Pundit

I prepared this note for some friends who were arguing with a government agency over whether they were adequately consulted. (It does not matter which one; the disagreement about consultation standards is widespread.) For sometimes a public servant says...

Simon Bridges recently stated that “people on the average wage shouldn’t be paying almost 33 per cent in the dollar”. I wonder whether this is a “double secret dog whistle”: a statement designed to provoke smug responses that engage with the literal...

It would be easy to report my latest findings on the income distribution with grandiose hysteria. But I am a social statistician and readers deserve a sober assessment. The conclusion that high incomes are rising faster than the rest is powerful enough...

Racing industry support for NZ First has never been a secret, but revelations this week that a number of donors have been slipping contributions in at just under the $15,000 anonymity cutoff point should be sending stark warning flags to their partners...