National aggressively points the finger at Labour while admitting $2.6b in mistakes under its breath.
Read MoreHow big is the hole in Key’s “$17b hole”?
The “show me the money” costings war is a credibility test for both John Key and Phil Goff
Read MoreBrighter future report: Two child welfare queens should flunk job interviews
How much breeding counts as “breeding for a business?” And what’s in a “work requirement?” The answers may surprise.
Read MoreMore Bad Poll Reporting
Reid Research runs a good poll. Pity TV3’s reporting of it doesn't match.
Read MoreACT: The Education President?
Through the looking glass with ACT’s Stephen Whittington, to a world where rich folk form a political party that exists only to help poor folk.
Read MoreMoneyball in the classroom
What educationalists in New Zealand can learn from newspapers in Los Angeles.
Read MoreFlaming the blame game is shameful and lame
Is the government responsible for the Rena disaster? Is it to blame? Does it matter?
Read MorePolling update: Labour's loss is Greens' gain
Three new polls reinforce an unchanging overall political landscape and underscore a recent trend that is bad for Labour, good for the Greens, and bad for the left generally
Read MoreUpdated Poll of Polls – two myths exposed
The race to become the next government is effectively over, but there is intrigue in some of the secondary numbers
Read MoreSeriously, politicians: What the hell?!
Why does our political landscape so often resemble open mic night at the local comedy club?
Read MoreSingle Serves: The Gastronomic Poetry of Don Brash
Economics & asset sales: Why governments get consistently ripped off
Governments are bad negotiators, because democracy demands they tip their hand before going to the bargaining table. That means governments get the short end of asset sale deals
Read MoreAfter Farrar: Laffer laughter
And when poodles armed with noodles in a fiscal muddle scuffle, they call this a fiscal-feudal muddled poodle Laffer laughter ever after addled prattle battle
Read MoreA polling scandal, and a saviour on the Horizon?
In which Chris Trotter tries to make sense out of a poll he does not like, and a bunch of people get confused about online polls
Read MoreTax Burdens: Some Facts (For a Change)
Bill English and David Farrar spent last week telling fibs about the tax burden high-income families assume. I want to set the record straight with some details about how much the top 10% really pay
Read MoreTax: Some facts (for a change)
John key says Labour's tax package will make high-income earners "not welcome in New Zealand". Where might they be more welcome than here?
Read MoreBehind the Curtain at Vote for Change
Guess who is sitting centre stage of the new campaign to defeat proportional representation?
Read MoreChart of the day: Say something already! edition
Self-serving malcontents and a gaggle of garbage
The Labour party list comes under fact-challenged attack
Read MoreCuriouser and curiouser: Government u-turns on austerity measures and tax cuts
The government’s austerity measures are exactly what they ruled out in 2009. And so is their defence of cutting taxes in a fiscal hole. This tells us more about backroom dealings in the Beehive than about a good plan to get New Zealand back on track.
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