Thoughts from the North
Gary Judd KCPhilosophy, economics, politics, law and more
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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Mumbo-jumbo and all that
The New Zealand Law Society (NZLS), in partnership with its provider of continuing education is advertising “Tikanga and the law”. Interestingly enough, in a Freudian slip, the advertisement betrays the reality, that tikanga is not law. It...
Judicial Power, Democratic Accountability, and the Smith Case
The Climate Change Response (Tort Liability) Amendment Bill received its third reading on 18 August and has now passed into law. It amends the Climate Change Response Act 2002 to bar tort liability for emissions‑related climate change effec...
More Misconduct by Stuart Nash
My article of May 26, 2026, Stuart Nash, Cabinet Confidentiality, and Winston Peters’ Standards Has Misconduct Stopped Mattering: or is it another case of amnesia? ended this way:
The Herald article concluded with a quote from Peters: ...
Inflation: the struggle for simplicity
This morning I heard Auckland Chamber of Commerce chief executive Simon Bridges describing the dire state of the Auckland economy. He put part of the blame on the Reserve Bank’s signal that interest rates may need to rise in response to inc...
The Issue Raised by the Army Orders
This morning The Law Association of New Zealand’s LawNews published an earlier version of the following article, prompted by Alex Penk’s How Army orders sparked debate on religious freedom protections under BORA published by LawNews last Th...
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King’s Counsel, 23 years ASB chairman, member of APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC), co-chair of ABAC Advisory Group on APEC Financial System Capacity Building, speaker about financial, and governance matters around the Asia Pacific.
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