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: The case for tax cuts - let’s give Kiwis some hope](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
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?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=780)
Steven Joyce: Government on a one-way ride down memory lane
Few signs that wave of reforms will deliver improved public services.