“Choosing the tallest dwarf”: The rot in New Zealand politics
Every serious failure in this country has already been diagnosed, costed and written up by people the taxpayer hired to do it. What is on offer on 7 November is not a set of remedies. It is a choice of brands.
Grant McLachlan
5 days ago20 min read
The octopus that turned on National
Jordan Williams started as an apprentice to the men who wrote the playbook. Twenty years later he runs the octopus they trained him to build — and its tentacles now reach into National’s own polling and the Prime Minister’s “captain’s calls.” This is how the apprentice became the thing his masters never controlled.
Grant McLachlan
Sep 113 min read
The bed tax blames the tourist for a problem speculators and tradies built
A tax on absent strangers won't fix a housing crisis fuelled by untaxed capital gains — and Queenstown Lakes still doesn't know who its heaviest water users actually are.
Grant McLachlan
Aug 193 min read
The Immigration Tap: How National turned a housing crisis into a growth strategy
For nearly a decade, National governments have run the same cynical playbook: when the economy falters, turn on the immigration tap. It’s economic fraud masquerading as policy.
Grant McLachlan
Nov 30, 202510 min read
Our social security system isn't working
(Please click on image to enlarge) To view the original article, please click here. The biggest problem with our health and welfare...
Grant McLachlan - New Zealand Herald - Column
Aug 22, 20183 min read
Injured paying too much tax on ACC
To view the original column, please click here. If the new Government is so concerned about the most vulnerable members of our society it...
Grant McLachlan - New Zealand Herald - Column
Dec 20, 20173 min read
