A THIRTY YEAR PLAN OR THE GREEN NEW DEAL?

While the old Soviet Union had its five-year plans, Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop wants a thirty-year plan for New Zealand. The alter...

NEW ZEALAND NEEDS A GREEN NEW DEAL

  With the National-led coalition intent on pursuing environmentally damaging economic policies, the time is now to propose an alternative t...

CYNICAL ELECTION POSTURING FROM THE GREEN PARTY

After six years of defending the status quo, the Green Party now claims that it wants more than just 'small tinkering'. But this is ...

THE GREEN PARTY : ALL BARK AND NO BITE

The Green Party says that this year's general section will be all about climate change. If that's the case, then why isn't the G...

CLIMATE ADAPTATION IS CLIMATE BARBARISM

In response to the devastating Cyclone Gabrielle, our market-loyal politicians think we can 'adapt' our way out of the climate crisi...

AFTER GABRIELLE : TIME FOR A GREEN NEW DEAL?

In the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle our politicians continue to talk of 'adapting' to climate change. But if the warming of the pl...

CLIMATE CHANGE : WHAT IS TO BE DONE?

Matthew Huber's new book contends that the struggle against climate change must also be a struggle against our present economic system. ...

AFTER THE PANDEMIC : SOCIALISM OR BARBARISM?

The talk is about how New Zealand will eventually extricate itself from the coronavirus pandemic. But what will it be extricating itself to?...

MARAMA DAVIDSON : WHAT'S CLASS GOT TO DO WITH IT?

The simplistic race reductionism of co-leader Marama Davidson dominates within a centrist Green Party that has lost its way. IT IS SUPERBLY ...

WHERE DOES THE GREEN PARTY REALLY STAND ON A GREEN NEW DEAL?

The Green Party has joined the newly-formed Global Alliance for a Green New Deal even though it has consistently refused to join the call fo...

CANTERBURY FLOODS : THE TENTACLES OF CLIMATE CHANGE

The Prime Minister has been in Canterbury to see the damage wrought by the intense flooding this week. But don't expect her Government ...

THERE IS NO MARKET SOLUTION TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS

Jacinda Ardern thinks the world should be following New Zealand's example on climate change. That would be a disaster. What the world re...

CLIMATE CHANGE COMMISSION : TINKERING WITH A FAILED SYSTEM

The market-friendly recommendations of the Climate Change Commission will do little to counter the threat of climate change. We deserve a lo...

CLIMATE CHANGE : INCREMENTAL REFORMS ARE NOT NEARLY ENOUGH

When sweeping change is required to fight climate change, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern this week will have little to offer but more of the...

FIRST IMPRESSIONS CAN BE DECEIVING

The Green Party has this past week publicly disagreed with the Labour Government's approach to both housing and welfare. While this mig...

JAMES SHAW : BLAMING LABOUR FOR THE GREEN'S OWN FAILINGS

James Shaw : 'I'm with you, Grant!' Despite the fact that the Green Party has been the Labour-led Government's loyal a...