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94 percent WOF failure rate shows test is silly
Sunday, 18 May 2014, 3:59 pm | New Zealand Centre for Political Research
94 percent WOF failure rate shows test is silly Blogger David Farrar’s conclusion that a 94 percent failure rate shows that a proposed warrant of fitness checklist for rental properties is a silly test that should ring alarm bells is 100 percent ... More >>
NZCPR-Weekly - Good Policy Relies On Good Data
Wednesday, 10 July 2013, 1:02 pm | New Zealand Centre for Political Research
This week we look at how unreliable statistics can have extremely serious public policy implications, our NZCPR Guest Commentator Michael Littlewood questions Census data on housing and suggests that home ownership rates in New Zealand may not be ... More >>
NZCPR-Weekly Have Your Say On The Future Of The Maori Seats
Thursday, 4 July 2013, 12:16 pm | New Zealand Centre for Political Research
The future of the Maori seats is a key issue in the government's constitutional review. Advocates of entrenching the Maori seats will have made their submissions in force. More >>
NZCPR-Weekly - Green Scaremongering
Wednesday, 26 June 2013, 1:52 pm | New Zealand Centre for Political Research
Dear reader, This week we look at the damage caused by political scaremongering, our NZCPR Guest Commentator Daniel McCaffrey explains how it is possible to feed the world sustainably ... More >>
The Real Cure For Poverty Is Growth
Tuesday, 22 January 2013, 10:40 am | New Zealand Centre for Political Research
What’s new on our Breaking Views blog… • Mike Butler: Waikato greed, double dipping • Ron Smith: Knowing the Truth • David Round: The Hobbit - and Chris Trotter • Kevin Donnelly: Freedom of religion and faith-based schools More >>
MMP – Will The Right People Make The Important Decisions?
Friday, 30 March 2012, 11:37 am | New Zealand Centre for Political Research
MMP Review – Will The Right People Make The Important Decisions? The review of the MMP political system now under way is seriously flawed, because it excludes the public’s two main concerns with the voting system - the Maori seats and the size ... More >>
On the Path to Racism
Tuesday, 29 September 2009, 10:22 am | New Zealand Centre for Political Research
The recent deal between the Maori Party and National over free insulation for Maori houses - whereby social assistance will be based on race, not need - lays a new paving stone on the path to a country divided by race. More >>
Zombie science, Zombie politics
Tuesday, 28 April 2009, 10:19 am | New Zealand Centre for Political Research
According to the principles laid down by Dr Bruce Charlton anthropogenic global warming (as advocated by Al Gore, the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and our own Government), is zombie science. It is based on ... More >>
Should New Zealand Stand Firm?
Monday, 13 April 2009, 10:53 am | New Zealand Centre for Political Research
On Friday 3rd April 2009 the Australian Government endorsed the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. This move fulfilled an election promise made by Kevin Rudd, to overturn Australia’s opposition to the declaration. More >>
Time to Face the Truth
Monday, 23 February 2009, 9:39 am | New Zealand Centre for Political Research
In light of the controversy over the NZ Maori rugby team's proposed trip to South Africa, this week’s NZCPR Weekly asks whether racism exists in New Zealand, the NZCPR Guest Commentator Professor Philip Joseph examines the justification for the ... More >>
Is National Doing Enough?
Monday, 9 February 2009, 11:32 am | New Zealand Centre for Political Research
Socialism never rests. It harnesses the very worst of human emotions to demonise the virtue of self interest as greed; it perpetuates the fallacy that wealth is only accumulated at the expense of others and the myth that free markets exploit the poor; ... More >>
