The incentives the Government is dangling before prospective investors in Meridian Energy show just how much pressure its "Mixed Ownership Model" policy is under.
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National's final asset sale justification is proved false
Research by the Greens into just who bought the Mighty River Power shares show that those Mum and Dad investors were more like 'Mummy and Daddy dahling' investors
Read MoreThe Mighty River Power – unanswered questions
All the parties have reasons to feel satisifed with the first state asset float. But why is it OK to intervene to boost the markets, but not to boost families?
Read MoreFor there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so
In the different stories being told about the sell-off of Mighty River Power, not even numerals mean the same thing to everyone.
Read MoreWhat is the alternative to Labour’s energy policy?
Blowing raspberries and calling names is what politicians do when they have nothing else to say. When you have substantive alternatives, and you know they are popular, you argue for those.
Read MoreFog on the Water
The Government’s new plan for freshwater management is about as foggy as the Waikato on a frosty winter morning… Wonder why?
Read MoreWhy the rush to sell Mighty River? Politics.
Selling state-owned assets isn't a growth plan, in fact it makes debt worse
Read MoreThe Mighty River Battle is on again
The Government can sell 49 percent of its shares in Might River Power – but it’s got another battle to fight before it can guarantee the river flows that spin the turbines and generate value for its power generator share buyers, consumers, and taxpayers.
Read MoreThe Partial State Asset Sale poem
An ode inspired by National's mixed ownership programme, to the tune of 'Five Little Monkeys"... And a few thoughts about the sales and the Supreme Court
Read MoreThe price of water
Perhaps no-one can own the water, but it certainly has a high value
Read MoreThe asset sales "trade-off" - a lose-lose
The partial asset sales are a compromise, according to the SOE minister. But why are taxpayers the ones left with the beads and blankets while the other bloke laughs all the way to the bank?
Read MoreThe Optimist’s Budget
The National-led government has delivered an “Optimist’s Budget” forecasting increased tax revenue, increased spending, and increased debt on its journey to a wafer-thin surplus by June 2015.
Read MoreMOM … Show me the money!
John Key’s hottest line from the last election campaign could come back to haunt him as he ploughs ahead with the expansion of the “Mixed Ownership Model” by selling shares in a batch of state-owned assets.
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