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A sparkling Sunday morning at the beach, parents watching on as the nippers drag their paddleboards towards the surf club. As always, the session ends with an awards presentation, where the standout nippers get three cheers and a voucher for the local burger joint.  While the kids catch their breath, one of the group leaders, a gruff-but-funny larrikin with a voice like a frog and a gift for a good one-liner, pipes up to say, “You know, I’ve got grandkids, and at my house, there’s a rule: Never say ‘I can’t’. Always say ‘I’ll try.’”  That day at nippers, my son won the b...

Why the transtasman income gap is larger than it appears 26 Feb, 2021 05:00 AM 13 minutes to read The transtasman income gap is larger than it appears. Photo / Getty Images The transtasman income gap is larger than it appears because not only do we earn less, but also we get less value for our money. What's the answer? By Professor Tim Hazledine. I teach economics at the University of Auckland. One day in late May 2009, near the nadir of the global financial crisis (GFC), I was asked to go on the student radio station to talk. "I'll bet things must be pretty frantic in your ...

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