Prime Minister Christopher Luxon specifically referenced Ireland and Singapore as “two economies we often look to for inspiration on investment and technology”, John Key imagined the country as the “Switzerland of the South Pacific”. But based on the research of academic Angus Dowell on how big-tech cloud providers expand and dominate markets across the globe, he argues such comparisons are simplistic and misleading. Angus joins us tonight LIVE at 9pm to talk over the issue

Angus' article here https://theconversation.com/politicians-love-comparing-nzs-economy-to-singapore-or-ireland-but-its-simplistic-and-misleading-264679

An Israeli strike that Israel claims targeted top Hamas leaders Wednesday as they gathered in the Gulf nation of Qatar marked a major escalation in the war in Gaza with some in the middle east saying this ends the chance of a cease fire as Israel has now bombed 6 countries or regions in 2025

In direct defiance of his co-leaders, Te Pāti Māori MP Tākuta Ferris is doubling down on his criticism of non-Māori people supporting Labour’s Peeni Henare’s by-election campaign. Ferris defended and repeated his comments during an unusual eight minute video he uploaded to social media at around midnight.

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