Sepio Insurance Management

It is too hard and costly to get things built in New Zealand, and the Resource Management Act is a big reason why. So, we are scrapping it and replacing it with a new planning system built on the idea of private property rights. **The new planning system will save ratepayers and taxpayers $13.3b by only regulating what is necessary and reducing the number of consents by up to 46% every year.** The economic benefits of this new system are…

In December 2020, the then Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern called climate change ‘one of the greatest challenges of our time’, declared a “Climate Emergency” and pledged a carbon-neutral government by 2025 The declaration of a climate emergency was supported by the Green Party and Maori Party and opposed by the National and Act parties. Speaking in parliament after its introduction, Ardern said the country must “act with urgency”.  “This…

With the release of its new National Security Strategy (NSS), the United States — the world’s most powerful nation — has officially abandoned the global-hegemony doctrine that defined the post-Cold War order. For the first time since 1945, Washington is no longer claiming the mantle of global policeman, architect of the “rules-based international order,” or moral crusader for universal liberal democracy. Instead, the U.S. has accepted —…

The first recorded use of the term “Black Friday” was applied not to post-Thanksgiving holiday shopping but to a financial crisis: specifically, the crash of the U.S. gold market on September 24, 1869. Two notoriously ruthless Wall Street financiers, Jay Gould and Jim Fisk, worked together to buy up as much of the nation's gold as they could, hoping to drive the price sky-high and sell it for astonishing profits. On that Friday in September,…

Ingredients - Roughly 1kg sourdough or a crusty white bread - Olive oil, for frying - 1 onion, finely chopped - 2 leeks, thickly sliced - A small bunch of thyme - 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped - 3 tsp smoked garlic granules - 2 tsp garlic granules - 250g fresh cranberries - 200g dried apricots - Zest of 2 oranges and the juice of 1 - Zest and juice of 4 lemons - 500ml hot vegetable stock Timings Prep time: 20 minutes Cook time: 55 minutes…