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CTU Secretary Carol Beaumont is set for a change of career later this year. She's been selected as the Labour candidate for the safe Auckland seat of Maungakiekie currently held by Mark Gosche. As we know, Mark is standing for the list only this year,…
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Today, ANZ and National Bank announced they are lifting their variable mortgage rates another quarter of a percent to 10.95%. That comes a week after the two banks, which are jointly owned, announced a net profit of $520 million in six months, up 7% on…
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National is a party weak on policy. It has had to drop nearly every one of its principled but unpopular policies to get itself in a position to win an election. This raises the question of why someone would vote for National, rather than keep…
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So you've seen Obama's Yes We Can music video; here's the McCain response:
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Never one to miss an opportunity to stir up fear over crime, Simon Power now wants us to believe that we're less safe because of the rise of "violent offenders" being granted home detention. As is increasingly common inside his caucus, he's hoping that we'll…
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Vernon Small reports that the PM is due to announce an immunisation programme for teenage girls targeting human papilloma virus. The programme is expected to start with girls aged 13 who will be offered free anti-cervical cancer immunisation as part of the $150 million government…
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Do you have a burning question to ask Peter Dunne? Does it not involve his hair? If so, submit your question here by Sunday and it could be selected for our questions to Dunne as part of our 'Interview the Leaders' series.
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Anyone remember the Pinto? Arguably not Ford's finest hour. When in 1968 it became apparent that the Pinto's defective fuel tank could result in the car catching fire when hit from behind, Ford executives reached for their calculators. Some quick sums (from a leaked memo)…
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Today is the fifth anniversary of Bush's infamous "Mission Accomplished" speech in which he stated that "Major combat operations in Iraq have ended". To mark the date Moveon.org have released the following ad, intended to remind the public that as McCain himself said, "no one…
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It's hard to know why people keep interviewing Garth McVicar from Sensible Sentencing. The organisation has no credibility, no research every statement on policy is really just ‘Garth guesses X'. And of course, they made those disgusting comments around the death of Pihema Cameron. Nevertheless,…
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The Electoral Commission has published the parties' donation returns for 2007. It is worth noting from the outset that under the electoral law then in force only donations over $10,000 had to be declared and anonymous donations, including the use of anonymising trusts, were legal.…