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Many MSM news outlets have been running National Party election promos, talking up the rising "confidence" in economic indicators. I have heard it said that the economy often responds positively to a belief that it is working OK, while lack of public and "market" confidence…
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From the "you have to be freaking joking" file comes this gem from the United Kingdom. A former conservative MP David Silvester claims to have discovered the real reason for the United Kingdom's recent series of adverse weather incidents. It is sort of anthropogenic but…
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The (un)affordability of housing in NZ, especially in the cities of Christchurch and Auckland, is beyond crisis point. It's become an inhumane blight on the record of our current government. In Auckland it has gone from crisis to hyper-inflated devasation for the least well off. …
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Wairarapa MP John Hayes has announced that he will retire from Parliament at the next election. This is a bit of a surprise really because until now he has shown every sign of hanging in there. In September 2013 he said that he had no…
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