What Ought the PM be Worrying About?
So, we have a new Prime Minister. What ought Chris Hipkins actually be worrying about?...
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Ian Fletcher
Dec 31, 20224 min read
Views From Outside the Apiary: Inflation and Interest Rates
Ian Fletcher explains how inflation is measured, what causes it, how it impacts us, and analyses the Reserve Bank’s response to rising...
Ian Fletcher
Dec 2, 20224 min read
War Clouds on the Horizon?
The Government has started, tentatively, to take steps to prepare for the possibility of war in our wider region explains Ian Fletcher...
Ian Fletcher
Nov 3, 20225 min read
Pricing Agricultural Emissions
What grade does experienced international trade negotiator and now apiculture industry advisor Ian Fletcher give the Government's new emi..
Ian Fletcher
Sep 2, 20224 min read
Public Sector Pay
How should we think about pay for nurses, teachers, or police? Former top bureaucrat Ian Fletcher tries to answer that tricky question...
Ian Fletcher
Jun 1, 20224 min read
The Budget and the Economy – Have We Done Enough?
Apiculture industry consultant and former top bureaucrat Ian Fletcher gives his “Views from Outside the Apiary” – on the budget and economy.
Ian Fletcher
May 1, 20224 min read
Three Waters
The Government’s ‘Three Waters’ reform of water, sewerage and stormwater arrangements is ambitious, complicated and controversial...
Ian Fletcher
Mar 28, 20224 min read
How Should we Think About Ukraine?
How should we think about the war in Ukraine? The experienced and educated Ian Fletcher weighs in on "the end of post-WW2 settlement".
Ian Fletcher
Mar 2, 20224 min read
Zero-Basing the Public Service
Ian Fletcher on the politics of "zero-basing" the public service and what he believes really needs to be done to improve effectiveness...
Ian Fletcher
Jan 29, 20224 min read
Productivity and the Role of the State
Apiculture industry consultant and former top bureaucrat Ian Fletcher gives his monthly “Views from Outside the Apiary”...
Ian Fletcher
Nov 30, 20213 min read
Why Taxes Need to Rise
Apiculture industry consultant and former top bureaucrat Ian Fletcher gives his monthly “Views from Outside the Apiary” as a...
Ian Fletcher
Nov 2, 20212 min read
What is to be done? A Four-Part-Start
I usually write this column to raise issues and encourage readers to think about solutions. This month is different...
Ian Fletcher
Sep 30, 20212 min read
Nuclear Boats
VIEWS FROM OUTSIDE THE APIARY: IAN FLETCHER The anxious watch over the latest Covid lockdowns in New Zealand has kept much of our...
Ian Fletcher
Sep 1, 20212 min read
Productivity, Covid, Housing & Health
VIEWS FROM OUTSIDE THE APIARY: IAN FLETCHER ‘Productivity isn't everything, but in the long run it is almost everything. A country's...
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