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NZ Must up Power game -Transpower

The Government is encouraging new car buyers to buy electric vehicles. This is great until we run short of power and just like your hot water can be turned off when demand exceeds supply so will your charging station be reduced. Transpower’s press release: Transpower...

Was the rainfall in Jan 2023 climate change?

Look at the comparison of rainfall between 2023 and the 30 year average. It was a bad first half -and then about average. Last January we had over 130 mm more than this year. That’s almost 4 times more than normal. This year we are back to normality. A year ago, the...
Baby Names

Baby Names

In January we read that the “Department of Internal Affairs is delighted to announce the release of the annual list of the most popular baby names in New Zealand for 2023”. In 2023 37889 babies were given 18666 first names. What can we learn about our country from...
UNDERSTANDING INFLATION

UNDERSTANDING INFLATION

“Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon, in the sense that it is and can be produced only by a more rapid increase in the quantity of money than in output.” That famous quote from Milton Friedman basically says that if you keep printing money, or...