I’ve just come across this graph about who gets to go onto higher education in developed world countries – and it seems to make pretty damning reading for New Zealand. Basically, it suggests that if you have highly educated parents, in this country you are nearly 10 times more likely to be in higher education…

Yesterday’s announcement by John Key that, in future, salaries for MPs will rise only in line with salaries for ordinary public sector workers is a big deal for two reasons. First, it provides more evidence that the public is very concerned about inequality in general, and high salaries in particular. Key has made noises about…