The TV advertisement encouraging public participation in the Constitution review asserts it purpose is to manage “how we will live together as a people”.And I am sure MPs see it in those terms, focused on the population rather than themselves.

Compared to the number of people registered and eligible to vote, the number of people who actually cast a vote drops at every election. When asked why they don’t vote, many people will say, “It won’t make any difference to the outcome, so why bother?”

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has about $20,000 million in assets, 20% of which are allocated to bonds and 80% to shares.

The news that sales of safes have soared in Cyprus should come as no surprise. The truth has leaked out. Money on deposit in banks is no longer safe.

In Europe the discovery of nearly 29% of drug tainted horse meat in a frozen 100% beef burger revealed that much of the European processed meat supply was riddled with the stuff. While action is being taken to stop the scam taken by exploitative vendors, the victims of this fraud -the public- havi...