Archive - The Kākā by Bernard Hickey

Gentailers threaten 25% power price hikes

Electricity Retailers Association tells regulators consumer prices could rise 25% if Meridian, Contact, Genesis & Mercury are forced to offer their own…

May 18 •

3:05

Winston taunts Luxon: 'I made him PM'

Peters fires Goff for asking if Trump knows history; Peters doesn’t tell Luxon first & says: ‘I made him PM’; Luxon fine with that; Billionaire bids to…

Mar 6 •

6:06

'We can afford more drones, but not more homes'

Govt drops 'there's no more money' framing on defence, saying it can afford to double spending on 'enhanced lethality' to 2% of GDP; Mission Homefront…

Apr 8 •

9:12

Pay equity shock to have unintended consequences

Hospice NZ & Barnados warn gutting pay equity law risks higher hospital costs & staffing exits; Ministers making fast-track calls, despite conflicts…

May 11 •

Brown unveils unfunded health plan for small NZ

Simeon Brown unveils 'clear pipeline for health infrastructure' that is unfunded, costed at $20b without detail or timing, apart from parking buildings…

Apr 16 •

5:01

191 NZers now emigrating each day, including 15 babies & toddlers

Emigration of NZers doubles in 5 years to record-high A320-load a day, including 15 babies & toddlers; Greens propose of $88b of wealth taxes over 4…

May 15

10:14

Bernard's Saturday Soliloquy for the week to April 12

Trump explodes neutron bomb under globalisation, but no change in NZ's tight budget stance; Govt keeps gaslighting on hospital crises; Economy sluggish…

Apr 11 •

20:40

What Donald Trump's second Presidency means for us financially

US tax cuts, tariff hikes & huuuge debt-funded budget deficits set to drive up the global interest rates that underpin NZ mortgage rates; Trump's…

Nov 6, 2024 •

8:50

Bernard’s Soliloquy for the week to March 16

Govt offers public infrastructure PPPs to fund managers without challenging its assumption on public debt or understanding the previous failings of…

Mar 16 •

18:24

Cutting even deeper against the grain

Willis planning $4.4b of extra cuts over next four years, tightening fiscal policy against the grain of loosening monetary policy & recessionary…

Apr 29 •

6:12

The National Development Act (1979) redux

National-ACT-NZ First coalition Govt shoves Fast Track Approvals bill through first reading under urgency; Bill gives final decisions to minister; No…

Mar 7, 2024 •

33:55

NZ economy sliding back into recession

RBNZ's 'NowCast' measure shows economy fell back into contraction in June quarter as housing-market-with-bits-tacked-on fails to follow PM Luxon's…

Jul 7 •

12:29

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