
Roger Partridge
Senior Fellow and Chairman at The New Zealand Initiative
Chair of the New Zealand Initiative
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6 days ago |
nzherald.co.nz | Roger Partridge
Opinion by Roger PartridgeRoger Partridge is chairman and a co-founder of The New Zealand Initiative. THREE KEY FACTSNew Zealand faces a $210 billion infrastructure deficit, despite owning a vast array of assets. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is open to asset recycling, inspired by New South Wales’ success. Selling underperforming Crown assets could fund critical infrastructure without increasing debt or taxes.
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1 week ago |
nzinitiative.org.nz | Roger Partridge
Reports & Media > Opinion > Supreme Court matters: statutory interpretation and constitutional balance Two ships passing in the night might share the same destination yet follow very different courses. So it seems with David Harvey’s latest response to my report for The New Zealand Initiative, Who Makes the Law? Reining in the Supreme Court.
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1 week ago |
nzinitiative.org.nz | Roger Partridge
As chairman of a business-funded think tank, I have been called many things — neoliberal, libertarian, right-wing, and even (indirectly) one of “Hayek’s Bastards.” But never left-wing. And certainly not “left of Jacinda Ardern.” That is, until I started writing about Donald Trump. Suddenly, people who once nodded along with my commitment to the rule of law, institutional checks and balances, and policymaking that respects facts over fiat began treating me as if I’d joined the radical left.
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2 weeks ago |
nzinitiative.org.nz | Roger Partridge
The Reserve Bank has finally acknowledged it must review its controversial 2019 bank capital decision requiring large banks to increase their capital reserves from 10.5% to 18% by 2028. The timing is revealing.
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2 weeks ago |
quadrant.org.au | Roger Partridge
Trump says he's 'looking out for the little guy' with tariffs that hit Walmart shoppers and their retirement accountsApr 07 20257 minsIndigenous activists celebrate Aboriginal connection to country and culture, but are violent deaths also connected to Aboriginal culture? Apr 07 202517 minsPraise for liberal democracy rolls easily off the tongue. But what if the people ape their leaders and allow vice, not virtue, to define the culture?
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