZCPR Guest Commentator David Farrar outlines the impact of this new law, and the poll asks whether it should be introduced. More >>
NZCPR Weekly - Moving in the Right Direction
Sunday, 21 December 2008, 5:29 pm | NZ Centre For Political Research
This week, NZCPR Weekly suggests some priorities for inclusion in the government's newly announced Climate Change review, the NZCPR Guest Catherine Beard describes the state of the international climate change markets, and the poll asks whether ... More >>
Lifting Children Out of Dependency
Friday, 22 August 2008, 11:53 am | NZ Centre For Political Research
The release of the National Party’s welfare policy has brought a predictable clamour from the defenders of the present welfare system. Such was the protest that one could be mistaken for thinking National was proposing to abolish welfare entirely! Hardly. More >>
Moral Neutrality By Dr Muriel Newman
Saturday, 26 July 2008, 3:51 pm | NZ Centre For Political Research
Earlier this month Britain’s culture of “moral neutrality” came under attack. In a speech in Glasgow, Conservative Party Leader Rt Hon David Cameron said that the obese, drug addicts and the poor have no-one to blame but themselves. More >>
National Security: By Dr Muriel Newman
Sunday, 20 July 2008, 3:08 pm | NZ Centre For Political Research
National Security: By Dr Muriel Newman - New Zealand Centre for Political Research www.nzcpr.com More >>
