Steven Joyce
Former National Party Minister
Steven Joyce is a former National Party Minister of Finance and Minister of Transport. He is director at Joyce Advisory, and the author of the recently published book on his time in office, On the Record.
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Steven Joyce: Why it's time to scrutinise Fonterra's role in rising food prices
OPINION: Dairy prices are rising; butter now costs $3 more than last year.
Steven Joyce: The Maga model stumbles amid Canadian, Australian elections
Canada's Liberal Party made a stunning comeback, winning a plurality of seats.
Steven Joyce: NZ must rethink funding for hospital infrastructure
OPINION: Private investors should be invited to build more of our health facilities.
Steven Joyce: Supermarkets should front-foot a break-up before legislators arrive
OPINION: The big challenge is a third player having enough scale to compete effectively.
Steven Joyce: Trump’s unpredictability is making America weaker again
OPINION: We may be witnessing an unprecedented act of geopolitical self-harm by the US.
Steven Joyce: How the Reserve Bank can get back on track
The next governor should focus on traditional central banking roles.
Steven Joyce: Three reasons for renewed economic optimism in NZ
Challenges remain but there are bright spots.
Steven Joyce: Trump's tariffs and why we can't lose sight of basic economic concepts
OPINION: You would think the world wouldn’t have to relearn basis economic lessons today.
Steven Joyce: Govt science plan’s like rearranging deckchairs
OPINION: Merger is likely to be costly and distracting and achieve little.
Steven Joyce: Nikki Kaye and Tariana Turia shine amid the collapse of civility in politics
Politicians with their hearts in the right place look increasingly quaint.
Steven Joyce: How political bottlenecks stalled Kiwirail's ferry plans
OPINION: Ferry saga shows politicians should be kept from commercial decision-making.
Steven Joyce: Wayne Brown’s proposed shake-up of Council Controlled Organisations just rearranging deckchairs
OPINION: Council organisations need to be independent of political whims.
Steven Joyce: What NZ can learn from Trump 2.0
OPINION: Nativism and isolationism are proving enduringly popular in America.
Steven Joyce: Shocking school stats underscore need for system change
OPINION: Unions blame charter schools; ERO report shows need for innovative education.
Steven Joyce: The argument against a capital gains tax
OPINION: There would be so many exclusions it wouldn't leave many caught by it.
Steven Joyce: Why New Zealand struggles with infrastructure compared to Australia
Bipartisanship is rising, but political swings hinder infrastructure reform.
Steven Joyce: PM needs to focus on economic recovery not gang patches
OPINION: Inflation is under control but growth needs a lot of work.
Steven Joyce: Govt’s visitor levy raises concerns for NZ’s tourism recovery
OPINION: Economic recovery efforts clash with increased tourist charges.
Steven Joyce: Long-term central and local govt partnerships key to getting infrastructure built
OPINION: Building assets with lives of 30 years is tough when political lives are three.
Steven Joyce: Energy sector needs a telco moment
OPINION: Our energy market has been a slow-moving train crash for some time.
Steven Joyce: How to rescue Health NZ after merger missteps
OPINION: Three key changes that would help to right the health-sector ship.
Steven Joyce: Election wins don’t always deliver a clear mandate
OPINION: Voters may just be choosing the least worst option.
Steven Joyce: The problem with government companies
OPINION: Limited liability, non-government owned, companies are a wonderful invention.
Steven Joyce: Progress is inexorable. We don't want to be left behind
OPINION: How wealthy, or poor, do we want to be?
Steven Joyce: Pharmac blunder, tax cuts and debt - the Budget's hits and misses
OPINION: The failure to make good on the cancer drugs promise is inexplicable.
Steven Joyce: The case for tax cuts - let’s give Kiwis some hope
OPINION: The much-discussed middle-income New Zealander has been well and truly squeezed.
Steven Joyce: Competition v compliance - NZ’s safety-first approach is hurting us
OPINION: Competition is nearly always the best way to ensure consumers win.
Steven Joyce: Kids need to know they have the power to succeed
OPINION: Our bureaucratic, top-down education system is visibly failing us.
Steven Joyce: Why we need a proper Covid inquiry
OPINION: If we don’t revamp this inquiry, then we might as well shut it down.
Steven Joyce: How NZ can get its mojo back
OPINION: Recent figures don't make for good reading for Kiwis.
Steven Joyce: Why I’ve given up on the 6 o’clock news
Opinion: How to save the media from the digital onslaught.
Steven Joyce: A real solution to child poverty
OPINION: Ending child poverty doesn’t happen just because you declare it a goal.
Steven Joyce: What has the former Labour Government got to show for its spending?
OPINION: Repairing the government’s budget will not be easy.
Steven Joyce: Waitangi’s relaxed vibe and how middle NZ holds the key to Treaty issues
OPINION: Christopher Luxon's challenge is to chart a path ensuring the broad middle holds.
Steve Joyce: New leader, same old gang, same old mistakes
Labour leadership transition was super-smooth, but will it really change anything?
Steven Joyce: Government on a one-way ride down memory lane
Few signs that wave of reforms will deliver improved public services.