PPPs are a taxpayer rip off. Mention has been made in this column several times of the huge financial cost being imposed on taxpayers by the so called public private partnerships. This is where the government of the day gets private groups to fund the building and servicing of public infrastructu...

Rodney Hide’s Local Government Act 2002 Act Amendment Bill claims to rest on the principle that decision - making by local authorities should be clear, transparent and accountable, and that financial reporting is in clear English.

Concern over chronic current account deficits prompts politicians to exhort the productive sector to work harder and improve efficiency.

They may be, but only because they probably don't know what they're missing? When I read on the Internet that about 49 per cent of New Zealanders are content with the economic situation, one assumes that all his getting much better for everyone.