My fellow Catholics believe that Jesus died on Good Friday and rose again on Sunday.

Expert historians look at what we know about how the world works and the way news was spread in Palestine at the time. They conclude that the resurrection could not have happened.

The whole point of a miracle is that it is, well, miraculous. It wouldn’t be a miracle if it were just how Jeff and Job spent their typical Sundays.

To believe the Easter story requires faith. Expertise gets you nowhere. Not to miracles, anyway.

Josie's Easter column for the Post.

Josie joined Heather du Plessis-Allan on Newstalk ZB's The Huddle to discuss graffiti, the US weighs ground troops in the Iran war, and the LNG import terminal.

Man is born free but everywhere we are in supply chains. Rousseau’s point was that we are greater slaves to others than we realise. We are slaves to the quantity of oil and gas getting out of the Persian Gulf.

Iran is not falling apart yet, so it’s hard to see shipping moving freely around the Persian Gulf any time soon.

Nicola Willis is right to focus on targeted support through the tax system. But the Government’s talk of “worst case scenarios” and possible rationing shows they have learnt nothing from the mistakes of Covid, when local fruit shops and butchers were wiped out and supermarkets preferenced.

I have limited sympathy for businesses that did not hedge by buying political risk insurance or options to buy extra fuel if needed. If businesses didn’t know there was a risk that conflict might metastasise in the Middle East, and that fuel supplies might be disrupted, well congratulations. You’re the prime minister.

Josie's column in the Post is here.

Josie joined Heather du Plessis-Allan and Trish Sherson on Newstalk ZB for the Huddle to discuss a downgrade in New Zealand's credit rating g by ratings agency Fitch, and Winston Peters' State of the Nation speech.

What Christopher Luxon should have said was: We call on all parties to respect international law.

He could have said the Iranian regime was wicked and needs to be held to account.

The Prime Minister should have said problems in the world are not caused because international law has failed but because it has been absent.

What he actually said was: “Well, I mean, we obviously understand. We’re not saying that, what we’re saying is. We understand there’s. I don’t know how to be any clearer guys.”

The drums are beating for him now. This is not the leader we need in times of war.

I can’t be any clearer guys.

Josie's Post column.