Josie's column in the Post looks at the international trend toward 'friend shoring' and other forms of 'place-based economics' and asks what we can do in New Zealand.

Remarkable people, and ideas that change the world, always emerge out of an alchemy of culture, patronage, and political conditions that promote innovation and the exchange of ideas.’ Who has an industrial policy for NZ?
National’s big education policy is to ban phones in schools. A policy so modern and technology savvy that iPads, smart watches and connected laptops will have to be banned next, so that kids can sit down at Bible studies class and practice their cursive script with a fountain pen.