by Ian Lockwood. (@IanLockwoodPE)
The idea of technological advances in transport captured our imagination in 2015. But besides the introduction of Uber in Auckland, things remain mostly unchanged. My experience with Uber so far has been mixed. In many cases I find myself awkwardly hunting around the city centre to position myself for both a direct pick-up and [...]
Akamai reports New Zealand’s average broadband speed jumped 23 percent compared with last year. The latest quarterly State of the Internet report clocks the average NZ line speed at 8.7 Mbps. Last year’s average was 7.1 Mbps. Despite the speed jump, New Zealand’s relative position to the rest of the world remains unchanged [from a […]
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I support an excise tax on tobacco, for two reasons. One is to cover the costs to taxpayers of health costs of smokers. Unless we ban smokers from the public health system, then that is economically sensible. I also think increasing the price does help people stop smoking, and most smokers do want to stop […]
Stuff reports: Fonterra is hailing an agreement to eliminate all agricultural export subsidies at the World Trade Organisation talks in Nairobi as a “historic breakthrough”. John Wilson, chairman of the dairy co-operative, said it was good news for New Zealand dairy farmers. For years the use or the threat of export subsidies had pushed world […]
A guest post by Peter Faafiu, General Manager Corporate Affairs and Engagement for the Tāmaki Regeneration Company: Re the post covering the Hikoi for Homes group. As often is the case facts have gone astray in Sue’s Opinion Piece. She says that social housing tenants in Glen Innes are fighting a rear guard action against housing […]
The Guardian reports: More than 530 Republican primary voters were polled this week on their support for Republican candidates and foreign policy issues including banning Muslims from entering the US, Japanese internment camps from the second world war and bombing Agrabah, the kingdom from Disney’s animated classic, Aladdin. In its poll, Public Policy Polling asked […]