I read in the Kapiti Observer this morning about council plans to distribute 34,000 fluorescent lightbulbs free to every household. This will involve a $74,000 interest-free loan from the EECA. The report contained estimates that the bulbs will save Kapiti residents $5.8 million – that’s a huge return of $74 per $1 spent over the [...]
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Archive for July, 2009
Kapiti Free Lightbulb Program
Posted by Luke H on July 31st, 2009David Garrett: Racist?
Posted by Luke H on July 30th, 2009A bizarre blog post on The Stranded contains some extremely odd thinking. During the debate about Matariki, ACT MP David Garrett asked Chris Finlayson in Parliament: Is the Minister aware that Dr Paul Moon, a professor of history at the Auckland University of Technology and a well-known expert in pre-European history, is of the view [...]
Welfare and Business Grants: Natasha Fuller
Posted by Luke H on July 29th, 2009The kerfuffle over the benefit payments to two beneficiaries certainly has legs. It’s disappointing to see the Left completely fail to engage with the central argument: are beneficiaries getting too much money, too little or about the right amount? Some of the controversy is about a grant of around $10,000 to solo mother Natasha Fuller [...]
Sophie Elliot
Posted by Luke H on July 23rd, 2009The trial is over and the right outcome was handed down. I was dismayed by how much coverage was given to Weatherston, and how much dirt was raked up about Elliot. Each of us has a similarly messy life and we are entitled to our secrets and indiscretions. The cynic in me would observe that [...]
The Thin Blue Line: Tasers
Posted by Luke H on July 22nd, 2009An Australian man – to be precise, a petrol-sniffing Aboriginal man who was already known to police – is in hospital in a critical condition with third-degree burns after petrol on his face and chest was allegedly ignited by a police officer firing his taser. The facts of the case are under dispute, and regular [...]
Graffiti
Posted by Luke H on July 13th, 2009Taxes Aren’t Good for Us, John!
Posted by Luke H on July 10th, 2009John Key’s official holiday in Niue has so far included dancing, feasts and drinking kava. When Michael Jones described Noni juice as leaving ‘a bad taste, despite being good for you’, Key apparently said this was ‘A bit like raising taxes,’ according to The Dominion Post. Hopefully that was just the kava talking, John. Raising [...]