Changing Lanes.

Anna Breman’s call was the right one. The America which Winston Peters seems so determined to placate is fast becoming a nation undeserving of New Zealanders’ allegiance.

WHAT DID THE GOVERNMENT EXPECT when it appointed a Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand from Sweden? If right-wing parties wanted a house-trained Kiwi in the job, someone who understands the fundamental rule of New Zealand public administration – “don’t stick your neck out” – then why on earth didn’t they appoint one? More particularly, if they wanted a Governor willing to eat everything that emerges from the fundamental orifice of the United States and tell the world it’s chocolate, then a Swede was probably the last nationality they should have considered.