Business | Vox
4 October 2014
New Zealand has the best designed government in the world, American political commentator Dylan Matthews writes for Vox.
“The shire has a mighty fine political system,” he jokes.
“Recently New Zealand held its 51st general election,…
X Files
29 January 2014
New Zealand Post and the Telegraph Department presents: From Black-Blocks to High Seas, A Romance of the Radio Telegraph Service. This is a 1939 Government film about communication to…
Politics and Economics | Wall Street Journal (The)
17 November 2013
The New Zealand government has agreed to a full ban on shark finning, though fill implementation of the ban won’t happen for another three years.
The Wall Street Journal reports that it is already illegal…
Nature | Star (The)
19 June 2013
With only 55 adults remaining, experts fear Maui’s dolphin will disappear entirely within the next 17 years unless urgent action is taken. An expert panel was appointed by the New Zealand government last year…
Politics and Economics | Diplomat (The)
27 September 2012
Greenpeace New Zealand’s chief political analyst and strategist Nathan Argent argues that New Zealand’s “clean, green values” and its “history of progressive reform” are being undermined by the current government. “New Zealand, once considered…
Z-Files | Bangkok Post
1 November 2000
Proponents of the New Zealand “Brain Drain” myth complain about income tax, but the government has so far rejected calls for a “fat tax” on butter, cheese, meat and milk.