Yes, Steven, this is just like North Korea

Steven Joyce yesterday claimed that the plan by Labour and the Greens to reform the electricity sector was from “the North Korean School of Economics”. But is this true? Let us examine the facts: A state-owned organisation will purchase power from power generators. These generators will be a mixture of private, state owned, and partly-state-owned…

A Day In The Life Of Steven Joyce

7:13 amThe days when I have to travel to Wellington are always the longest ones. I have to get up well before dawn and get myself to the airport, while my family are still asleep in their beds. The taxi driver I usually use knows my routine, and we often don’t even exchange a word.…

Government Announces New Space Programme

The National government has released plans for a space programme designed to send a manned ship into space. Business analysts had been expecting Steven Joyce to announce further changes to tertiary education funding, when he called a press conference for this afternoon. Instead, he unveiled the plan to send a man into space by the end…